Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >To reinforce this I would wager that the vast majority of British school >children do not have a clue why Guy Fawkes tried to blow up parliament. >Neither do their parents. It's our only excuse to let off fireworks.
I'll second this. When I was a kid I never heard what it was about other than celebrating Guy Fawkes failure to blow up the houses of parliament. The excuse to set off fireworks was the main thing (indeed, the *only* thing, for kids!) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
