Here’s one we prepared earlier. And the one below is when we set it on fire!
Yes, it was the Hoylake Sailing Club bonfire earlier this evening and my not-so-great photo below attempts to capture the bonfire and the fireworks. I took the “before” photo earlier this afternoon when the volunteers were adding the final planks of wood to the pile.
I’d guess that there were more spectators on the prom this year than last. Fortunately the rain stopped not long before the start at 6pm and just about managed to stay away for around an hour.
If you missed this evening event or just like watching fireworks then West Kirby Sailing Club hold their own event tomorrow evening from 5.30pm at the end of West Kirby prom.
Sue says
These photos take me right back to the time I was growing up in the early ’50s. The shore from Kings Gap to the Baths was dotted with perhaps half a dozen bonfires. Bonfire “gangs” would collect wood- often on borrowed builders handcarts- and unoffically compete for the biggest and best bonfire. Gangs were not above “nicking” wood from each other. But I remember it all as good fun. It was always more about the fire than fireworks. Happy Days which I’m sure others will recall.
Mike Wilson says
Boy! This takes me back. We always used to build a bonfire one side or the other of the lifeboat slipway. Some years there would be one on each side, with more at the bottom of Trinity Road and one at the bottom of Clydesdale Road. We would usually try to raid other bonfires while defending our own, but never with any malice. It was always done in fun. There were always crowds of people walking along the prom on Bonfire night, with many more in the car park of the Winter Gardens watching. The scallywags on the sand used to enjoy throwing wripwraps up onto the prom, and watching the crowds scatter as they exploded. The pretty girls were always favourite targets. Nobody had many fireworks, but when everyone brought theirs down to the shore to set them off, everyone got to share in the display. Happy days.