Who remembers these things back in the day ?...come and add your own memories..

Mrs.L said that she found a load of Izal in a school cupboard. The head wanted to dump it, but the children used it for tracing paper.
funny you should say that, my granny always used Izal, and we did the same when we were at her house and used it for tracing paper... it was excellent for that.. not excellent for the other..lol
 

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November 5th, a date known here in the UK as the Gunpowder Plot, or more colloquially as: Bonfire night, can be bewildering to those not familiar with our history. As ever, it's all about religion. England had been a catholic country up until 1534, that is when the reformation began.

The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt to assassinate King James I of England during the Opening of Parliament in November 1605. The plan was organised by Robert Catesby, a devout English Catholic who hoped to kill the Protestant King James and return England to Catholic rule. As part of the plan, Catesby intended to kidnap James’s nine-year-old daughter Princess Elizabeth and install her as a puppet queen.

An Act of Parliament passed in the months following the plot ensured that the failure of the Gunpowder Plot would be marked every year. Churches attendance on 5 November was made compulsory under the terms of the act, and congregations had to give thanks for the failure of the conspirators.

Read here, why we light bonfires and ignite fireworks on November the fifth.

November the 5th, also known as "Guy Fawkes Night".

I remember two movies which deal with November 5th:

"The Return of the Native" (1994)


"V for Vendetta" (2005)
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November".

 
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Stop! This is modern. I can't remember that it existed as I was young :ROFLMAO:
 
November the 5th, also known as "Guy Fawkes Night".
Correct, shame on me, how could I not remember that. Forty odd years ago I was offered a promotion at work, but it meant a move out of London. We moved the seventy odd miles to allow me to take up my new post.
The house that we bought was just five miles from Dunchurch, and in Dunchurch was the most wonderful coaching inn, name of: "The Dun Cow."
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For centuries this pub was called The Old Lion Inn, later, much later than The Gunpowder Plot, it changed to: "Guy Fawkes House," and a commemorative plaque was put up.
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The pub has twice gone through a name change since it was
called Guy Fawkes House. First it was The Falconer, then it became
known by it's present name: The Dun Cow. We went to some
wonderful functions there.
 
Oh yeah. Our first house was uninsulated and perched on top of a mountain in Vermont. Roughly 100 years old with old wavy glass single pane windows. While the wood stove heated the house, every window was always covered with frost usually from November to march. :( I will say... the view out the kitchen window sure was pretty... during the good weather.
In the winter... not so much.


winter.jpg chevy in winter.jpg backyard.jpg
 
I do remember the candy cigarettes. I even thought I was cool smoking those. Haha

Was the other type of candy some sort of black licorice?

I also remember many Friday and Saturday Evenings at the Skateland Roller Rink.
Mary janes as I recall. Kind of a Carmel cube that you sucked on. red dollars that were 2 for 1c. I mean as a kid you had to portion your money. anything 5c was not doable:)
 

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