Lewes Bonfire guidelines. Ridiculous

[Pretty pink fairy]

It never used to be an event that needed high profile, highly visible policing. I remember one evening on the fifth, back in the 1980s, when I spent about an hour in the company of a Lewes-based off-duty policeman, in the quiet back bar of the Black Horse that was closed to the public.

The idea that it might be possible to be an off-duty Lewes-based police officer on the fifth of November these days is unthinkable.

Any trouble on the streets back in those days was, of course, very quickly and efficiently dealt with by the Bonfire Societies themselves.

Seen trouble in friars walk and lewes train station in those days, no bonfire boys were involved
regards
DR