Theresa May goes up in flames at Battle Bonfire
The PM, currently caught up in the turmoil of trying to achieve a Brexit deal, was the subject of this year’s effigy.
She was depicted sitting astride a barrel of gunpowder with the slogan ‘Gunpowder Theresa and Plot’ - a play of words on the old Sussex bonfire chant of remember remember, which has the words ‘gunpowder, treason and plot’.
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Hide AdLighting the fuse of the gunpowder barrel was a prostrate Boris Johnson, who appeared to be shooting fireworks out of his backside.
The effigy exploding in front of the Abbey, as a huge bonfire burned on the Abbey Green, was the highlight of spectacular evening which saw bonfire societies from across the county taking part in a torchlit procession through the town.
Those attending included local societies such as Hastings, Robertsbridge, Rye and Staplecross.
A cold, dry, evening attracted large crowds to the traditional event.
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Hide AdBattle has the distinction of being one of the oldest bonfire traditions in Sussex, with a history stretching back more than 400 years.
Pictures by Frank Copper.
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