Lewes Bonfire, describes a set of celebrations held in the town of Lewes, Sussex that constitute the United Kingdom's largest and most famous Bonfire Night festivities. Held on 5 November, the event not only marks Guy Fawkes Night - the date of the uncovering of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 - but also commemorates the memory of the seventeen Protestant martyrs from the town burned at the stake for their faith during the Marian Persecutions. Lewes is home to the largest and most celebrated of the festivities in the Sussex bonfire tradition. There are seven societies putting on six separate parades and firework displays throughout Lewes on November the 5th. As well as this, 25-30 societies from all around Sussex come to Lewes on the fifth to march the streets. There is a history of religious antagonism and anti-popery around the bonfire celebrations in Lewes. A number of large effigies are drawn through the streets before being burned at the bonfires, these "Enemies of Bonfire" range from nationally reviled figures to local officials.

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Lewes Bonfire, describes a set of celebrations held in the town of Lewes, Sussex that constitute the United Kingdom's largest and most famous Bonfire Night festivities. Held on 5 November, the event not only marks Guy Fawkes Night - the date of the uncovering of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 - but also commemorates the memory of the seventeen Protestant martyrs from the town burned at the stake for their faith during the Marian Persecutions. Lewes is home to the largest and most celebrated of the festivities in the Sussex bonfire tradition. There are seven societies putting on six separate parades and firework displays throughout Lewes on November the 5th. As well as this, 25-30 societies from all around Sussex come to Lewes on the fifth to march the streets. There is a history of religious antagonism and anti-popery around the bonfire celebrations in Lewes. A number of large effigies are drawn through the streets before being burned at the bonfires, these "Enemies of Bonfire" range from nationally reviled figures to local officials

Revolutionary images of freedom fighters, including the the Petrol bomber mural by Bogside Artists, depicts Paddy Coyle, inspired by a photo by Clive Limpkin shot in the late sixties, when there were lots of running battles, between the Republican Irish kids and the RUC police (Royal Union Constabulary), with molotov cocktails, and CS gas. Around 3,600 people were killed before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. If a hard Brexit produces a fixed border in Ireland, this peace agreement could be destroyed and the violence could start again. UDA stronghold. Their kerb-stones and lampposts painted red, white and blue like the Union Jack, this walled off loyalist protestant enclave 'The Fountain’ is inside Derry’s city walls. It is a staunch unionist area, fiercely pro-Britain. Their representatives, the Democratic Unionist Party, founded by Ian Paisley in 1971, are presently in parliament in collusion with the conservative party, looking for a hard Brexit with a border between Northern Ireland and the South. The ten DUP votes gives the conservative party its majority in government. This is nothing new. During the ‘Troubles’ three decades of bloodshed, with Catholic Irish Republican Nationalists seeking to unit Ireland, the pro-British Protestant loyalists wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom.

The Jelley's family home in Birmingham, adorned with emblems of white right wing nationalism, English flags, and images of St George. A very nationalistic and patriotic family known for a history of intimidation and abuse with links to the British National Party. Eastern European shops in Smethwick. Birmingham voted narrowly for Brexit, whereas many of the outlying areas voted strongly to leave Europe. Birmingham is well known as a multi-cultural city, which has traditionally welcomed refugees from all over the world, having for many decades communities of Caribbean, Irish, Polish and Asian peoples. More recently there have been many more Eastern European people coming to the Midlands bringing with them their wealth culture and traditions.

Migrant workers picking cabbages near Boston. Boston had the highest proportion of votes for Brexit in mainland UK. Boston in Lincolnshire was once a sleepy rural town. Since early the 21st century a large influx of economic migrants mainly from Eastern Europe have found work across Lincolnshire, working for the minimum wage in agricultural and construction industries, doing jobs that locals don't to do. Towns have expanded sometimes by 10% during this period. British business needs the migrant workers to survive, but but local people voted the highest proportion for Brexit, 75% against 'Remain', in a protest vote against migrant workers.

The statue of the lifeboatman looking out to sea at the Nayland Rock is one of Margate’s enduring landmarks. It commemorates the tragic capsize of the lifeboat Friend To All Nations in December 1897, with the loss of nine lives Margate is a seaside town in Thanet, Kent, England. The town's history is tied closely to the sea and it has a proud maritime tradition. Margate was a "limb" of Dover in the ancient confederation of the Cinque ports. Recent links with conservative and UKIP candidates. Strong local support for Nigel Farage and a very strong Brexit vote.

UDA stronghold. Their kerb-stones and lampposts painted red, white and blue like the Union Jack, this walled off loyalist protestant enclave 'The Fountain’ is inside Derry’s city walls. It is a staunch unionist area, fiercely pro-Britain. Their representatives, the Democratic Unionist Party, founded by Ian Paisley in 1971, are presently in parliament in collusion with the conservative party, looking for a hard Brexit with a border between Northern Ireland and the South. The ten DUP votes gives the conservative party its majority in government. This is nothing new. During the ‘Troubles’ three decades of bloodshed, with Catholic Irish Republican Nationalists seeking to unit Ireland, the pro-British Protestant loyalists wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom.

Bonds Street Loyalist area with many loyalist murals about the British Military machine, with images depicting and glorifying destroyers, tanks and other weapons of war are on display. It is a staunch unionist area, fiercely pro-Britain. Their representatives, the Democratic Unionist Party, founded by Ian Paisley in 1971, are presently in parliament in collusion with the conservative party, looking for a hard Brexit with a border between Northern Ireland and the South. The ten DUP votes gives the conservative party its majority in government. This is nothing new. During the ‘Troubles’ three decades of bloodshed, with Catholic Irish Republican Nationalists seeking to unit Ireland, the pro-British Protestant loyalists wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom.

Lorries going across the frontier between Ireland and Northern Ireland border south of Newry. The Republican Irish people do not recognise Ireland as being separated by borders, as they don’t use the word London just Derry. There are over a hundred ‘peace walls’ or security barriers dotted around Northern Ireland. In some areas the barriers are coming down. However with the possibility of Brexit and hard borders the problems existing between communities can escalate, the Good Friday Agreement scuppered and violence threatens to come back

Belfast Peace Wall. Falls Road side. with progressive and revolutionary murals. The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate predominantly Republican and Nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from predominantly Loyalist and Unionist Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban interface areas in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the peace lines is to minimise inter-communal violence between Catholics of whom are nationalists who self-identify as Irish) and Protestants of whom are unionists who self-identify as British).

Bogside Murals. Revolutionary images of freedom fighters, including the the Petrol bomber mural by Bogside Artists, depicts Paddy Coyle, inspired by a photo by Clive Limpkin shot in the late sixties, when there were lots of running battles, between the Republican Irish kids and the RUC police (Royal Union Constabulary), with molotov cocktails, and CS gas. Around 3,600 people were killed before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. If a hard Brexit produces a fixed border in Ireland, this peace agreement could be destroyed and the violence could start again.

A staunch unionist area. Shankhill Road estate, Belfast. It is a staunch unionist area, fiercely pro-Britain. Their representatives, the Democratic Unionist Party, founded by Ian Paisley in 1971, are presently in parliament in collusion with the conservative party, looking for a hard Brexit with a border between Northern Ireland and the South. The ten DUP votes gives the conservative party its majority in government. This is nothing new. During the ‘Troubles’ three decades of bloodshed, with Catholic Irish Republican Nationalists seeking to unit Ireland, the pro-British Protestant loyalists wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom

Borderland now a clothes shop in Muff is on the border with Northern Ireland near Londonderry. It sells a range of workwear, sportswear, outdoorwear, clothes, shoes. The shop is on the site and in the original building of an old disco famous in the 1980s. One of the businesses that will be badly hit with a hard border policy

Castlederg fortified police station, on the Castlefin road, was at the centre of the ’Troubles’, just south of Derry. In the light of a possible hard border in Ireland, the sale and demolition of this old police station has been postponed. There are also reports are that another 300 police officers might be needed to police the new border. Republicans are for the demolition of this heavily militarised police station whilst Unionists are not

The Peace Bridge is a cycle and foot bridge across the River Foyle in Derry, Northern Ireland. It opened on 25 June 2011, connecting Ebrington Square with the rest of the city centre. It is the newest of three bridges in the city, the others being the Craigavon Bridge and the Foyle Bridge. The 235 metres (771 ft) bridge was designed by AECOM, The bridge was opened to the public by EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn; accompanied by the First and deputy First Ministers, Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness; and the Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny. It is intended to improve relations between the largely unionist 'Waterside' with the largely nationalist 'Cityside', by improving access between these areas, as part of wider regeneration plans. The bridge also provides a crossing over the railway line approaching Waterside station

Anti-Brexit Campaigners outside Westminster. London was the only region in England that voted to remain in the EU referendum, but the British public as a whole voted to leave. Banking is just the tip of the iceberg with many other industries also making irrevocable decisions. The damage to the economy from Brexit is already afoot — so much so that the act of leaving the EU itself is, at this point, increasingly irrelevant. Businesses are closing, uncertainty reigns. Brexit is increasingly fraught with uncertainty after the UK's parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal many times.

Boston had the highest proportion of votes for Brexit in mainland UK. Boston in Lincolnshire was once a sleepy rural town. Since early the 21st century a large influx of economic migrants mainly from Eastern Europe have found work across Lincolnshire, working for the minimum wage in agricultural and construction industries, doing jobs that locals don't to do. Towns have expanded sometimes by 10% during this period. British business needs the migrant workers to survive, but but local people voted the highest proportion for Brexit, 75% against 'Remain', in a protest vote against migrant workers.

Trucks loading onto DFDS and P&O car and passenger ferries, running up to 40 times a day, from Dover to Calais. Eurotunnel Folkestone to Calais. View over Folkestone and in the foreground lorries entering the Channel Tunnel railway system. With Brexit, international check ups and paperwork could cause severe delays, with hundreds of lorries crossing every day, that could add hours if not days of processing

London was the only region in England that voted to remain in the EU referendum, but the British public as a whole voted to leave. Banking is just the tip of the iceberg with many other industries also making irrevocable decisions. The damage to the economy from Brexit is already afoot — so much so that the act of leaving the EU itself is, at this point, increasingly irrelevant. Businesses are closing, uncertainty reigns. Brexit is increasingly fraught with uncertainty after the UK's parliament rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal many times.

Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady, one of Britain’s most divisive politicians, hated by many, respected by others. Britain’s first female Prime Minister was born in Grantham above her father’s grocers shop in 1925. The exhibition features her early life and takes you through her time at university and her political career. This is a permanent exhibition in the Lincolnshire birthplace of the former Prime Minister.

Lincolnshire Flag. Lincolnshire and Boston had the highest proportion of votes for Brexit in mainland UK. Boston in Lincolnshire was once a sleepy rural town. Since early the 21st century a large influx of economic migrants mainly from Eastern Europe have found work across Lincolnshire, working for the minimum wage in agricultural and construction industries, doing jobs that locals don't to do. Towns have expanded sometimes by 10% during this period. British business needs the migrant workers to survive, but but local people voted the highest proportion for Brexit, 75% against 'Remain', in a protest vote against migrant workers.

Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland: Ebony and her friend Ethan, holding some of her rats and rabbits. Ebony lives, in a small flat, with a total of 38 rodents and small animals all told. Ebony volunteers on occasion during weekends at the nearby Linton Lane Community centre, serving drinks and food to the ever increasing numbers of local people who rely on the centre for their needs. Kirkcaldy is one of the poorest areas in Scotland with staggeringly high numbers of child poverty. Many disadvantaged families, and vulnerable people, and over a thousand children are surviving below the breadline in Kirkaldy East, that is 40%. Voluntary organisations and foodbanks give over a thousand food parcels a month, several times more than a few years ago. The Conservative government’s policy of austerity together with the new ‘Universal Credit’ system which replaced six other benefits, makes millions of people poorer, many hundreds of thousands on the poverty line or below. Whilst people overall voted strongly against Brexit in Scotland, in other parts of the country, poorer constituencies voted largely for Brexit, in a vote against the City of London.

A Sunday community lunch at Linton Lane Community Centre, Kirkcaldy, Fife. For many this might be one of the few hot meals they get served outside of their home, each week. Kirkcaldy is one of the poorest areas in Scotland with staggeringly high numbers of child poverty. Many disadvantaged families, and vulnerable people, and over a thousand children are surviving below the breadline in Kirkaldy East, that is 40%. Voluntary organisations and foodbanks give over a thousand food parcels a month, several times more than a few years ago. The Conservative government’s policy of austerity together with the new ‘Universal Credit’ system which replaced six other benefits, makes millions of people poorer, many hundreds of thousands on the poverty line or below. Whilst people overall voted strongly against Brexit in Scotland, in other parts of the country, poorer constituencies voted largely for Brexit, in a vote against the City of London.

Kirkcaldy is one of the poorest areas in Scotland with staggeringly high numbers of child poverty. Many disadvantaged families, and vulnerable people, and over a thousand children are surviving below the breadline in Kirkaldy East, that is 40%. Voluntary organisations and foodbanks give over a thousand food parcels a month, several times more than a few years ago. The Conservative government’s policy of austerity together with the new ‘Universal Credit’ system which replaced six other benefits, makes millions of people poorer, many hundreds of thousands on the poverty line or below. Whilst people overall voted strongly against Brexit in Scotland, in other parts of the country, poorer constituencies voted largely for Brexit, in a vote against the City of London.

A NO DEAL Brexit seems on the cards. Neither French nor British fishing fleets or industries will gain from this. Many trawlers are in the family with many generations of Fishermen involved in the industry. British fishermen may lose their biggest market France, whilst the French will lose access to fishing in British Waters. A No Deal could spell disaster for both the French and British fishing fleets. Bouloge-Sur-Mer, Fishing port, 30th October 2020