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In Pictures: Bonfire Night processions light up November evening

Celebrations were being held to mark the date of the failed gunpowder plot.
Celebrations were being held to mark the date of the failed gunpowder plot. Celebrations were being held to mark the date of the failed gunpowder plot.

A number of Bonfire Night parades in the UK mean that Britons will continue to remember, remember the fifth of November gunpowder plot of 1605.

Two of the more colourful events were held in Lewes, East Sussex, and Ottery St Mary in Devon.

Bonfire night 2019
Bonfire night 2019 Participants arrive in Lewes for the annual procession held by the Lewes Bonfire Societies (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Man boards up shop
Man boards up shop Some shops were boarded up ahead of the event (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Children carrying burning barrels
Children carrying burning barrels Children from the village of Ottery St Mary carry traditional burning tar barrels through the streets (Ben Birchall/PA)
Bonfire night procession
Bonfire night procession (Ben Birchall/PA)
Children carry burning barrekl
Children carry burning barrekl (Ben Birchall/PA)
Participants parade through Lewes
Participants parade through Lewes Participants parade through Lewes (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Lewes bonfire night procession
Lewes bonfire night procession (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Bonfire night procession
Bonfire night procession ‘Guy Fawkes’ is paraded in Lewes (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Bonfire night procession
Bonfire night procession (Gareth Fuller/PA)