Today is annual change the batteries in your smoke alarms day. Well it is in my house at least. My husband came up with the clever idea of associating smoke alarms that prevent fire with bonfire night, which is today, 5 November, in UK.
Bonfire night is a fun event with bonfires and fireworks. When I was a child we had one big bonfire with all the neighbours who had kids. The dads did the fireworks and bonfire, the mums provided food traditional to bonfire night like toffee apples, parkin and potatoes roasted in the bonfire and the kids made the guy to burn on the top of the bonfire. The guy is a figure made out of stuffed old clothes to represent Guy Fawkes, a Catholic who was convicted of attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament, but was probably not the leader of the gunpowder plot. Instead of a somewhat gruesome commemoration of a rather ugly episode in British history join me in turning the occasion to good use: please check your smoke alarm batteries and change them if necessary. Steph Wishing safe celebrations for everyone To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
