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More Sussex bonfire processions are taking place during October, celebrating the failure of the Gunpowder plot and commemorating Protestant martyrs who were burnt at the stake in local towns during the reign of Bloody Mary, Mary I.
- The villages of Rotherfield and Northiam and Fletching hold their processions on 5 October. This year Fletching Bonfire Society celebrates 170 years since its formation with a torch-lit procession and a spectacular display of over 1,600 fireworks choreographed to music.
- Hastings sees the longest single torchlit procession in Sussex at Hastings Bonfire on 12 October, while on 19 October Ninfield, Hailsham and the Nevill Juvenile Bonfire Society bonfire parades will take place.
- And finally this month Isfield and Little Horsted hold their bonfire celebrations on 25 October followed by Ewhurst and Staplecross on Sunday 26 October.
Most bonfire societies raise money for local charities and good causes, so whichever event you attend please take along some cash to throw in their collection buckets.