On 13 Oct 2017 at 3:14pm Gonville Bromhead wrote:
Have Borough Bonfire Society officially dropped the word "Borough" from their name? The twitter account and Facebook account run by their "PR officer" Mick Symes are both in the name of just Lewes Bonfire.
It's cute that they are trying to pass themselves off as the official voice of Bonfire in Lewes but when Mick is the only person in Bonfire advocating more tourists rather than fewer and is actively advertising Big Lemon coach tours to Bonfire Night it's putting out something of a mixed message...
On 13 Oct 2017 at 4:20pm Omnis Secundus wrote:
The account also says it hasn't rained for the Hastings out meeting for a few years, but those of us who were there know last year it rained heavy enough that the torches wouldn't light.
On 13 Oct 2017 at 5:28pm Sparky wrote:
Get your facts right Gonville, their Facebook page is Ye Olde Lewes Borough Bonfire Society. Any other FB page is not owned by them.
Check it out here »
On 13 Oct 2017 at 6:39pm Zero Cool wrote:
And which society has sanctioned the £250 behind-the-scenes tour?
Check it out here »
On 13 Oct 2017 at 6:58pm Burner wrote:
Their website is lewesbonfire.com though and Mick has appeared on BBC news captioned as "Lewes Bonfire" before.
On 13 Oct 2017 at 7:23pm Gerty wrote:
I thought all societies avoided the media?
On 13 Oct 2017 at 7:25pm Mick Symes wrote:
Infamy, Infamy, Has someone got it infamy, good evening folks you know who I am and you know how to get hold of me, If you have any valid points to raise feel free, meanwhile if you want to find out who may or maynot have been behind the abandoned £250 photo tours to lewes bonfire do not look at me or the society of which I am proudly a member I would also add that I do not discuss things on this forum or with people who do not have the ability to use their own name.
On 13 Oct 2017 at 8:13pm Bonfire Boy wrote:
Nice one Mick 
On 13 Oct 2017 at 10:45pm Lyndsey knowles wrote:
What a classic response to say you do not discuss things on this forum , you appear to have written rather a long post for someone who doesn't discuss things on here.
On 14 Oct 2017 at 9:13am Sorry, but.... wrote:
I might be missing the point on account of not being a bonfire person but surely Lewes Borough Bonfire Society IS Lewes Bonfire society. It was originally the Lewes Bonfire society which covered the borough of Lewes. Cliffe was a separate borough and had their own Bonfire society.
On 14 Oct 2017 at 10:32am Just me wrote:
If they want to be known as Lewes bonfire maybe they should put they’re name forward to be the event organiser, this should cheer the police up!
On the subject of twitter, I’m surprised The borough’s committee haven’t asked him to stop tweeting about his train rides and Other nothing to do with bonfire topics in they’re name.
On 14 Oct 2017 at 5:38pm Take not they're wrote:
name nor their name neither in vain.
On 14 Oct 2017 at 7:26pm Actually, Sorry But.... wrote:
That’s not quite how it happened.
On 14 Oct 2017 at 10:40pm Eric wrote:
Borough is the only real Lewes Bonfire Society. The others are just pretenders and Cliffe are not in Lewes anyway. And that's fact
On 15 Oct 2017 at 12:27am Properbonfire boy wrote:
Come on borough keep up with the traditions like you do don't let Mick rule you , he is trying to turn you carnival
How long have you been in with borough Mick? And already thinking you know best sorry mate but you don't know alot
Keep it going borough the original society of Lewes your great, don't let clowns like him come in and rule you ,spoken to a few members lately and they all say the same
Remember good old borough boys I've known you all for years keep it old keep it traditional don't let him turn you into carnival
On 15 Oct 2017 at 6:11am @Properbonfireboy wrote:
You really are thick aren't you.
On 15 Oct 2017 at 8:26am Properbonfire boy wrote:
@properbonfireboy ..... ????????
On 15 Oct 2017 at 12:16pm Bonfire Boy wrote:
A very good demonstration of why he doesn't bother discussing things here.
On 16 Oct 2017 at 10:39am The Greek wrote:
Historically this name would have been correct...
On 16 Oct 2017 at 4:33pm Bonfire is my life wrote:
sorry but bonfire has it's own rights and bonfire has been standing long before any of us were born, we are our own people, we have stood against the authority before and we can do it now, bigger and better than ever. COME ON BONFIRE BOYS & BELLES, STAND WITH ME AN FIGHT FOR YOU'RE RIGHTS TO OWN LEWES TOWN AND TO OWN BONFIRE !!!!!!
On 17 Oct 2017 at 2:34pm Ed Can Do wrote:
Historically people weren't looking for information on the event on Twitter.
On 18 Oct 2017 at 1:15pm I'm confused wrote:
Why do borough maintain they are the oldest lewes society?? They changed there name from the town to the lewes borough that makes them a different society surely? If that's not the case then Waterloo are older than they say they are. they used to March as Waterloo place bonfire society in the 50s. but dropped the place and became just Waterloo. Surely that applies to the borough?? So that make csbs the oldest lewes society. ??