On 9 Oct 2014 at 7:13am Over the south wrote:
I have heard Southover have a few firesite issues this year. Does anyone know where they will have there fireworks?
On 9 Oct 2014 at 8:49am Historian wrote:
Damp ?
On 9 Oct 2014 at 10:52am Slarty wrote:
Announcement due soon (per their twitter account)
On 9 Oct 2014 at 12:34pm Robert Catesby wrote:
Watch that space for confirmation.
Various firesite options have been considered/discussed, all of them being south of the Brighton - Eastbourne railway line (I believe).
SBS will announce/confirm their firesite shortly - I believe their new firesite plans are not yet common knowledge even among their membership as nothing was finalised at time of their last AGM.
On 9 Oct 2014 at 1:27pm half pint wrote:
My be it will be back in london
On 9 Oct 2014 at 1:41pm Curious Landowner wrote:
Is it just a case of Southover picking a plot of land, or does it also have to be approved by other agencies; police/fire etc?
On 9 Oct 2014 at 1:41pm Curious Landowner wrote:
Is it just a case of Southover picking a plot of land, or does it also have to be approved by other agencies; police/fire etc?
On 9 Oct 2014 at 1:50pm Humbert wrote:
Serious question: why are other a handful of people in a couple of societies so down on Southover? It can't be because they have members who aren't Lewes born-and-bred as every society (even Cliffe) has them. It's not red and black that piles in off the buses and trains into Lewes on the 5th either...
On 9 Oct 2014 at 2:37pm LIBOR wrote:
Probably due to the fact that they're the only ones who can afford to buy property in Lewes now.
On 9 Oct 2014 at 2:38pm half pint wrote:
How wrong you are Humbert .
On 9 Oct 2014 at 2:45pm half cut wrote:
divisively slagging off any one society helps those who'd like to ban bonfire altogether, long may they fail
On 9 Oct 2014 at 2:53pm Slarty wrote:
Humbert, there are members of any society that are down on any other society. Most reasons are probably lost in history or as simple as they don't agree with the way the other society is doing something because "that's not how we do it, so it can't be right". I think it is just Southover are getting the moans at the moment (mostly over a fire site, which is fairly topical and important at this time of year), but wait a while and I'm sure it will be the turn of Cliffe/Commercial/Borough/Waterloo/South Street/Nevill (with 2 ls and no E!) very soon.
On 9 Oct 2014 at 6:04pm Half cock wrote:
Burn `im like a flamin` wotsit
On 9 Oct 2014 at 8:04pm bastian wrote:
In answer to curious landowner, it involves liasing with fire and authorities, but generally it's access related and checking that you have your assembly points covered, are you next to anything flammable , that kind of thing. If you are offering get in contact with them.
On 9 Oct 2014 at 10:31pm Commuter wrote:
I see (and know) many Cliffe members who originate from London and I travel with them on a daily basis to the big smoke, so the DFL label should be applied evenly across the societies
On 10 Oct 2014 at 6:59am Time bomb wrote:
Southover don't tow the party line , and are a little bit dismissive of the bonfire council , there just isn't room for them to do their own thing , we all get on at a " management " level but they don't want to play ball . That's where the friction arises and on the night it cause other society's problems , there you have it ,
On 10 Oct 2014 at 9:11am ? wrote:
their cnc is terminally ill
On 10 Oct 2014 at 9:24am Nulli secundus wrote:
If true, sorry to hear that, no wonder things are confused
On 10 Oct 2014 at 6:19pm Time bomb wrote:
I hope this is not true , if its not you should be ashamed , however it can't all be blamed on him , if he is ill then that's not been the case since their reformation , my op stands , sorry if that doesn't suit you
On 11 Oct 2014 at 1:32am WorkinLondonLiveinHH wrote:
Not sure what the society's CIC's health has to do with a fire site if they had problems it would be announced in the programme which is already out out! As for out sides Southover BS has more Lewes and Lewes District people organising it than the so called oldest societies who are run by total outsiders from Eastbourne/Haywards Heath/Newhaven and yes London! That's why Southover is successful its run by those with experience!
On 11 Oct 2014 at 2:26pm Bonfire Follower back in wrote:
the day - I used to follow bonfire way back in my wasted youth ( 70`s) By golly it was fun then - round the county , all good natured piss ups in the villages . One I particularly re member was @ Fletching. Someone had made a phallus out of dental plastic - damned thing looked so real - cracked the whole place up . Another time @ the Town Hall some AGM or other - a geezer wanders out of the gents singing " You`ll never walk again ". Even the guys running the show and trying to debate serious buisiness had to laugh . Now , via the forum it seems politics and DFL`s are what it`s about . Maybe the Bonfire Movement takes itself too seriously - or maybe it`s just the creeping bureauracracy (sic) that`s strangling many things in the 21st. Century.
On 12 Oct 2014 at 8:14pm Slarty wrote:
Back to the original question.... Southover are not having a display this year due to fire site problems.
Their tweet "We're very sorry to announce we will not be showing off our extraordinary prowess with fireworks this year. There will be no public event 
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On 12 Oct 2014 at 9:06pm Thankyou Slarty wrote:
That`s a shame though.