BROCKHAM BONFIRE CELEBRATIONS 2009
Saturday 7th November proved to be a very busy night with a huge crowd gathered to enjoy the bonfire celebrations on the village green. Thanks to the tremendous effort from everyone involved in the planning and organisation, the 2009 Bonfire Night celebrations resulted in a fantastic amount being collected from voluntary donations and the street collection. Whilst a somewhat damp but beautifully built bonfire burned the fireworks team once again treated the village to a truly spectacular display. Over £22,000 was collected on the night for local societies, charities and worthy causes. Despite the wet weather the car park teams still managed to park over 1,000 cars in farmer’s fields and the catering stalls all sold a huge amount of much needed hot food. The traditional roast pig auction once again raised the over £1,000. These together with the bangle sellers, firework sponsors, donations and advertisers, brochure sales and raffle tickets resulted in over £60,000 being taken on the night.
Thanks to a huge team effort by the bonfire boys and girls the Village Green was rapidly returned to normality in time for the Remembrance Day Service with volunteers from Brockham Badgers assisting with the litter. The Bonfire Boys and Girls worked tirelessly in the rain to dismantle all the lights, signs and fencing by the time darkness fell on Bonfire Sunday.
As part of this year’s bonfire celebrations we were honored to give a special 21-gun salute in memory of 23-year-old Lance Corporal James Hill, from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards who died in Afghanistan on October 8 2009. His parents Claire and Brian gave their blessing for the special salute in memory of their only son who had enjoyed the bonfire many times in the past.
The crowd on Bonfire night were both vocal and generous despite the weather with many people saying it was the best Procession, Guy and Firework display ever. Our sincere thanks to everyone involved in making the event so successful and we look forward to another great Brockham Bonfire night in 2010.
With warmest Christmas wishes to you all from the Brockham Bonfire Boys and Girls
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