Bonfire nights in Newick are recorded from 1828, and the society was formally founded in 1936. It carries seventeen burning crosses for the Sussex martyrs, rolls a tar barrel and holds prayers at the bonfire on the green, on the Saturday before the Lewes celebrations.
Newick Bonfire
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Every year on the first Saturday on or after 30 October · 19:30 to 16:00
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Saturday 30 October 2027, 19:30–16:00
Free, A street collection is taken for charity
© Peter TrimmingCC BY-SA 2.0 Sets off from
The Green
The processions start at about 19:30, traditionally from the Royal Oak, and end on the village green, where the bonfire is lit and the fireworks follow at about 20:30.
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