HUNDREDS
of people celebrated Guy Fawkes night crowded around a virtual bonfire projected onto a giant screen after health and safety killjoys forced them to scrap the real thing. Officials at Ilfracombe Rugby Club haven’t held a bonfire night for four years - after being put off by the mountain of paperwork and regulations set by council chiefs. But this year they opted to show a film of the blaze instead to get round the strict rules surrounding the lighting of fires at public events. Club president Paul Crabb said: “We always used to have a bonfire but in the end it got too much. The number of bits of paper you have to wade through to hold a bonfire is just insane. I thought the idea was to light a fire and have a laugh - but the council are all ‘risk assessment’ and ‘liability’. All the fun went out of it.” Evening Standard 3/11/06.
of people celebrated Guy Fawkes night crowded around a virtual bonfire projected onto a giant screen after health and safety killjoys forced them to scrap the real thing. Officials at Ilfracombe Rugby Club haven’t held a bonfire night for four years - after being put off by the mountain of paperwork and regulations set by council chiefs. But this year they opted to show a film of the blaze instead to get round the strict rules surrounding the lighting of fires at public events. Club president Paul Crabb said: “We always used to have a bonfire but in the end it got too much. The number of bits of paper you have to wade through to hold a bonfire is just insane. I thought the idea was to light a fire and have a laugh - but the council are all ‘risk assessment’ and ‘liability’. All the fun went out of it.” Evening Standard 3/11/06.
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