Newick Bonfire Society

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Past & Present

Please join us for a Past & Present nostalgic evening of the history of Newick Bonfire Society with displays of costumes, programmes, photographs and slides.
We are borrowing copies of the postcards and photographs donated to the village and held in trust by the Parish Council, plus the slides of Newick and the Bonfire Society taken by John Wood. Mr Wood was renowned for taking slides of a lot of the activities of the village for many years. His grandson now holds the slides and these are a great asset to the history and archives of the village.
See above for more details.

Guy Making Competition

We are holding a guy-making competition on Saturday 25 October when the entries will be lined up outside the Community Centre or inside if its raining. There will also be a Coffee Morning and tombola etc. Guys can resemble Guy Fawkes or anyone else or just be fun characters. Each guy will have a bucket placed in front of them and anybody can vote for their favourite by throwing money into their bucket. The winner will be the guy with the most money in their bucket. All proceeds to go to Newick Bonfire Society. Members and non-members of any age can enter a guy. Now is the time to start planning your entry and looking for materials. We're hoping for a great line-up!

Children's Painting Competition

Newick Bonfire Society is holding a competition for children up to the age of 14 years to paint or draw their memories or images of Bonfire Night here in Newick. The winners will have their pictures printed in colour in the Newick Bonfire Night 2008 programme and also here on the Newick Bonfire website.

More details will be available in May when the competition is launched on this site, posters around the village and at our Coffee Mornings.

Street Collection

We would like to thank all the collectors and the people who generously put money in the collecting boxes on Bonfire Night 2007. The grand total was a magnificent £3811.36. The following donations have been agreed to date:
Leyden House £225.66
Golden Lions Childrens Trust £517.14
Newick Pre School £224.33
Newick Village Hall £149.42
Newick Day Care Centre £422.75
Happy Breed Dog Rescue £740.73
Newick Scouts £400.00
Motor Neurone Disease £313.79
Newick Guides £60.00
Burns Unit at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead £150.00

Total £3203.82

£607.82 remains in the account for distribution throughout the year.

Photo Competition

Once again we shall be holding our photo competition and the entries will be on display at our Christmas Coffee Morning on Saturday 6 December at 9am in the Community Centre. Photos should have a Newick Bonfire theme which could include preparations, the night, clearing up etc. and will be judged in three categories: under 10, 10-16 and adult. Please place your photos in an envelope marked with your name, address, telephone number and age, if under 16, and send it to Photo Competition, 9 Newlands Park Way, Newick, East Sussex BN8 4PG. We regret we can only accept up to four photos from each entrant and all entries must be received by Saturday 29 November 2008.

Join Newick Bonfire Society

By joining Newick Bonfire Society and becoming an active member you can help to create the amazing spectacle that is Newick Bonfire Night. New members are always made to feel welcome and helping to organise our Bonfire Night isn't just hard work, it's fun and exciting.

Prior to the night you could be involved in setting up The Green, making and dipping the 4000 torches required for our amazing torchlit processions, collection of bonfire materials and helping to build one of the only traditionally built bonfires in Sussex.

Then on the night running torches, stewarding, crowd marshalling and being part of this amazing tradition.

However being part of one of the best Bonfire Societies in Sussex isn't all hard work. Other weekends during the Bonfire season we dress up and become part of the torchlit processions ourselves, visiting other societies' celebrations throughout Sussex including Lewes on the 5th.

Extra help is always needed with fundraising events such as coffee mornings, jumble sales and discos etc.

So whether you're young or old - everyone can become involved. Click HERE for more information on joining the society and our GALLERY where you can see past events and activities.

Looking for a venue for a function or event?
NEWICK VILLAGE HALL

This large hall can seat 160 at tables or 240 in rows. It has a kitchen with modern ovens, fridges and two serving hatches. A full range of crockery and cutlery is available for hire. The hall is ideal for wedding receptions, dances, discos and parties.

A fully- licenced Bar can be provided by