SecretLeeds - History, culture and architecture in Leeds

Not sure if this is the correct thread, but noted this letter in the Guardian telloing of their childhood in Leeds

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... playground

By coincidence I had to write a few sentences about my childhood recollections of Bonfire Night in Leeds for a German conversation class I attend. This article was quite a useful reminder about the run up to bonfire night.

One thing I think she doesn't mention was the actual burning of the Guy Fawkes effigy on the fire.
We always used to make a guy by stuffing old clothes and for a few weeks would collect a "penny for the guy " standing outside local shops with the dummy or going door to door. We would spend the money on fireworks. One year we didn't have a guy so we dressed up a small lad to look like a guy and collected pennies just the same.

Blackprince Das ist gut yar.