Bonfire celebration returns

OLDHAMERS will once again enjoy a family-friendly free fireworks and bonfire bonanza on Guy Fawkes Night.

The council is reviving the popular event after more than a decade — this year it will be on the actual night, November 5, at Boundary Park from 5pm.

There will be street entertainers, games and traditional food as well as a professional firework display and bonfire.

Assistant cabinet member Councillor Amanda Chadderton said: “Historically the bonfires at Alexandra Park were extremely popular. They attracted big crowds and there’s a genuine public appetite to reinstate them.

“And staging a larger event like this can help to discourage smaller groups of people from holding unsupervised bonfires elsewhere – events which we know can put great pressure on emergency response services.”






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