GUY FAWKES DAY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 911, 4 November 1933, Page 8

GUY FAWKES DAY.

Small Boys Keep Alive Old Tradition. With masked or besmirched and blackened faces, and dressed in clothes that the old rag man would disdain, hordes of Christchurch children to-day celebrated one of the big events in their calendar—the Fifth of November. Although the real fifth falls on a Sunday this year, November 4 was good enough for their purposes. From 6 am. onwards assorted guys were on the road to perpetuate a cause long dead, but not forgotten. Many of the early callers at suburban homes were disappointed, because there were few who would heed the guy’s call for alms when bed beckoned warmly. One case is reported where an angry householder, in his garden at 7 o’clock, when accosted by three small boys, turned the hose on them and then let loose the dog. Small guys called at city offices shortly after 8 o’clock, and gleaned pennies, while others stood outside various buildings and struggled for coins thrown from upper windows. One thing that was noticeable about Guy Fawkes Day this year was that there were far more guys on the streets than in former years. This may or may not be a sign of the times. But for all that, people still appear to have money to spare, for shops selling fireworks report brisk business, although the regulation requiring a permit for their purchase has meant a certain hardening-up.