We asked people on the streets of Edinburgh for their memories of bonfire night.
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00:00 Bonfire night, again, great big fire at the bottom of the street, guy forks, lots and
00:07 lots of wood and tatties in the fire.
00:10 Bonfire night is actually my brother's birthday, so yeah, celebrating my brother's birthday,
00:15 I always do something every year.
00:17 I think, yeah, bonfire night's not really anything, like, I guess all I can think of
00:24 is what my dad used to tell me, like, growing up in Edinburgh when they would, like, set
00:28 a fire to, like, old chairs and tables in the middle of the street and then they'd all
00:32 get chased off by the fire department and that's probably, like, his memory living through
00:36 me, so yeah.
00:38 On a bad note, because of the area I live in, a couple of years ago there was all cars
00:44 getting stolen, set on fire, and I think there was about 20 arrests, including a policeman
00:52 getting injured.
00:53 Any happier memories?
00:54 Again, as a kid, going round the bonfires and going to Middlebank Sports Centre for
01:01 the firework display.
01:03 (laughing)