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Tickets For Bonfire Night 2008 Will Soon Be On Sale

Friday 19 September

This year’s Ripon Bonfire Night on Friday 7th November promises to be one to remember and tickets will soon be on sale. The focus for this year’s event will be on the family with good discounts for advanced family tickets, to try to make sure lots of fun is had this year.

The difference this year is that there will be no Bonfire, which is due to the behaviour of a group of teenagers last year who were acting in a dangerous way close to the fire, breaking through the cordon and playing “chicken” close to the embers. There were also big concerns over the overall safety of the crowd as it was quite windy. The decision was made by the Ripon Gunpowder Plot who work extremely hard to organise the event each year collecting a huge amount of money for local charities. It is hoped that the bonfire will be back soon, but this year’s event will press on with a fantastic firework display as well as lots of entertainment for the family.

The event will be held at Hell Wath, and the evening will start at 6.15pm. You will be able to enjoy music from local talent, and food and drink will be available as well and a licensed bar. The firework display will begin at 7.30pm and promises to be a spectacular event. The main aim of the evening is to raise as much money for local charities as possible.

Here is a short video of some of the fireworks from last year.

So far the confirmed sponsors for the event are:

Bronco Internet,
Andersons Metal Recyclers,
Eura Audit,
FB Taylor,
Bill Plant,
Ripon Interiors,
Davills Patisserie,
Lets Move,
Phillip Hall,
Spa Pharmacy,
Great Northern Wines,
A E Duffields & sons,
Lamb and Flag,
Tim Harrison Engineering,
County Steel,
Potters Group,
Ripon Builders,
Cloud Nine,
Hutchinson & Buchanan,
F Tates & sons Lark Hill Nurseries,
Masham Skip Hire,
Taxi Gordon,
SHC Hire Company,
PAG Engineering,
Knowledge Magnet,
Nigel Simpson,
Ashville 4,
LV Mason Construction,
MV & ME Atkinson,
Dalesgate Press,
Lee Hill.

Also Bob from The Coffee Car will be donating 20% of his takings on the night.

Tickets will be available in a number of local shops and this year you can buy an Advanced Family Ticket which costs Ł14 for 2 adults and 3 children. Single tickets cost Ł4 advanced or Ł5 on the gate, so the Family ticket is great value.