6: Puttenham Bonfire special

Puttenham is the little village that does big bonfires.

For more than 30 years, we've been incinerating everything from 10 Downing Street to the Death Star. Thanks to Covid-19 there was no bonfire in 2020, so this episode of Nine Stories High aims to capture a bit of the magic. We bring together some of the organising team to talk about its history, how it comes together and what it means.

My thanks to Mike Blundell Jones, Adam Calver, Dave Cassar, Will Yule, Peter Conn, Liz Yule, Gary Crosby, Liz Crosby, Nick Wildman, Pete Reynolds and Sir James Leonard.

You can get a much better idea of how the bonfire looks and feels in Ben Finney's lovely Surrey Wars/Puttenham Strikes Back film. And remember to add your bonfire photos to our Facebook page.

Hope you enjoy it. Fingers crossed for 2021...