South Warwickshire pub announces feast of fireworks at Bonfire Night event
By Amanda Chalmers 15th Oct 2024
Families are being invited to enjoy a feast of fireworks fun at an event at the Fleur de Lys pub in Lowsonford next month.
The Bonfire Night event, on November 9, will feature a host of entertainment, including fire eating spectacle from Arron Bjorn Cook, face painting by Warwickshire-based Sixth Moon Art and live music from Midlands six-piece cover band Chaos.
The evening culminates in a sensational fireworks display from 7.30pm and food and drinks can be purchased, including hog roast, BBQ and mulled wine and mulled cider, from the inside and outside bars.
It marks the tenth such event organised at The Fleur by licensees Emma and Nick Woodhouse.
Emma said: "It's a really lovely small family event in a contained and safe environment and we try to make it a little magical for the kids.
"We have been very lucky to be collaborating with Fantazia Fireworks who know exactly what sort of show to put on for our customers, who love it every year.
"It's nice to come out to the countryside and experience these things because usually we have really clear skies which makes for a great show."
She added: "And did you know that the originator of the Gunpowder Plot, Robert Catesby, lived a stone's throw away from our pub, in Bushwood Hall on Bushwood Lane? We always talk about Guy Fawkes, but it was actually Catesby's plan to replace Protestant James I with a Catholic monarch. So, sleepy little Lowsonford is actually kind of pivotal to British history!"
The couple, who moved to Warwickshire from Bristol to take on the pub, are passionate about hospitality and have combined 30 years of experience in the industry. They work hard to protect the legacy and integrity of the inn, which they recognise as a valued part of local history.
The Fleur De Lys – which translates as Flower of Life - started out as a row of three 15th-century cottages which became canal workers' accommodation and were later knocked together. Subsequent uses included a blacksmith's forge and even a mortuary, from where the bodies were taken to Rowington Church in the absence of a village church at the time.
It wasn't until the early 20th century when it first opened as a tavern, later going on to introduce the 'pioneering' idea of serving food and giving rise to the now famous Fleur De Lys pies.
Gates open for the Bonfire Night at 6pm with the bonfire being lit at 6.30pm and fireworks display at 7.30pm.
The food stalls close at 8.30pm and bar closes at 10.30pm.
Tickets are £15 for adults, £7 for 4-16-year-olds and free for under threes and are available to purchase here.
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