October 2018 1 14 Report

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Over 400 years ago, a gang led
by Guido Fawkes – now known
as Guy Fawkes – attempted
to blow up King James I and
his government in London.
Fawkes and his gang were
Catholics, who were persecuted
in England at that time. They
fi lled the cellars of the Houses
of Parliament with barrels
containing 2,500kg of gunpowder, but their plot was discovered. Fawkes
was caught red-handed just before he set light to the explosive, and
5th November 1605 became a memorable date in history.
After his arrest, Fawkes said, ‘I wish I had succeeded. If only they hadn’t
caught me!’ Some people still wish he had got away with it. But what
would have happened if the gunpowder had exploded? Calculations
show that the explosion would have fl attened a large part of central
London. There would have been total destruction of all buildings within
42 metres. Walls and roofs of buildings up to over 100 metres away would
have collapsed, while up to 500 metres away ceilings would have fallen
and glass would have cracked or broken. What’s more, if the plot had
succeeded, the king and all the nobles, bishops and MPs in parliament
would have died. Would London – and England – have ever recovered?
Fawkes and the other conspirators were all executed. Today, people
in Britain still celebrate the failure of the ‘Gunpowder Plot’ with
bonfi res and fi reworks on 5th November. But in a BBC poll, Guy Fawkes
was voted a hero. He was listed in the top 100 Great Britons among
Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst,
William Shakespeare – and Robbie Williams!


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