What is an Effigy? Well, a correct liturate meaning is a representation or image of someone or something. Later, it also refers to people disliked, and if you burn it or whatever, you do in public, you do it "in effigy". The idea it`s only for disliked people is a huge mistake, but it often does take that meaning.
To bonfire Boyes, an Effigy is a representation that is stuffed full of fireworks and blown up as a set piece, normally to end the nights events.
Since the term has a few meanings, it can be tricky to find out about old effigies. Currently, the oldest known Battle Effigy was in 1870 and was of a local murderer who made the news. This was a life-size likeness, like a guy, of the person and it was carried down the street on the procession. At the end of events, it was hung on a gibbet, stuffed full of fireworks and lit to end off the night. While Todays effigies are much bigger, this is basically the same thing. Some `non-set piece` effigies were used in them days, as they were just the likeness of a person that was carried down and thrown on the fire, but an Effigy is the set piece. For a while, Effigies became `tableau`, mostly just a large board with an image on it, alone with fireworks, but that was still basically the same thing. In the 70s, they became more what we know today, as a 3D large Papier-mâché, wire and wood sculptures. The theme for these Effigies range from Local topics to world topics, films or some bonfire related topics.
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2020 Designer - N/A Street Collection - N/A Due to Covid 19 Restrictions, this year a small town bonfire was held in order to keep the tradition going. While there was a bonfire (of sorts) on the green with some fireworks, it was a more private event with a hand full of members. No effigy or collection this year. |
 Guy Fawkes "We wunt be Druv" - 2021 Designer - ? Street Collection - £2,565.51 ? |
 - 2022 Designer - ? Street Collection - £3,495.96 |
 - 2023 Designer - ? Street Collection - £2,373.59 |
 - 2024 Designer - ? Street Collection - £4,116.18 With country wide pothole problems on the road, and sussex being reported as one of the worse affected areas, this more basic effigy was done to highlight the issues in the local area as well as the amount of related roadworks. |