The Gunpowder Plot & Midland Connections

Name: The Gunpowder Plot & Midland Connections
Start: 2024-10-28T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-28T21:45:00+01:00
Location: Oddfellows, 22 New Street, Leamington Spa

Schedule

Mon Oct 28 2024 at 08:30 pm to 09:45 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Oddfellows, 22 New Street, Leamington Spa | Leamington, EN

November is the time of year for fireworks and bonfires in celebration of the failure of the Gunpowder Plot. The 17th century plot that saw Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators thwarted in their efforts to blow up parliament and murder the Protestant King James
I, was actually planned closer to home than many may realise.
Allan Jennings has put together a comprehensive account of the plot with an emphasis on the Midlands connections! You may be surprised at how local.