Lighting the Legend
History of Lighting the Legend
Lighting the Legend began in 1994 as a celebration on bonfire night. It was set up by Ordsall Community Arts and Ordsall Hall to provide local people with a celebration. Its name was inspired by the legend that Guy Fawkes stayed at Ordsall Hall when he was plotting to blow up the Houses of Parliament, and although its never never proven, the story has always fired our imaginations.
Every year around Bonfire night, we parade through the streets with hand made lanterns and special feature lanterns and we light up the sky with fireworks.
25 Years of Lighting the Legend in 2019
We're approaching the 25th birthday of this incredibly popular and much anticipated local tradition event. Local people are fiercely proud of it - you'd be hard pushed to find a family who haven't been invoved in making lanterns at some time.
We will be planning something really spectacular to mark the 25th anniversary. If you'd like to get involved in shaping in, please get in touch.
Lighting the Legend Past Projects
Always inspired by local Ordsall life, there have been many themes over the years.......
