7 April 2025
Family Flaming Fun Day Planning
Our regular society members spent time at our monthly meeting planning our Flaming Fun Day.
This event will be help on Sunday 29 June on Western Road Recreation ground. This will be a fantastic event with Music, Bar, stalls, displays and much much more. If you have a stall and would like to be part of this day and help us raise the funds needed to hold our annual bonfire event. then let us know. Email our fundraising team with details of your stall and what you have:
Fundraising@hailshambonfire.co.uk
10 January 2025
Annual General Meeting
HBS held their AGM in January and discussed the forthcoming year and vote in our committee. The overall success of the society is built around its members and there is no shortage of support to make the magic happen. We voted in our new committee and captains, some old and some new, and started the planning for 2025.
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Sussex Bonfire Carol Service
HBS members attended the Sussex Bonfire Society Annual Carol Service in Uckfield, 14 December 2025. The society was well represented with a number of members attending in their Smuggler or Victorian dress. The service was preceded with a colourful procession and then Christmas Carols at the church. Also the new banner for Christmas was revealed, a great addition to our many banners throughout the years and proudly carried by our Captain of Banners, Richard Harris. HBS Juniors banner was carried in by Dylan Lloyd, a long standing junior member and now YouTuber for the society.
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2025 Season finale
The evening of 22 November brought the 2025 bonfire season to an end for Hailsham Bonfire Society. Our final outmeeting was at Chiddingly and whilst the weather was cold and wet we were offered a warm welcome from our hosts. HBS had a great turnout from the membership and we certainly all had a great evening with fantastic bonfire and firework display to end.
2025 has been a great year for the society with new members joining and new societies visited. We are always looking for new members to join the society and help maintain our high standards when putting our own evening together. This event takes a great deal of work to prepare and execute however all members who support this have a great evening and work hard to give our visiting societies and public an event to remember. If you would like to be part of this fantastic family visit our memberships page. Want to help in other ways? Visit our fundraising page where you can contact us.
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HBS 2025 Fundraising success!
On 21 November 2025 HBS presented 2 cheques to their chosen charities for this year, Inspire Sussex and Children With Cancer at the Crown Public House in Hailsham, thanks to the Crown for their continued support to our society. Both charities are close to our hearts as we have society members who are supported by them, in addition the work they both do to support those in the community is amazing. Both were given cheques for £650 and were collected by both members and volunteers of the charities on their behalf. Our Chairman, Bob Sandalls, and members of the Bonfire Society were at the presentation, we thank Paul Gibson from Hailsham News for the photos. We continue to support local charities and initiatives across the area and always looking for support from local businesses and residents alike. If you would like to help out or become a member please visit our Fundraisng and Membership pages for details of how you can be part of a great society.