As part of this year's food theme, one attendee made a Bourbon biscuit lantern.
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Bermondsey residents came together on Saturday in the Blue Market to make lanterns in preparation for the Illuminate procession on November 24.
The Illuminate Bermondsey Lantern Parade is a free annual event organised by the local community in South-East London. It celebrates local histories, specifically around the themes of the Thames, the docks and migration.
The parade originated as part of celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s departure in 2020.
The Mayflower was a ship that carried Pilgrims to North America from Plymouth in 1620. It’s famous for being one of the first ships to carry British pioneers to the continent.
The Illuminate parade has developed into an event independent from the Mayflower anniversary festivities. Michael Daniels, President of the Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Society, recalled how the parade came to be:
“A number of us got together and formed an organisation called Mayflower 400, and we thought that we should do something in order to raise people’s awareness about the voyage, so we hit upon this idea of Illuminate, which always took place around Thanksgiving.”
‘It’s very good for the kids’
An attending parent, Patricia, said “We did this last year… and my daughter loved it. We ended up doing the whole parade and having pizza with lots of people.
It’s very good for the kids to have things to do outside school… they have lots of fun, it’s free as well which is always very good for parents.”
Residents will carry their lanterns from the Blue Market to Southwark Park, where there will be live music.
This year’s theme is food, with attendees creating lanterns that look like croissants, Bourbon biscuits, and bananas, among others.
This lantern is made to resemble a croissant.
Event organiser Frog Morris said, “We’re thinking still about the ships landing in Rotherhithe… when they landed in Rotherhithe they were often loaded with food which was then processed in warehouses and factories here in Bermondsey”.
The event begins at 5:30pm on November 24.
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Bermondsey residents came together on Saturday in the Blue Market to make lanterns in preparation for the Illuminate procession on November 24.
The Illuminate Bermondsey Lantern Parade is a free annual event organised by the local community in South-East London. It celebrates local histories, specifically around the themes of the Thames, the docks and migration.
The parade originated as part of celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s departure in 2020.
The Mayflower was a ship that carried Pilgrims to North America from Plymouth in 1620. It’s famous for being one of the first ships to carry British pioneers to the continent.
The Illuminate parade has developed into an event independent from the Mayflower anniversary festivities. Michael Daniels, President of the Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Society, recalled how the parade came to be:
“A number of us got together and formed an organisation called Mayflower 400, and we thought that we should do something in order to raise people’s awareness about the voyage, so we hit upon this idea of Illuminate, which always took place around Thanksgiving.”
‘It’s very good for the kids’
An attending parent, Patricia, said “We did this last year… and my daughter loved it. We ended up doing the whole parade and having pizza with lots of people.
It’s very good for the kids to have things to do outside school… they have lots of fun, it’s free as well which is always very good for parents.”
Residents will carry their lanterns from the Blue Market to Southwark Park, where there will be live music.
This year’s theme is food, with attendees creating lanterns that look like croissants, Bourbon biscuits, and bananas, among others.
This lantern is made to resemble a croissant.
Event organiser Frog Morris said, “We’re thinking still about the ships landing in Rotherhithe… when they landed in Rotherhithe they were often loaded with food which was then processed in warehouses and factories here in Bermondsey”.
