I have lived in Lewes for 35 years and I just stay in now unless one of my photo agencies asks me to take pics. It's just too much grief with pi$$ed up out of towners being nobs and throwing their weight around. This doesn't apply of course to my small and local society SSB. However I was speaking to one of the top guys in the SS bonfire society yesterday and Bonfire night this year is by no means certain to go ahead with permissions still being awaited from council and police, furthermore he said that if things were going ahead Cliffe were not allowing any members of the public to attend their firework display this year.
Can't say I've ever had any problems with this in twenty years. Perhaps that makes me a pissed up, out of towner, knob?
They taught us those tactics when I was in the SA... ...no, I've said too much.