What's on

October

27th – Marshals Meeting Elly 8pm
29th- Newick Bonfire
30th- Family Badge Night, Elly 12-6

November

4th- Badge Night, Elly 5-9
7th- Box Night at the Elly
12th- East Hoathly/Rye Bonfire
19th- Robertsbridge Bonfire

Welcome to Commercial Square Bonfire Society

Membership Forms

These can be found on our forms/membership page

Newsletter

The September "Commercial Times" is now available. Click here to view.

Programme Selling

Our programme is a vital way of raising funds for our society. The money raised goes towards the continuation of Commercial Square, which we hope you are proud to be members of.

"How can I help?" I hear you cry - It's easy!!!!

You can either join us on the following nights to sell door-to-door, Saturday mornings in the town or just in your own street.

We will be selling in.....
- Nevill - Wed 25th October. Meet outside Nevill stores at 6.45pm.

If you want to sell in your own street, or sell in the town one Saturday morning then contact Colin Dean on 07900210985 or come and see us on launch night on the 23rd September. Your help is most appreciated.

Outfires 2011

29th October - Newick – departs 6pm
12th November - East Hoathly – departs 6pm
12th November - Rye – departs 5pm
19th November - Robertsbridge – departs 5.30pm

Coach places can only be booked by emailing commercialsquare@hotmail.com. Please state the outfire(s) you wish to attend and the full names of EVERYONE you are booking for, Joe Bloggs x 4 is not acceptable!

Coach places are strictly for CSBS members only and all under-16s must be accompanied by an adult. You will receive email confirmation of your booking, this will more than likely not happen instantly so please don't panic!

Booking will close the Thursday before each outfire and any cancellation of places must be done before then otherwise you will still be charged for your seats. All coaches depart from the Elephant and Castle, please ensure you arrive at least fifteen minutes before the coach is due to leave. Please note, the fine for being sick on a coach is £100. All outfires this year cost £10 for adults and £2.50 for kids.

The Fifth 2010 - Photo Album

Photos taken by Ben Golds of The Fifth 2010 are now available in an excellent album. Click here to view and order your copy

Bars

CSBS run a professional bar service that can cater for small to large events. If you are able to help run this or any other bar, or would like us to run a bar for you, please contact Nikki Notley at commercialbars@yahoo.co.uk

What can YOU do for CSBS

From a membership level, CSBS could be classed as a very successful society. With over 1000 members we are the largest society in the town which is reflected in our incredible display on the Fifth.
It is unfortunate however that throughout the year we see so little of the majority of these members. A small number of dedicated people work so hard from Nov 6th one year to the Fifth the following year to make sure we raise enough funds to put on that display and have enough torches, banners, badges, fireworks, barrels, firewood, fencing, lighting, transport, storage etc etc etc, to make it work.

Each and every member should ask themselves - 'What can I do for MY society'. Here are a few ideas:

  • Turn up to events run by the Society!
  • Help Nikki with the Bars
  • Come torch making from September
  • Come up with your own event

If we don't raise enough money throughout the year then we have little option but to either increase membership fees (which we have already done once) or decrease the size of the society by freezing the membership (which we are doing this year for the first time)

Ideas are more than welcome on our Forum

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