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Memories
Game 106
Roast chestnuts and smoke
Burnt fingers on a cold night
A video by ISLE OF WIGHT ARCHIVE
The game's question
Take the scene slowly, at the pace of a cold evening by the bonfire.
Autumn had its own smell: smoke and something sweet, chestnuts roasting until their shells split. On 5 November, the bonfire crackled, faces glowed in the heat and fireworks lit up the sky. Hands were cold, chestnuts too hot to hold. Where did you eat roast chestnuts – from a street seller or by the fire – and who looked after the bonfire?
Your own autumn evenings
Need a hint?
Toss an imaginary hot chestnut from hand to hand, or ask who took charge of the fireworks at home.
Why this game : A smell of smoke and autumn can carry a whole evening with it: the cold, the fire and the faces round it.
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