Where I'm from bonfires were a weekend ritual accompanied by underage drinking of tall-cans and 40s.

Slowly, one by one each member of this sacred circle became legal and it was soon that the circle had alltogether vanished; retreating into basements; watching hockey games and playing video games around the warmth of a heating tower while and drinking respectable 24s of beer (for this was also a time of great change when parttime jobs became necessary).

Now in my old age where even this custom has been replaced with a rare outing to a finely established etablishment I now look back on bonfires with a nostalgic fondness.

Themz were the dayz.