Christina Websell wrote:

"Alexis" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

"'Mike'" wrote in message
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Thank you David, that is another point people are not aware of. There is
a
difference between having a bonfire and burning rubbish.

Mike

For a change, I agree with you. Burning rubbish is *not*a bonfire as far
as
I understand the term bonfire.

Just on a point of interest, I mean, how anyone understands the term
bonfire is of course entirely up to them, but according to Oxford
Dictionaries:

http://oxforddictionaries.com/defini...fire?q=bonfire

Definition of bonfire in English | noun : a large open-air fire used
for burning rubbish or as part of a celebration...


I define a bonfire as setting fire to the garden waste that is impossible to
compost. No way you can set fire to anything else and call it a bonfire.

Thanks for the explanation. I don't know the first thing about
bonfires which is why I looked the word up in a dictionary.

I have no reason to doubt, however, that common usage of the word, in
a garden type setting, is just as you understand and define the term.