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'Guy Fawkes in the Tunnel' by George Cruickshank, from 'Parliament
Past and Present' by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith The
action began in May 1604 when Guy Fawkes and Thomas Percy
rented a house very close to Parliament. Fawkes called himself
John Johnson and pretended he was Percy's servant. They then
began to dig a tunnel...
Why a tunnel? Well, imagine you had a huge heap of gunpowder
and you wanted to get it into the most important building
in the country without anyone noticing. Not an easy thing
to do.
The tunnel was meant to run from the cellar of their house
and under the street, ending up underneath the Houses of Parliament
- perfect for smuggling that gunpowder.
Our picture shows Guy and the gang in the tunnel with their
pick axes. Do you think there really would have been priests
down there too? Perhaps the picture is trying to show there
were Catholic
priests who knew about the plot.
Would it work? Read the next card to see.
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