Bonfire night

[Zincubus]

Re: Bonfire night

Also you had to guard your bommy as there was always stories that some gang were going to set fire to your bommy before bommy night

The kids were in charge until Nov 5th .......... then the grown ups all came out and took over - mind they did bring parkin and treacle toffee and black pea soup .............. everything was shared around

Plus it was a big neighbourhood event but not organised by the Council ........ all spontaneous[/quote]


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[amethyst]

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Maybe those loud bangers should have been banned a long time ago.I think it has gone worse since millennium.I honestly dread this time of year

[George 1978]

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Wasn't refering to private parties George, it's the idiots who have nothing better to spend their money on who will happily blow £15 on what is basically a legal bomb and set it off at 1 o'clock in the morning

Now you're talking, Tex - they are idiots who almost literally have money to burn. Perhaps that money should be better used as donations to charities such as Great Ormond Street as a way of helping youngsters who have had their limbs off because of fireworks, rockets and sparklers damaging them? - it's a better use of that money, I think.

[tex]

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Yes, the supermarkets do cater for the private parties, but the local councils try to discourage this by doing one of their own - out of the public purse.

Wasn't refering to private parties George, it's the idiots who have nothing better to spend their money on who will happily blow £15 on what is basically a legal bomb and set it off at 1 o'clock in the morning

[George 1978]

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I always remember children asking for penny for the guy

The problem is that some seem to think of it as begging - after all, where does the money go? Towards buying fireworks and the like?

[George 1978]

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Really?...I suspect it's because money grabbing supermarkets start selling them far too early, idiotic kids will buy if they see them for sale at any time of the year

Yes, the supermarkets do cater for the private parties, but the local councils try to discourage this by doing one of their own - out of the public purse.

[Zincubus]

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I love Bonfire Night. I go to a display. I'd never buy fireworks as i think they are a waste of money, so going to a display is best, there's usually the local radio thete too broadcasting live from the venue.

I’ve had three close calls with fireworks so they scare me to death now ..

When I was about 10 I set off a Helicopter which were crazy things as they set off and flew parallel to the ground — it flew about 30 yards and straight at my MUM !!
She blocked it with a tin of fireworks !

Twenty years later in our back garden a neighbours rocket came straight at my face and missed by about 6 inches - hitting our kitchen window !


A couple of years ago I ‘foolishly’ bought a pack of ten rockets for a quid ( one pound) !!

Set the first one off and it flew off INSTANTLY without warning.. the second was the same .. instant ignition!!

I chucked the others in a bucket of water !!


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[Danniella]

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I love Bonfire Night. I go to a display. I'd never buy fireworks as i think they are a waste of money, so going to a display is best, there's usually the local radio thete too broadcasting live from the venue.

[zabadak]

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Luvvit, luvvit, luvvit!

Always have, always will but I don't get to go to displays or buy them myself these days.

[Zincubus]

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What about those flamin mortar bombs that go off these days !?

I found one last year on our local park — it hadn’t exploded for some reason and I didn’t fancy just leaving it for young kids to mess with or set off ..

It’s still in our shed !!


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[tex]

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Don't forget that in most years, Guy Fawkes Night coincides (a few weeks either way, at least) with Diwali, the Hindu festival, as they use fireworks to celebrate as well - I suppose that is why fireworks are used so much in late October and early November.

And of course, the bonfire on the Forest Recreation Ground (no doubt paid for by Nottingham City Council tax payers - talking about rate payer's cash literally going up in smoke!), with a guy burning on top, and a Goose Fair parody along with it as well.

Really?...I suspect it's because money grabbing supermarkets start selling them far too early, idiotic kids will buy if they see them for sale at any time of the year

[amethyst]

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I always remember children asking for penny for the guy

[George 1978]

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Don't forget that in most years, Guy Fawkes Night coincides (a few weeks either way, at least) with Diwali, the Hindu festival, as they use fireworks to celebrate as well - I suppose that is why fireworks are used so much in late October and early November.

And of course, the bonfire on the Forest Recreation Ground (no doubt paid for by Nottingham City Council tax payers - talking about rate payer's cash literally going up in smoke!), with a guy burning on top, and a Goose Fair parody along with it as well.

[Zincubus]

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When I was growing up as a kid,we looked forward to nov5th.But now anyone can let off fireworks between now and xmas new year.The postman put a lidl leaflet through the door last week advertising fireworks. One costing 49.99 for 180 shots lasting for 10 mins

Yeah bonfire night in the sixties was massive .. . Where we are in Gtr Manchester.. each area / estate had their own community bonfire ..

Kids would go around all the surrounding neighbours asking for wood / logs / cupboards .. one year we had 5 mattresses and they were dragged under some trees and piled on top of each other then we used climb as high as possible and jump down onto the mattress pile


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[amethyst]

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When I was growing up as a kid,we looked forward to nov5th.But now anyone can let off fireworks between now and xmas new year.The postman put a lidl leaflet through the door last week advertising fireworks. One costing 49.99 for 180 shots lasting for 10 mins