[jambutty]

Only old people will remember them but the Standard ha’penny and penny demons back the fifties were powerful enough to lift the lid on one of the old fashioned metal dustbins. Or as one unfortunate kid found out they could blow your fingers off.

On a much more serious note, how many fireworks would it need to make an appreciable bomb?

Some people have mentioned banning them except for bona fide displays. But all that would do is put the industry underground where there would be no control of the power of the things.

Like it or not we are stuck with them.

Actually fireworks don’t bother me except possibly the first bang of the evening. It might make me jump. After that it is just background noise.