[WillowTheWhisp]

It isn't really things like your display which are the problem. It's kids (and teenagers) buying fireworks and using them long before Bonfire Night - often in an aggressive manner which upsets people. If it were only the one night a year it wouldn't be so bad. When I was a child we had little (?) bonfires in the backstreets, attended by parents who cooked jacket spuds and provided bonfire toffee etc. It was always a communal affair, the gathering of wood beforehand and the pooling of fireworks to be watched by all. The next morning there'd be a few blistered backyard doors and more often than not amongst the ashes the springs of an old chair or mattress.

I can't believe how we used to risk life and limb by darting past the fire from one side to the other against the backstreet wall - not discouraged by parents either. I remember my Dad calling me back from the opposite side when I'd gone over there to get spuds or something. Trying to see who was the other side of the fire wasn't always easy either so we ran back and forth just to see who was there.

The Guy Fawkes segment at York Dungeons is very interesting. Now what do we all know about poor old Guy? Is that another thread?