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Originally Posted by maxthecollie
Does anyone know why we have to have fireworks at the start of late night Christmas Shopping in Accrington. I feel sorry for all the animals who have just got over bonfire night. I was walking on Washington Street on Thursday night when the fireworks were going off. I could feel the vibrations of the bangs.
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Fireworks seem to be obligatory for any occasion these days and I'm afraid they are not among my favourite things.
Here in Morecambe we had Diwali for several days at the end of October and Guy Fawkes started midweek and went on till Monday the 7th. You'd think that with the fifth being a Saturday they could get it all over with on one night.
Forty years ago when I was a student I went to a big bonfire and display at Lewes in Sussex which has lots of traditions around 5 November. Someone behind us threw a banger which landed between me and my boyfriend who was standing very close. It went off in my ear and deafened me temporarlly. When I got home I undid my hair which had been in plaits and a lump came off in my hand, burnt by the firework.
And that is why I don't like fireworks. I know I sound like a killjoy but can't help it. As I studied chemistry one thing I can do is look at the different colours and work out the chemicals causing them. Is that sad or what?