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As usually,I'm just trying to gauge folks opinion.
As a child I remember my mother and father putting on a small fireworks display most years for close friends and family,I don't want to be a kill joy, I do appreciate the enjoyment these pyrotechnics can bring if used correctly.
But I was walking home lastnight when I came across a group of reprobates setting off fireworks in the street.
As i got closer i realised they were getting ready to launch a rocket type one down the street.Before I knew it a rocket was screaming straight towards a group of folk further down the street, it exploded right beside them as they was trying yo scatter from it,the explosion also made some of the local hounds start barking.
Probably not the best course of action in today's day and age but I shouted that a number of folk in the group were elderly and asked if they would they like it if it was their grandparents.....This was only met by laughs and mumbled profanity :mad:
Im not sure about you folks but my neighbours and I are sick of this anti-social behaviour in our area,so my question is this, should fireworks be banned for publishing safety? Or restricted to the small type fireworks at the very least?

Also,anyone that try's to blown up parliament should be commended :D

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I would probably have been arrested fer cluttering em.:( Personally these modern fireworks should to me only be sold to adults, any child using em the parents should be fined.

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I'm in total agreement, in my opinion fireworks should only be sold for organised displays -it maybe wouldn't be so bad if they were only on sale for say one week up to the 5th November & then only the smaller ones, but they go on for weeks on end. I'm not a killjoy & quite like watching a good display but the widespread mis-use of them totally takes away the fun element for me.
We had an incident the other night at work where some local yobs were throwing fireworks at the windows, this is at a home for vulnerable people with severe learning difficulties & as the first poster says if you say anything to them they just laugh in your face or worse - the police were called but there's little they can do

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I agree that fireworks should only be sold to recognised and trained people.
They should only be available for organised and properly controlled displays.
I have never really been a fan of fireworks....and the practice of bonfire night being a movable feast(seemingly can be anytime in October/November)
It makes it very difficult to protect your animals...to make sure they are in the house and safe.

The expense too...I can't believe that when folk seem to be having a hard time paying their bills they would want to send all that money up in smoke...it makes me cringe(it must be the Scottish Jew in me).

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Just as dangerous as a shotgun yet no licence required. They should not be sold to the general public and it should be a criminal offence to set them off away from an organised event.

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They should be banned to the general public and used in organised displays only. There are hundreds of people and animals scared to death of the noises.

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My dad used to tell me when I was a kid that my money was going up in smoke until I ASKED "What about your ciggies?"

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So the general consensus is that they should be banned for public use and that reprobates use fireworks as a declaration that they have more money than sense?

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for most of those that are setting off fireworks before bonfire night...well all I can say is, if brains were dynamite they wouldn't have enough of it to blow the wax out of their ears.

They are morons who care nothing for the inconvenience they inflict on others.

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In these times when anti-terrorism legislation has high priority, it should not be acceptable to easily buy gunpowder (as in fireworks).

Police raid premises where bomb making chemicals are suspected.
Gunpowder in fireworks should be treated the same.

I enjoy professional firework displays - licenced, supervised, and with safety of the public given high priority.

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I am not even fond of the professional firework displays.
I just think of what other more lasting things that the money going up in smoke could provide.

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with what i spent last year on fireworks i could have got a high class hooker

not sure how long the event would have lasted though in comparison to the fireworks and unlike the fireworks i cant let the kids watch :eek:

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You need a licence for a shotgun:eek: And gimme a break; no way fireworks are as dangerous as a firearm. If we hunted ducks with roman candles, the buggers would die laughing. Maybe not a bad idea; you wouldn't have to push the shot to the side of your plate. And it would still give the dogs a nice outing retrieving them. I will be setting off fireworks this November 5. That will be the third time this year ... Victoria Day and Canada Day are the more-or-less sanctioned fireworks days. Banning fireworks .... no way .... What next? Banning conkers; or making the kids wear hard hats and protective eye wear? :rolleyes:

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Well I too am in favour of fireworks being banned for sale to general public. There are laws which prevent children buying them but that does not stop young ones getting them from older siblings etc. It is also an offence to set them off in the street but as we all know it happens every day. They should only be used in organised displays put on by qualified persons. Having said that I agree with Margaret that the money could be better spent.

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so ban fireworks from people who buy them legally and set them off legally because law enforcement cant do its job and catch them that throw them around the streets ?

if we ban them because some people are irresponsible with them theres a whole load of other things that will have to be banned by that logic as well..

cars

dogs

cats

fatty foods

prescription drugs

motorbikes

quadbikes

skateboards

fizzy pop

well theres a lot of things many people use responsibly but theres always a hand full of idiots that dont but it dosnt mean we should ban them

if a person sells fireworks to kids then that person should either get a fine so financially devastating they cant afford to ever buy fireworks again yet alone buy them to sell on to others or face jail time.Any adult giving kids fireworks should be treated as they would treat an adult giving kids drugs but for teh love of god stop trying to punish them that play by the rules

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Have you seen injuries people have sustained from fireworks? The fireworks being set off around us are not the pathetic Roman Candles of our youth but industrial strength mortars. It is not for the danger of them, I would like to see them banned but the fact that a small number of inconsiderate gits can disturb the rest of at all times of night. It wouldn't be a problem if people only let fireworks off on the days you mention but to be woken up at midnight, one day towards the end of October, by an explosion in the street should simply not be allowed to happen.

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Nope can't remember throwing any of the above about the street
I might have spilt some fizzy pop by accident and I do remember tripping over a cat after an Accyweb meet in the stag but never thrown one in the street:D

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Spend a couple of nights in an A&E department, or on a paediatric surgical unit in the few weeks on the run up to Bonfire night and you might get a different perspective.
What is being suggested is that fireworks are only allowed to be supplied to those with a pyrotechnics licence, those who are putting on a relatively safe public display of fireworks.......though personally, I would not go to one of these either. I am not a fan of fireworks......and have seen the damage and pain that these modern fireworks can do.

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26th October 1963 whilst trying to make some home made fireworks down the back alley in Crown Street. One of these so called home made bangers went OFF in my hand. I lost half of my left hand. A few years later i became a shotfirer down the coal mines. That meant I used explosives to release coal and rock to advance the workings. I still have the authorisation to use explosives and I spent 1 week in Lake Garda in 2008 with the stunt men whilst they were making the film Quantum of Solace. I was responsible for the detonators etc. Sorry to bore you all but despite all the above. Yes they should only allow adults to purchase fireworks. Wonder how my life would have turned out if they were banned back then.

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Aye mog remember it well. but at least yeh got a good write up in the local rag, when a banger went off in me eye, i got a scratty un. and the even put Brain in the paper.:D which was really stupid, considering what i'd done.:D

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I've no intention of going to emerg, unless I absolutely have to; and then I would like to go in a nice warm ambulance with a couple of paramedics on hand. I really don't give a rat's ass that folks get hurt by fireworks, firearms, trains, planes and automobiles. I don't know them; and I don't care. Nor, by the way, do I give a damn about migrant kids washing up on the shores of the Med. It ain't my problem. I have enough on my hands taking care of myself and my critters. Shiite happens. The world is not a safe place (in fact it's downright bloody dangerous, and the Universe is even scarier) and all the laws, rules, and regs we make will not make it so. We can't build walls, not physical, not psychological, not metaphorical, not spiritual .... nor anything else you can think of ... to keep ourselves safe. So why not have a little fun ... and bonfire nite, and the weeks leading up to it used to be fun. We used to make our own toys, organize our own sports, and take the consequences of our screw ups. Emerg, unless it involved stitching, setting, or surgery was your own kitchen, where mom would dab some evil smelling, stinging stuff on your wounds and give you a swift one round the lugs for being careless.

According to recent news articles a full English breakfast is more dangerous than low yield explosives. So, let's make us a salad, maybe some tofu, sit in front of a picture of a fire and watch videos of fireworks.:rolleyes:

Oh, and let's bring back lawn darts.:dancedog:

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no one has said children should be allowed to buy them?

well not that iv read so far anyway

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i must admit now i am getting older it is proving more of a challenge to dodge the odd rocket that tips over after its been lit .Maybe government should provide adequate protection for people over 40 years of age who still like to play with fireworks coz they give grants for even more ludricous things....

besides i like to celebrate bonfire night it reminds us that at least there has been one person in history who entered government with good intentions

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Yes,yes, yes.....I grew up around the same time as you. So I do remember the things you mention...especially the clip round the ear holes for not doing as I was told.
We took risks.....we did things which nowadays we do not like children to do.
It made us the people we are.
Fireworks were not the things they are today(although they were still dangerous).
Fireworks are not now, (and haven't been for some fifty years)my idea of fun.
As for the full English breakfast....I think this is something that is indulged in only when on holiday. I do not know anyone who eats this on a daily basis....I'm prepared to take my chance with the bacon and eggs. You can stick the tofu where monkeys shove their nuts :).

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Schermuly parachute flares, Very Pistol rounds, and Thunderflashes certainly kept the Brat Kids well entertained - sure that DinG will have similar experiences.

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last year we used my pals large flower pots to bed the fireworks into as his garden is graveled or chippings i think they call it

much fun was had until we brought out the big ones to finish off our little display and the flower pots and plants got blown to crap ..

we were suprised

the kids were in awe and shouted "again again"

his wife hit the roof which goes to show its not only fireworks that should not be ignited indoors :D

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we did replace stuff promtly yet we still get to hear about what we did and even more so as the night approaches ever nearer again lol

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If you read it correctly you can see I am replying to Cashy. Adults,children.its all in there.

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Most serpently Barrie!:D Ever come across penlight flares? Marvellous piece of kit, location identifier or in a straight line incendiary rocket/fire starter.;)

Not advisable to be fired straight up from a fighting trench dug in a meter back from the tree line in a German pine forest ....... that is unless your trench escape routes are pretty damned uncluttered. :eek:

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That's bonfire night over with so is that it for fireworks? No,no doubt they'll still be going off for a couple of weeks yet.
The mess left behind by these mini bombs is a problem too.
I've found rockets that have been fired in my garden and burnt out fireworks on every spare piece of land from here to Rishton....


..I guess,what goes up must come back down as the saying goes.

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It was relatively quiet here in Clayton last night...nowhere near the usual volume of fireworks.
I think that many folk will be setting off their fireworks and lighting the bonfires over this coming weekend.

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It was unusually quiet were we are as well last night.

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It was relatively quite in our neighbourhood too,I think M is right about folk waiting for the weekend...Great :)

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it certainly is not time to end fireworks the organized event with display i am attending isnt on until saturday the 7th which is also the time i will be lighting my fireworks at home after the even has finished

not everyone can do family stuff midweek

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i am just hearing some going off now

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A fireworks display went on for ten minutes last night in the garden of a house at the end of my drive. Visitors cars everywhere. I wonder what the roof of their cars are like this morning.

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goof on em i hope they had a brilliant time with friends and family

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Yet more nanny state nonsense…

People who complain about the kids of today being overweight and glued to playstations/laptops go on to moan about something that used to keep us on the streets in the fresh air for weeks, lugging lumps of wood, old suites, bits of trees and railway sleepers for miles.

Bonfire night was the 5th…didn’t matter what day of the week it was..kudos was gained if you managed to keep your fire lit until the following day.

Fireworks were in a biscuit tin, rockets fired from a milk bottle, pinwheels nailed to the outhouse window frame. Mum did some home made treacle toffee, sticky, soft, chewy and to die for…spuds in the embers, face burning as you dragged them out with a stick, either undercooked or charred beyond redemption..but still eaten and enjoyed.

I really miss the back garden bonfires, where neighbours actually made meaningful contact and created a sense of community.

Then again..we could ignore our own historical traditions and play safe by doing ‘trick or treat’, and ‘easter egg hunts’ or spend a fortune decorating our houses with lights at xmas, we could even call Father Christmas ‘kris kringle’.

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Eating potatoes baked in the fire. Burnt and covered in wood ash on the outside and frequently raw in the middle.
We took no harm.
Having said that, I still don't much like bonfires or fireworks.....but I did enjoy the collecting of the wood, the raiding parties, the setting traps for others who might raid our stash of wood.
I enjoyed the whole street getting together and having a 'Jacob's Join'.....the black peas, the Parkin, the treacle toffee, the potato pie and pickled cabbage.
And yes, there was a kudos to having a fire that was still burning the day after.

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yet who buys kids these laptops and consoles, tablets etc?



used to be to punish a kid you sent it to its room

now kids rooms put luxury hotels to shame

wantto punish a kid these days......

change the wi-fi code it freaks them out

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I'm sure they did accyman, they didn't go letting the odd banger off all night, just the one big ten minute show and the guests later left without disturbing neighbours. I enjoyed watching the last few minutes from my home.

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What about the roast chestnuts:D?
You all forgot them used to have these sat there getting loads of them ready for the oven or bonfire

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Yes.....roast chestnuts.....although we used to roast them on a shovel over the fire.
They were lovely. I bought some recently and didn't enjoy them one little bit. They played havoc with my teeth(yes, they are my own).

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Mess from fallout,mess from bonfires plus all the injuries and noise pollution...not to mention the impact on the environment,wildlife and triggering symptoms in those older folk who served in the armed forces....ban the ruddy things for public use and just have them on certain nights let off by trained professionals . :rolleyes:

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a bit of a stretch bringing the survivors of ww2 into this aint it ?

should the elderly jewish community not have to pay for gas in case getting a gas bill trough the door triggers bad memories ?

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Or, to take the same idea a little further...