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A very good question! What is the point of having a law if it isn't enforced?

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A very good point Willow, and probably relevant to about 80% of most laws.

New laws are necessary to justify the politicians and keep legal parasites in work!!!

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Ban the lot!

Except the Morecambe Festival of Light and Water.

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I have to agree with Gobsmacked.
BAN ALL FIRE WORKS.

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I agree. Just have the organised displays run by responsible people.

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:confused: some like....some dont.....I have a display every year wife makes loose tatty pie an i let rip with the bombs, yes its money up in smoke but it gets the kids organised for a few hours and they arnt going round putting windows through. get a few complaints from oulder generation thinking they are going through the blitz again but bonfire night is one night of the year that i prefare over any outher.and who knows wot would it have been like now if they would have succeded. did you know the people that intended bonfire plot where caught trying to get back into lancashire.

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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?

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Isn't it odd that what was once a celebration of a failed catholic attempt to overthrow the King and the government by blowing up Parliament is now mainly an exercise in marketing and vandalism.
There are still some places in the UK where the Pope, not Guy Fawkes, is burned in effigy.

Staggeringman: I thought the plotters were all run to ground in Shropshire, or was it Staffordshire?

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:drink:where they not caught on the borders of lancashire ?I seem to remember reading about them somewhere, heads a bit groggy can someone refresh me please. How many of them where there anyway?

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Back in London, the first of several proclamations had been sent out for the immediate apprehension of Percy, and almost amusingly, Percy had been claimed to be spotted leaving London in almost every conceivable direction. If not for the conspirators almost suicidal action of breaking into some stables at Warwick Castle in order to obtain fresh mounts, thereby alerting the local authorities, Percy and his friends might have gained a considerable lead over his pursuers, and been able to make their way into Wales, where it is believed they were heading. As it was, the plotters were soon hotly pursued and quickly brought to ground by Sir Richard Walsh, High Sheriff of Worcestershire for their final stand at Holbeache House.

On the morning of November 8th, Walsh and his men stormed the house, smoking the conspirators from their hides. As they took up their defensive position in the courtyard, Catesby and Percy were felled by a single shot from the musket of John Streete of Worcester, who later claimed compensation from the government for his marksmanship. Percy was killed instantly, Catesby managing to crawl back inside the house before expiring.

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Here's an interesting site

http://www.gunpowder-plot.org/

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If these things have to be on sale then they shouldn't be allowed to sell them untill the day and then only to adults.

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Ban all fireworks but promote the use of illegal drugs by having a revolving cannabis leaf as your avatar. What a good lesson for the younger users of this forum. Get as stoned as you like kids, but don't set off any fireworks whilst you're smoking your spliff.

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I don't see where Anne has promoted smoking cannabis???????
And well done to you too for letting all them kids that were not sure, know what the avatar is!!!
Have a round of applause!!!

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OH there was me thinking it was a maple leaf and I love maple syrup on pancakes.