J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Use to love them but having been woken up at 11:30 last week at home and then again on Saturday night on hol in Anglessey at 1.30 I think its time that there are serious measures put in place to restrict or ban the sale of them, I was woken up at 1.30 along with my blind neurotic dog and two of my kids.

Wyemark

Well said! They're a social menace. They should be sold to qualified professionals and only used in organised displays.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Dont mind on Bonfire night but being woken up at 1.30 is taking the p1ss, what kind of ignorant selfih **** would set fireworks off in a resedential area at 1.30, 90% of people will be asleep by then.

I am not against the public having fireworks and always have a bonfire party but I am a light sleeper as is the dog, I however dont poo myself or rip the lino up.

To be honest, its not worth the aggro as by and large the British public are selfish, ignorant, stupid and cannot be trusted, therefore I would welcome a ban on fireworks.

TIFF-C20WTH

Oohhhhhhhh AArrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

boxst

Hello

If you feel the need to get your own back, a Supra owner runs this http://www.visionfireworks.co.uk !

Steve.

carl

I have noticed -- since the year 2000 celebrations I think -- a tendency for fireworks to be sold and used on occasions other than Guy Fawkes Night. Football matches, birthdays, new year's, etc.

Don't remember this happening much prior to Y2K.

boxst

Hello

I don't know what happened really, maybe as you say it was Y2K.

Suddenly you can buy fireworks everywhere all year round. In my naivity (before I wrote the site above), I actually thought that it was illegal to sell fireworks outside of Guy Fawkes.

In fact when I was a child, I delighted in going to France and buying "bangers" and sneaking them back through customs and then blowing up everything in the neighbourhood!

Steve.

wakeboardar

surly a few fireworks cant be as bad as going to anglesey for your holidays

sound like you got what you paid for

spoilsport.

*Sonic*

Good job you dont live round here then, as come midnight new years eve, it would appear to be tradition for just about everyone to set fireworks off, and at least for a good hour or two

and then Bonfire Night, for miles around, (and locally too) everyone seems to set fireworks off until about 2am

and I thought I was being sensible, being in a new neighbourhood n all, that I planned my fireworks to last until 10pm, giving me two hours of pyrotechnic displays

how dissapointed I was when they continued everywhere else for another 4 hours

Red Scooby widdow

Never mind us humans being "upset" by all year round fireworks...my dog goes crazy when ever the local prats decide to "have some pyro fun". It must really wind up ex war vets too. Sudden bangs from out of the blue. And boy are some of those bangs loud too !

redwrx

As my 'paid' hobby ......im a pyrotechnician ..... i do professional firework displays for corporate events , bonfire night ...you name the event ..we'll do it.

However, safety is our priority ....as is keeping the public happy....... thats the customer and the people around ...... so we dont and wont do displays at rediculous times ..... or in stupid places ....all our events are fully risk assessed.

we also carry a minimum of £5Million public liabilty insurance for 'any' event ....


but as for the law .........there is no law to prevent the sale of fireworks, at any time of year ....except to those under 18 ...and the only law around use ....is the 'noise nuisance law' ..

there isnt a law which governs pyrotechnicians .......... but the better company's offer decent training ... clearly the one i work for includes such training.. although laws(licences)are expected soon.

hope this helps..

nkh

I spent six weeks in hosptital as a result of a rocket going horizontally, rather than upwards. It landed in my lap and set my clothes alight. The accident was caused by a rocket from another party and there was little anyone could have done to avoid it other than not attending.

I have had holes burnt in a jacket whilst at school by an idiot throwing a lit banger across a classroom.

I feel fireworks of all descriptions should not be on public sale. How many parents refuse to allow their children into the kitchen in case they burn themselves on the hob but allow their children to wildly wave a sparkler?

Everytime I hear a loud bang, I jump. I am frightened of nearly all forms of flame. This is 20 years after the event. Fireworks are supposed to be fun - I can't see the reason to allow untrained people to set off explosives in their back gardens.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

"surly a few fireworks cant be as bad as going to anglesey for your holidays"

No its terrible having relatives with houses that look onto the beach, 2 hours away we go 3/4 times a year, went ski-ing in Jan so its not all bad. Its full of posh types down there though.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

nkh OWWWWWWWWW

Sounds nasty, do sympathise, moaning about the noise seems petty after that !

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

nkh OWWWWWWWWW

Sounds nasty, do sympathise, moaning about the noise seems petty after that !

scoob_babe

redwrx - what a cool job, I would love to do this but sadly its just a dream for me

wakeboardar

the mrs comes from pentraeth

nkh

thanks J4CKO.