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Fireworks Nostalgia
Memorabilia, Bygones and Historical Interest items.


above:a Wells showcard, Standard Selection box 'size 12'


Above: Astra Fireworks display card
https://www.fireworks.co.uk/history/yes ... nostalgia/

I can remember having just a bonfire for Bonfire night, with no fireworks.
It was still very exciting, as my family had made a guy.

I don't like fireworks never have done

Ann x

I hate bonfire night and fireworks, I stay safely clossetted indoors

ju098  Because we live on the coast, there used to be a number of bonfires build on the rocky shoreline.  A few people took charge of them for safety reasons but they were always positioned in such a way that by the time they really got underway and burnt brightly, the tide would have come in and surrounded the bonfires, flames reflected on the water, a spectacular sight and of course completely safe as we all watched from higher ground. 

I am like a big kid on bonfire night. ooing and ahing with every bang. it's so magical with the colours and noise and that fabulous smell that always seemed to linger the day after. I don't notice the smell any more but as a child I loved it.

Lee bought some sparklers the other day as they were discounted.

i always remember my mum buying some as my dad was away and we couldn't go to a display. As the weather was bad we turned the lights off and had them in the lounge. When the lights went back on we couldn't see a thing through he smoke they generated. Looking back it probably was rather dangerous but at the time it was amazing writing our names int he air with a sparkler!