General Chat

Well...Guy Fawkes is history and he must have had some family! Dierdre X

I thought this web-site was all about genealogy / family history ! ! What on earth has fireworks got to do with family history? I actually agree with all the comments . . . . . but I fail to see why this subject should be aired - in so much detail - on a web-site such as GenesConnected.

If the idiots were made to go to a burns unit, to see the damage caused, they might grow up. When you think of all the many people affected by war - you think they would stop to think. Liz

I find it somewhat ironic, that the people who say that Remembrance Day is outdated as it happened a long time ago, are the same people who happily light their bonfires and let off their fireworks. The gunpowder plot happened 100s of years before the Armestise.

I am totally in agreement with this, I got asked about 3-4 weeks ago now, by two young lads who must of been been no more than 12-13 if I would go in to the shop I was passing at the time and get them some bangers! I said no, I didn't play with things like that when I was their age so I'm certainly not gonna buy fireworks for lads their age now, I always say no when young kids who are waiting outside shps ask if I'll buy ciggies for them, I'm a smoker but I never asked adults to buy me ciggies when I was 13-14 I daren't!!! Alaina

A TOTAL BAN IS NEEDED WE HAVE HAD ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS OF IT NOW AND THEY ARE STILL GOING OFF AS I TYPE, I DONT THINK THERE IS ANY BONFIRE NIGHT ANY MORE. A HOUSE NEAR ME HAD THE BEDROOM ON FIRE THE WEEKEND WHEN A ROCKET WENT THROUGH THE WINDOW.

They've just stopped tonight. However, my parents were out shopping today in the supermarket, when they heard a tannoy announcement advertising fireworks being sold for half price. It annoyed them greatly as our youngest dog has been on edge these last few days. No wonder we have idiots setting them off all the time, if supermarkets are cheerfully advertising them after Guy Fawkes night has passed.

I am of the same opinion with respect to controlling the sale of fireworks to those who are having proper organised displays. I spent most of last night trying to calm down two very frightened little boys who could not get to sleep as it was so loud. The poor things were actually shaking. Not every child loves fireworks! Allie.

We have had fireworks every night since the middle of August. Last night they lasted until gone midnight with explosions going off every second. Eventually the dog wore himself out and just fell asleep. We have a firework shop here that is open every Friday all year round so we have the odd bang at any time and its not unheard of to have them at 5 in the morning. Same as Sue they are also used by drug dealers, is it a Lincolnshire thing. I say ban them completely. George

the only good thing that has come out of this this last four weeks is the confusion for the local drugs dealers , when they get a new shipment in they let off one firework the local druggies must be going spare lol. sue

Thank goodness we only have the one night here for fireworks, Hallowe'en. That's bad enough, but at least they're over and done with after a week. However I'd agree with anyone who says Ban them. My daughter's friend Bill saw what he thought were a large group of early- teen aged trick or treaters walking up his driveway, so opened the door to them, and they immediately tossed in firecrackers, which melted holes all over his carpet, melted holes into his friend's suit and melted his nylon track pants on to his leg. Luckily he could move fast and put them out, but these kids had been doing this all evening. Imagine what could have happened if they had picked older people , slower moving and maybe with a weak heart. Needless to say the police are hot on their trail. But things like this happen every year with worse consequences!! And they're sure not banned in this part of Canada!!

I agree with you they should be banned except for displays, and its not just the animals we have to worry about its also the ex-service personel who suffer with PTSD my hubby is one of said sufferers and what with him jumping the dog jumping i've had another fun filled month. sue

I have been listening to fizz, pop, bang since it got dark. It has gone quiet now, so maybe I can take the dog out. He has had his legs crossed for hours. It seems silly to me, that replica guns etc are confiscated, yet anyone can walk into a shop and buy explosives (that is what fireworks are) There should be organised, licensed displays only.

I have been anti fireworks since as a young child i saw a young hooligan throw a lit firework into a babys pram as his mum was waiting to cross the road. Luckily it did no damage to the child, but the mother was in a hell of a state. This is not a problem of the youth of today, however it is getting worse by the year by greedy companies pushing their 'bigger,better, cheaper' products on us. Elderly, younger children and animals suffer terribly now that this so called celebration goes on for weeks. I agree the policing of sales is a problem, but surely shops can be targeted to make sure they dont sell these dangerous items, after all guns were banned for the same reason.....dangerous in the wrong hands and all that. Organised displays are the only safe way to let people have the choice of celebrating this event, or avoiding it if they so wish! OK I'm off my soapbox now ;-)

I'm for a TOTAL BAN fireworks should only be available to those who hold a licence. We have had telephone booths blown to pieces - a policeman was badly injured by this. Had them fired directly at buildings.....and lit under cars. I am SICK AND TIRED Of the huge explosions we have to put up with night after night. My Jack Russell Terrier is in an absolute frenzy right now, and has been for the last week with all the explosions. Can't drug him for weeks on end!!! A cousin in Canada tells me they are completely banned there, except for licence holders. This was because of the misuse of fireworks with kids throwing them at houses and putting them into the petrol tanks of cars. We are not talking about the penny bangers we had as kids! These are mega fireworks!!! On saturday I went to a neighbours house and complained. Asked if they realised that it was only November 1st and November 5th was actually Guy Fawkes! I was screamed and shouted at, called an Old Cow and told to "Get Off My Land!!" All the rules that are supposed to be coming out about banning loud fireworks and only selling to over 18's!!! Whose going to police them??? What total rubbish!!

Banning them is treating the symptom, not the disease. It's the fact that there ARE idiots around that's the problem, and that's society's fault, not the fireworks. Alcohol causes far, far more deaths and injuries than fireworks, so if you ban fireworks you should logically ban alcohol as well.

Agre with you all - TOTAL ban. Doesn't make me popular with one of the mums at nursery though, her husband owns 2 fireworks factories in the Far East that have financed a HUGE house on a posh new estate. Kay

I live on a hill on an estate, and can see 6 seperate lots of fireworks going off in people's gardens - not displays, just the random setting off of pops and bangs. The problem is, as I live on the hill, these blasted (forgive the pun) things come down in my small garden before they've finished, and are either still burning or worse, they then explode. I have had to go out half a dozen times in the last few days to make sure the rabbit's hutch has not caught fire. As for the cat, I think she's quivering under a bed somewhere.

Sorry about the spelling its like a mortar range outside sue

Why celibrate him anyway he Failed Sue