General Chat

Its been like a war zone here since beginning of October and will probably stay that way till after New Year on and off. You daren't post a letter as putting fireworks in the post box seems to be a matter of huge hilarity. To everyone except firemen, local residents, those with brains etc. The kids love them which is fair enough, but there is no need for these ones that sound like bombs every 2 mins. The other day I was woken at 6.15 by a string of explosions, and they go one at night till 1.00 most days. As soon as school is finished they start. Caaaalm... Sorry ..... ranting!! Maz in the East End. XX

Some clever so and so let a fire work off in Wales somewhere(may even have thrown it,not sure) and it set fire to a pensioners flat - the flat is now ruined and almost everything in it destroyed... Jude

It is worrying that they can be bought by just about anyone these days, it's almost as if there are no regulations any longer. Call me a killjoy but I'm not really in favour of fireworks being used on any night other than Bonfire night, unless it is to mark an event of special significance, and I don't mean for something such as Joe Blogg's stag night, etc... There's a place across the valley from where I live and they hold functions and so on in the evening and every so often you'll see fireworks coming from that direction. It's a tad unnecessary and it renders events like Bonfire Night as being meaningless when you see/hear fireworks going off every weekend/month/whenever.

Ban all fireworks NOW,just have professional displays - organised!!!! jude

Ban large fireworks for sale NOW!