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Anyone else planning a bonfire/fireworks party this year?
I've stocked up on some nice rockets and small mines etc. Letting them off at my parent's house and they don't have a display-size garden, so kept them relatively small.
I know we have the idiots lighting them in the streets, and every year there are people calling for them to be banned. However, I really enjoy them and like having a party with hot food and drinks etc.
I've stocked up on some nice rockets and small mines etc. Letting them off at my parent's house and they don't have a display-size garden, so kept them relatively small.
I know we have the idiots lighting them in the streets, and every year there are people calling for them to be banned. However, I really enjoy them and like having a party with hot food and drinks etc.
My dad was famous for his bonfire parties, not a year went by when he didn't have one in the garden with loads of friends and family invited; I have fond memories from childhood age of them and fond memories of recent years when I'd been pissed and in charge of the fireworks!!
Sadly he died in December so no more bonfire parties, my house is too small to hold one and I don't want the hassle to be fair, I will light a few though in memory of him though.
Sadly he died in December so no more bonfire parties, my house is too small to hold one and I don't want the hassle to be fair, I will light a few though in memory of him though.
HTP99 said:
My dad was famous for his bonfire parties, not a year went by when he didn't have one in the garden with loads of friends and family invited; I have fond memories from childhood age of them and fond memories of recent years when I'd been pissed and in charge of the fireworks!!
Sadly he died in December so no more bonfire parties, my house is too small to hold one and I don't want the hassle to be fair, I will light a few though in memory of him though.
We used to have them at the local football club field. They went from booming parties on the 80's and 90's complete with massive bonfire, to smaller gatherings with no bonfires. Still had plenty of burgers, hotdogs and soup though.Sadly he died in December so no more bonfire parties, my house is too small to hold one and I don't want the hassle to be fair, I will light a few though in memory of him though.
One of the craziest memories I have is of a lit rocket falling over, then firing back across the field into the car park. It exploded under a car. Fortunately, the car (an F reg Astra) didn't blow up too.
Nope, the poor dog really suffers from last weekend in September, when the display season starts until after the new Year. He is already booked into my Mum's for his annual holiday on Bonfire night, living near Lewes he would be terrified by all the noise.
Organised ones are fine, or if people mention them on our village Facebook group so I get some warning and arrange for him to go to my Mum's or stay in with him.
Organised ones are fine, or if people mention them on our village Facebook group so I get some warning and arrange for him to go to my Mum's or stay in with him.
MX5_Nutter said:
I was looking at some in a shop yesterday (the Range 
) but I just couldn't bare the thought of my money going up in smoke so walked away empty handed 
I wonder how many women object to their husbands buying fireworks citing this very reason - but then fill their houses with candles ) but I just couldn't bare the thought of my money going up in smoke so walked away empty handed 
tting your money away.I'm sure you could view a lot of things as wasting money but if you get some pleasure from it then why not. Life would be pretty boring otherwise.
I'll only be spending around £15-£20 for a few things to blow up in the garden. The problem for us with organised displays, aside from not having the fun of lighting you own fireworks, are that my kids are 2 & 4 and the organised one are generally a bit late for them. Keeping them up past 8pm is generally a bit of a disaster, nothing worse that a pair of tired, moaning kids
JTF and The Range stock the same brand just that JTF have a much larger selection. You can't go too far wrong with either.
I'll only be spending around £15-£20 for a few things to blow up in the garden. The problem for us with organised displays, aside from not having the fun of lighting you own fireworks, are that my kids are 2 & 4 and the organised one are generally a bit late for them. Keeping them up past 8pm is generally a bit of a disaster, nothing worse that a pair of tired, moaning kids
JTF and The Range stock the same brand just that JTF have a much larger selection. You can't go too far wrong with either.
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