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I remember a Catherine wheel coming loose and setting fire to my sister's coat. She was fine. And my mum covered the hole with one of those patches you got free from Abbey National for having a kids account with them.
Boy did I look the bees knees when I wore that same coat 4 years later. Thanks mum  |
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"Being the guy who, went round all the skips and did some door knocking for broken wood and old stuff to burn, then build up the bonfire on the playing fields.
Ee, them were the days."
did the same .use to cheese you off though if a couple of days before bonfire night a rival gang set your bomy alight  |
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"I remember a Catherine wheel coming loose and setting fire to my sister's coat. She was fine. And my mum covered the hole with one of those patches you got free from Abbey National for having a kids account with them.
Boy did I look the bees knees when I wore that same coat 4 years later. Thanks mum "
good carefree days xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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At an organised event just after the display was lit a gust of wind knocked it over sending fireworks into tge crowd starting a mass dash to escape . No one sued . Everyone just thought these things happen . A few got hit but no one was seriously hurt thankfully |
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"At an organised event just after the display was lit a gust of wind knocked it over sending fireworks into tge crowd starting a mass dash to escape . No one sued . Everyone just thought these things happen . A few got hit but no one was seriously hurt thankfully "
wow imagine if it happened today would be news at ten  |
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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago
Shrewsbury |
The village I grew up in always had a bonfire and one of the dads set the fireworks off.
The village mums supplied us with food, baked potatos, soup and mum used to make treacle toffee and toffee apples.
There were always bangers it the bonfire which would scare you silly as you weren't expecting it.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Do you remember when you set off a rocket out of a bottle. And a rip rap would chase you. Also the Catherine wheel falling off the fence still alight . Health and safety .I beg your pardon  "
Whenever a firework went out before it actually exploded my uncle would go back and try to relight it and the whole family would be like, “NOOO, DON’T DO IT!!”. Haha. The adverts always said don’t go back to relight then. My uncle didn’t give a shit. Ahhh the good old days. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Do you remember when you set off a rocket out of a bottle. And a rip rap would chase you. Also the Catherine wheel falling off the fence still alight . Health and safety .I beg your pardon "
Can’t believe no one’s mentioned writing your name in the air, or making patterns with, a sparkler! |
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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago
Shrewsbury |
"Do you remember when you set off a rocket out of a bottle. And a rip rap would chase you. Also the Catherine wheel falling off the fence still alight . Health and safety .I beg your pardon
Can’t believe no one’s mentioned writing your name in the air, or making patterns with, a sparkler! "
still do it now! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Penny for the guy!
Oh and being hit in the face by an exploding rocket in my neighbours garden!!!
Never been near fireworks since, other than the odd organised event for my children. |
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
South Wales |
"I remember a Catherine wheel coming loose and setting fire to my sister's coat. She was fine. And my mum covered the hole with one of those patches you got free from Abbey National for having a kids account with them.
Boy did I look the bees knees when I wore that same coat 4 years later. Thanks mum "
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
South Wales |
It was the food for me. My mum and I would go to my Nan and gramps as they had a back garden. My gramp would be the showman out the back lighting (or trying to light!) the fireworks, meanwhile my Nan would be in the kitchen sorting out hot dogs and burgers for us and toffee apples.
Meanwhile I’d be sat in the back room watching the fireworks from inside. I was a big wuss and frankly my Grampy had a very lackadaisical approach to health and safety and I didn’t want to die from a rogue firework to the eye.
And I HATED sparklers. Highly inflammable work of the devil “hold it, it won’t hurt you” as heat sparks fly out at you from every direction……oops there almost goes my top layer of skin…. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
I also remember living in a very short block of Victorian terraced houses, about five of them, that backed on to a hilly grassy court yard.
This meant that as a seven year old I had the perfect front row seat, in my upstairs bedroom and I could feel the heat of that fire, that was about 60 feet away.
Bliss and the start of my enjoyment of bommies. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Do you remember when you set off a rocket out of a bottle. And a rip rap would chase you. Also the Catherine wheel falling off the fence still alight . Health and safety .I beg your pardon
Can’t believe no one’s mentioned writing your name in the air, or making patterns with, a sparkler!
still do it now! "
Pop the safe end of the sparkler in a wine cork and nobody gets sore fingers. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Raiding gardens for stuff to burn and guarding it for weeks.
Remember fire walking in the embers of the bonfire not a good idea if wearing a shell suit though like a mate found out.
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The pub in the village I grew up in always used to do a big bonfire that the whole village turned out to watch. One year some bright spark had filled the Guys head with rockets and bangers, probably thinking they would all shoot off into the sky as a grand finale. What actually happened was the Guys head fell forward into the fire as the flames caught it and screaming rockets started flying out horizontally at the crowd as they ran for cover, it was absolute mayhem nobody got hurt luckily but there was some arses nipping!! |
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"The pub in the village I grew up in always used to do a big bonfire that the whole village turned out to watch. One year some bright spark had filled the Guys head with rockets and bangers, probably thinking they would all shoot off into the sky as a grand finale. What actually happened was the Guys head fell forward into the fire as the flames caught it and screaming rockets started flying out horizontally at the crowd as they ran for cover, it was absolute mayhem nobody got hurt luckily but there was some arses nipping!!"
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
The year was 1945
The date was 8th May
I was 5 years old
The occasion was the VE day street celebration - Victory in Europe
The firework was called a jumping jack, on one of its jumps it landed on my legs but then jumped no more, I suffered burns to both legs and finished up at the local cottage hospital.
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