Bonfire Night

Our bonfire was always on the "landmine" which was the corner of Scholefield St. and Oliver St. it was massive, and many a time it was still smouldering 3 days later-wilders penny bangers and thunderflashes.

John

Don't you think those cheap fireworks, penny bangers, jumping jacks, sparklers and the rest were better (and cheaper) than these sticks of TNT and pipe bombs that they sell now and they caused far less damage.

I think we used to raid your bofire.

Phil

Fire works were even advertised on the Telly (YES PHIL TELLY....US POSH KIDS HAD TELLY) You would have been at the Ringworm Clinic at the time.....I remember "Light up the sky with Standard Fireworks".

SB

We had a telly but we couldn't afford the gas to run it. I was probably at the impetigo clinic getting my coating of blue unction.

Phil

Phil,
They created a better display and caused more havoc ie: bangers in bottles. good job there was no elf 'n' saftee then.

John they did have Health and safety in olden days.
It used to be called common sense, SB

love it.

I will say this much about the HSE when it first sprang on to the scene it did a lot of good. It reduced accidents in the industrial environment by a huge percentage. Yes most of it is just good common sense, the trouble being getting people to use it.

The thing is, I think the HSE's job is now over and that they could cut their workforce in half. But instead it's increasing all the time, so they have to keep finding new things to rule on to provide work for a growing workforce. So it's getting sillier and sillier.

Phil

hi john...well i cant remember putting bangers in bottles but i wouldnt have put that past my brother... but we did put rockets in and hoped for best we aimed them in the right direction does anyone recall the bengal matches that fired off a green or red flash...boy did we have fune with those...

lyn