Not seen anything like that myself from fireworks,  usually plastic debris and sky rocket bodies etc.

But they could be some kind if wadding material for fireworks.

The perennial deluge of complaints about fireworks has come again. Personally I don’t mind bonfire night, although the bonfires of my childhood have been replaced by purely fireworks parties.

But the clue is in the name, bonfire night, not bonfire week, or month or season. We had fireworks on Halloween, all the way to Nov 5th and it will be on and off now until new year.

There was a piece in the news about a fireworks dealer saying he needs to make a living year round so he’s all for baby showers, weddings and gender reveals being celebrated with explosives.

I’m pretty sure that if some terrorist used his head and realised that we sell actual explosives on the high street he would not bother messing with chapati flour and hair bleach to create a big bang. Just buy boxes of fireworks and use the gunpowder to make the big bang he desires. If that happens you can bet fireworks will get banned in moments.

As an aside, does anyone actually consider the emissions of all the explosives we let off worldwide?  I mean, we look at air travel, fossil fuels, burning rain forests, even cows trumping…but ton upon ton of military grade munitions go unmentioned. I know they kill people immediately,  but if I have to use a non polluting, eco friendly, recyclable, zero carbon toilet roll, then surely the military should be made to go back to basics and reissue the sword and bow and arrow.

Clay plugs from the base of the cardboard tubes ? Noel.

On 5 November 2024 at 09:45 Alan Jackson Said:

As an aside, does anyone actually consider the emissions of all the explosives we let off worldwide?

Of course, in the Telegraph to-day.

Hi, Firework display times in the UK Fireworks in UK

Regards Nick.

As I said nick, subject to those provisions.

Fireworks are set off well after 11pm year round, for all kinds of reasons. The law is OK as long as people abide by it, fact is they don’t.  Little Rapunzles first birthday in March is such an important occasion we simply must have a midnight Fireworks display.

It’s OK making laws, but lack of enforcement means it’s just a paper exercise.

On 5 November 2024 at 10:09 Nick Wheeler Said:

On 5 November 2024 at 09:14 Plasma Said:

 

But the clue is in the name, bonfire night, not bonfire week, or month or season. We had fireworks on Halloween, all the way to Nov 5th and it will be on and off now until new year.

Bear in mind that Diwali falls around the same time as bonfire night, and is celebrated with fireworks. But it’s based on the lunar calendar – like Easter – so doesn’t fall on a specific date.

This year Diwali fell on Halloween.