Fireworks, Guy Fawkes, Bonfire Night

[sime42]

What does everyone do these days then? How many bother? We always try and do something.

 

I'm just out to buy a large cake type jobby from Aldi. To take to a mates house next weekend. I can't be arsed with a selection box where you're fiddling around for hours individually lighting piddly little crappy things.

 

Organised public displays don't seem that good these days. Impressive fireworks but they're generally far too locked down and sanitised by H&S. On the small chance that they actually have a fire, you probably can't get within a 100 yards of it, certainly not close enough to feel any heat.

 

Plenty of fireworks kicking off round here this evening already. They could equally be for Diwali or the yankee abomination that is Halloween though. The latter seems to be overshadowing Guy Fawkes night more and more every year. It's shite!

[monkeybusiness]

Burn as many tyres/caravans/chemical containers/thieves as possible that have accumulated over the last 12 months…. 

[peds]

November 5th isn't a thing this side of the border obviously, but when we are in the UK at the right time, we try and see the display at Kenilworth Castle (my local).

 

This year, we will gather whatever scrap wood we currently have in stock and have a little bonfire, jacket potatoes, hot apple juice, and sparklers.

 

Yeah, not November 5th, but we were at the Derry Halloween parade last night which was a giggle. 40,000 people turn up I think, costumes semi-mandatory.

 

 

 

 

[Steven P]

Local round table do a decent fireworks and bonfire tomorrow - see what The Boys are doing, and we somehow got roped into a friends for the 5th and to make a strudel with our apples. We've no idea how we ended up committing to baking (and chip in a few ££ for fireworks)

[Mick Dempsey]

33 minutes ago, sime42 said:

What does everyone do these days then? How many bother? We always try and do something.

 

I'm just out to buy a large cake type jobby from Aldi. To take to a mates house next weekend. I can't be arsed with a selection box where you're fiddling around for hours individually lighting piddly little crappy things.

 

Organised public displays don't seem that good these days. Impressive fireworks but they're generally far too locked down and sanitised by H&S. On the small chance that they actually have a fire, you probably can't get within a 100 yards of it, certainly not close enough to feel any heat.

 

Plenty of fireworks kicking off round here this evening already. They could equally be for Diwali or the yankee abomination that is Halloween though. The latter seems to be overshadowing Guy Fawkes night more and more every year. It's shite!

Guy Fawkes night was great, big fire, community spirit, kids running round.

But people weren’t spending enough money, so Halloween gets moved in, costumes, corporate themed nonsense, the word ‘spooktaculer’

Makes me sick.

[peds]

29 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Guy Fawkes night was great, big fire, community spirit, kids running round.

But people weren’t spending enough money, so Halloween gets moved in, costumes, corporate themed nonsense, the word ‘spooktaculer’

Makes me sick.

 

 

Ehh, it's been a thing here since the 9th century, and to be fair, it's a good bitta craic. Lighten up, grandad!

[Mesterh]

50 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Guy Fawkes night was great, big fire, community spirit, kids running round.

But people weren’t spending enough money, so Halloween gets moved in, costumes, corporate themed nonsense, the word ‘spooktaculer’

Makes me sick.

Its not that bad. Granted the Rothchild's have the monopoly on the Halloween costume fancy dress shops and Blackrock own 99% of all vampire makeup but I dont think its Big Halloween ruining bonfire night. 

 

I do remember it being brill as a kid, I would have spent the last two weeks knocking on every door asking for bommy wood, building a huge bonfire then having to guard it day and night from arson attacks.

 

[peds]

 

 

[sime42]

Loving that contraption!

[peds]

It was a highlight all right. There were some great displays, but what made it was this cluster of evangelicals behind us on the tannoy all throughout yelling about Jesus, eternal life, how silly we all were for celebrating a festival of death. Funny stuff!

 

 

A blessing in disguise though, no-one wanted to get too close to them, leaving lots of space for viking vs. ninja/witch/astronaut battles while we were waiting for everything to start.