An online guide to organising a safe firework display prompted me to dredge, from my childhood memories, the very model of how not to do it safely.
It dates from a time when every kid used to spend six weeks or so before Bonfire Night spending all his/her pocket money (plus whatever cash could be accumulated from penny-for-the-guy activity) on fireworks, amassing them in a big cardboard carton. So it may be difficult to exactly replicate today. But here's how you do it:
1 Arrange Bonfire Night get-together of four or five families in one reasonable- size back garden;
It dates from a time when every kid used to spend six weeks or so before Bonfire Night spending all his/her pocket money (plus whatever cash could be accumulated from penny-for-the-guy activity) on fireworks, amassing them in a big cardboard carton. So it may be difficult to exactly replicate today. But here's how you do it:
1 Arrange Bonfire Night get-together of four or five families in one reasonable- size back garden;
2 Consolidate the various collections of fireworks in cardboard boxes in the garage (don’t worry too much about lids);
3 Light bonfire, while leaving garage door open to provide easy access for any children who might be running around with sparklers;
4 Call fire brigade to admire your colourful in-garage display.
My memory in general is pretty bad, and not many recollections from early childhood seem to have survived. One that has, however, is of the vivid spectacle provided by hundreds of catherine wheels, rockets, roman candles etc going off all at once in one confined space (fortunately one of asbestos construction).
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