fireworks going off in shirecliffe, and just woke kids up:rant:

Great! this annual thread is like the first cuckoo of summer, cheers bobgirlsnake I won the bet and another member of the forum owes me £5. Thank you! :thumbsup:

Great! this annual thread is like the first cuckoo of summer, cheers bobgirlsnake I won the bet and another member of the forum owes me £5. Thank you! :thumbsup:

noprobs i want 1/2 :thumbsup:

That may cause a problem as the Royal mint has stopped making ½ pennies, oh what the hell, I’ll send you full penny, keep the change! :)

I'm in Woodhouse and heard the first banger of this season. Can't wait till 6th Novembe:thumbsup:

That may cause a problem as the Royal mint has stopped making ½ pennies, oh what the hell, I’ll send you full penny, keep the change! :)

but £2.50 is 1/2 of £5;)

I'm in Woodhouse and heard the first banger of this season. Can't wait till 6th Novembe:thumbsup:

same for me my kids get a £3 box and gets fed up with them

Fireworks ...
Sounds like a ruddy war zone near us :mad:

Why o Why o Why ......

I hate the damn things - and the poor doggies barking and crying :(

why 6th of november? it'll go on till the middle of december!

12.15 am on a Monday morning - is it a celebration of some sort I dont know about ?

I love fireworks, but I don't see the appeal in flinging them around the streets, at passersby and each other. I don't see the fun of setting fire to as many wheely bins as you can find either...I must be getting old.

I don't understand why they sell them to kids either.

12.15 am on a Monday morning - is it a celebration of some sort I dont know about ?

So THAT'S why i had an horrendous sleep last night! I was in bed at nine pm, happily dreaming away but from 12am to 7am this morning i had the most awful sleep ever. I had forgotten about the fireworks. I ended up sleeping through my alarm and being late for work :mad:

why 6th of november? it'll go on till the middle of december!

You forgot to mention New Year's Eve.

12.15 am on a Monday morning - is it a celebration of some sort I dont know about ?

yes, that was a bit much. I don't want to be a misery, but had just managed to get to sleep when this all kicked off. felt VERY cross at 12.15 am. I thought you weren't allowed to let fireworks off after 11pm? Or did I just dream that? (when I eventually got back to sleep...)

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom........:help: :help:

I heard that lot going off at 12.15 last night too, and I'm up in Heeley. I thought it was a bit much on a school night. I thought it was Eid at first but that's not til next weekend (get the earplugs ready!) ;)

They should ban all fireworks and just have organised ones in Sheffield.:D

I couldn't get to sleep the other night and just when I was nodding off a series of fireworks were set off - and 1:15 in the morning!!!

Luckily the week before bonfire night I will be away in Las Vegas - but will be getting back on the 4th so my jetlagged self will have to invest in earplugs so I can sleep before going to work the next day!

They should ban all fireworks and just have organised ones in Sheffield.:D

hear hear! Public displays are much safer, we'd know when to expect them and when to keep our pets in, and what's more, the fireworks are fifty times bigger and better than you can buy (at inflated prices) in the shops. Would't it be great to only hear fireworks instead of ambulances, fire engines and police cars?

I'd like to be able to still buy sparklers, but I'd be prepared to let it go....

They should ban all fireworks and just have organised ones in Sheffield.:D

couldn't agree more. ban All fireworks, (except sparklers) unless they are for a registered public display (so, say, eg, we could allow the local pub to have a license for a local display)

also, I'd ban all fireworks from being let off within a week either side of bonfire night.

I'm sick to my back teeth of my own, and my family/ friends' dogs (and cats) being reduced to gibbering wrecks, or being irritated/ agitated to the point of yapping/ barking constantly at every pop and bang.

it's all very well, being labelled a "killjoy", and being told "well, get some tranquilisers for the dog, then!" but, in the old days, when fireworks were normally let off only on bonfire night itself, or over the weekend, but fireworks have started around here for the last two weeks... how the heck do I:-

a) justify doping a dog up, from now until after bonfire night?and

b) afford the consultation with the vet, and the actual medication I'd need for the month/ 6 weeks necessary to tide a dog over the period when fireworks are going off? particularly when one shouldn't need to do this to their pet.

what does an average family, of, say, five, spend on a box of fireworks for 20 minutes of "fizz-pop-bang"? £50? £100?

Surely it'd be better for the family to spend £25, (an arbitrary £5 each) to go to a municipal display such as Sheffield City council used to put on in each of the major parks, 20-odd years ago?

Much more "bang for your buck", surely? much bigger, and far more entertaining IMO.

Won't go to anything but a big organized display. I grew up elsewhere where fireworks are illegal and you only see them a few times a year at free professional public displays - i prefer that. These things from the corner shop scare the heck out of me and are so LOUD. Why are these cheap fireworks so loud.

They should ban all fireworks and just have organised ones in Sheffield.:D

No They Shouldn't Just because the Minority Mishandle them there is no need to Punish the sensible Law abiding public who choose to buy Fireworks.

Mark

They may be within the Law, but I very much disagree with the "sensible" bit.

They may be within the Law, but I very much disagree with the "sensible" bit.


why do you ??? why should Fireworks be banned just because of the Minority who choose to misuse them.:suspect:

why do you ??? why should Fireworks be banned just because of the Minority who choose to misuse them.:suspect:

You'd have to talk to the emergency services for the answer to that one. Every year they have to deal with a massive amount of callouts due to firework injuries.

I know someone who is now permanently blind as a result of an exploding firework - and they were being perfectly responsible at the time. His kids are now scarred with the image of the day when their dad got covered in blood, was taken to hospital and permanently lost his eyesight. I suspect they'll forever remember Bonfire night for all the wrong reasons.

In relation to the 'minority of firework users are bad vs majority are ok' argument that usually pops up - one person being permanently maimed is enough evidence for me, let alone the countless others.

I'm not particularly comfortable seeing organised displays - for the above reason, but one thing is for sure - no-one will ever see fireworks in my garden.

No matter how pretty they are - they're little more than legalised bombs.

The Gunpowder Plot was just that a plot, and Guy never actually blew anything up, so whats with this forced fed firework crap year after year just to line the pockets of the manufacturers and shops.

The Gunpowder Plot was just that a plot, and Guy never actually blew anything up, so whats with this forced fed firework crap year after year just to line the pockets of the manufacturers and shops.

It's simple if you don't like them you don't buy them just leave them to the people who want to buy them.

I agree with you, Stagey!

I remember, only too well, the headteacher at my school, always delivered the same speech to us, every year, before we broke up over october half-term:-

"I don't want to come back after the half-term, and find that any of my pupils are not here because they have been injured by fireworks!" (then, he'd deliver the firework safety speech to us)

Inevitably, what would happen is, that there'd be spaces amongst us, in the assemblies when we came back, where pupils were missing, because they had got themselves hospitalised, or injured, pratting about with fireworks.

I think an organised, municipal display is the lesser of the two evils.

It contains the noise and hassle to the one night and it is going to be safer, a) because you aren't going to have amateurs fooling about with explosives, and b) you can be reasonably sure of being able to segregate the public from the pyrotechnics.

It's simple if you don't like them you don't buy them just leave them to the people who want to buy them.

I dont buy them but its some of the idiots that do and misuse them that make life miserable
for everyone else.

i'm in Hillsborough and fireworks were going off from about 11 while abbout 1am its not good they dont bother our dogs but they bark when they here them so they wer barking and my 1 year old was screaming i get so mad.

i agree that they should be banned and only avalible for public displays for the week running up to bonfire night.

Last year though im sure my mum told me that where she is in Shiregreen that it wasnt half as bad since the police put in to practice that low tolerance scheme thing.
Is this only for certain areas though as here in Stocksbridge they were going off at all hours
last year, but i must admit not as bad with it as some areas.

I reckon one idea is that they should only be allowed to be sold in the one week or so before Bonfire Night or the one week before New Year's Eve. If people then want then for a wedding or whatever they should need a simple licence. The disruption they cause for the weeks coming up to Bonfire Night is unacceptable, if it was confined to a set period people with animals and the emergency services could better plan for it.

why do you ???

Because I have yet to hear a sensible argument for selling fireworks to the general public.

As regards penalising people for the behaviour of a minority: All buyers of fireworks are still ony a minority; the majority of the population do not buy fireworks. So why should we all have to tolerate the danger, noise and pollution?

I remember the organised displays in Endcliffe Park very fondly and would happily contribute to a local event, but the magic of fireworks is well and truly lost with the constant irresponsible misuse that has been made possible by selling fireworks to anyone, no matter how stupid, incompetent or obnoxiuos, who puts the money on the table.

I agree they shouldn't be sold so far in advance. I also think they should raise the age you have to be in order to buy them. Not that it would eliminate they irresponsible minority who misuse them, but it might cut it down - a bit...

Because I have yet to hear a sensible argument for selling fireworks to the general public.

As regards penalising people for the behaviour of a minority: All buyers of fireworks are still ony a minority; the majority of the population do not buy fireworks. So why should we all have to tolerate the danger, noise and pollution?

I remember the organised displays in Endcliffe Park very fondly and would happily contribute to a local event, but the magic of fireworks is well and truly lost with the constant irresponsible misuse that has been made possible by selling fireworks to anyone, no matter how stupid, incompetent or obnoxiuos, who puts the money on the table.

:thumbsup:

Spot on Womerry 2.

Most of these so called "fireworks" are basically incediary devices that are more suited to Salisbury Plain. :rant:
Get one of those aimed over your roof and you think the end is nigh!

Seriously though, i dread the sleepless nights with 2 young children who will be woken in tears and the pets clinging to the ceiling.
:rolleyes:

You'd have to talk to the emergency services for the answer to that one. Every year they have to deal with a massive amount of callouts due to firework injuries.
I think the fire service suffer more than the ambulance service or NHS in general.

i'm in Hillsborough and fireworks were going off from about 11 while abbout 1am

Have a read at this:
It is an offence under section 80 of the Explosives Act 1875 to throw or set off fireworks in any highway, street, thoroughfare or public place. The power to enforce this section of the Act rests with the police. Anyone found guilty is liable to pay a fine of up to £5,000. Penalty notices for disorder (on-the-spot fines) can also be issued for this offence, attracting the upper tier fine of £80.

In Regulations made under the Fireworks Act 2003, it is also an offence for the under 18s to possess fireworks in a public place and for anyone to let fireworks off during night hours (11pm to 7am). As from 11 October 2004, police also have the power to issue penalty notices for disorder for these offences. Again, the offence attracts the upper tier fine of £80.

Under section 1 of the Protection of Animals Act 1911 it is an offence to cause any unnecessary suffering to any domestic or captive animals. The penalty on conviction is a fine of up to £5,000 or up to six months imprisonment, or both. Enforcement of this section of the Act rests with Trading Standards, the Police or the RSPCA as appropriate.
DforBERR website (http://www.berr.gov.uk/fireworks/law.htm)

I would think 101 is the first port of call here.

Because I have yet to hear a sensible argument for selling fireworks to the general public.
I also await a compelling argument to persuade me that putting explosives in the hands of the untrained can ever be a good idea.

Seriously though, i dread the sleepless nights with 2 young children who will be woken in tears and the pets clinging to the ceiling.
:rolleyes:

Kids and pets used to be much tougher when I was a kid, everyone/thing has gone soft.

Kids and pets used to be much tougher when I was a kid, everyone/thing has gone soft.

And the explosives they have the gall to call fireworks these days are basically bombs, usually set off by cretins who clearly aren't interested in "Guy Fawkes" night, just another excuse to be anti-social.

When i was a kid most people had respect for others, nothing to do with kids being tougher then or softer now, bonfire night was Nov.5th not every other day of the week, New Years Eve etc.
:loopy:

I dont buy them but its some of the idiots that do and misuse them that make life miserable
for everyone else.

Well i have had alot of Dangerous Fireworks fired at me in the past but i would not want Fireworks banned just because of the Minority.

I have had Rockets + Air Bombs Fired at me by some morons while i lived at at Lowedges they used to set them off bang outside the shop that's why after the first time i had them fired at me i stopped going on the shops closer to bonfire night after a certain time.:rant:

You cant beat a good burn up and a good loud bang!

yeah lets an fireworks, and everything else that's dangerous, noody should have the right to enjoy themselves and have fun theres just no excuse for it

Last year it was our turn to host the fireworks, bbq, drinks etc.

The men do the foreworks. They came back with one that required you to be 25 metres away! Took it back and got a refund. I dont know anyone with a 25m garden.

Oh and they have been going off round here all weekend. Gives my dog something to bark at:loopy:

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I live just outside the city centre (riverside exchange), and i can't help but feel what it must be like in Iraq at the moment. Living in such a centalised area, there are fire works going off left, right, infront and behind you every night regulary.
It's get to see all the different fireworks and colours, but if you close your eyes you can pretend your in a warzone.

About else noticed this?
There not stopping me from sleeping so im loving it at the moment, (not the thought of being in Iraq, just the fireworks)

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So you're complaining about something you actually like? :confused:

Nah not complaining Bas,
Just stating that i like the fireworks at the moment

Is this your first year in this country? The setting off of fireworks is an annual occurance.

I'm a country bumpkin im afraid and not used to so many going off around me!

I personally hate them. If you had three dogs like mine who are so traumatised that they try to dig out of the house through the floor, they shake uncontrollably and their hearts are beating so fast you are worried about them having heart failure, then I dont think you would feel the same way about fireworks.

I am no killjoy, as I think fireworks are great at organised displays and if they only went on for the one night we could all live in harmony and I could sedate my dogs (shouldnt have to, but wouldnt mind for one night only). We are not in Iraq thankfully but my dogs think that they are.

*******THIS IS A RANT********

Im surprised the refugees and other immegrants have not forced the governments hand and had them banned as it is causing them trauma and flashbacks to their homeland!

I've nothing against fireworks, I quite enjoy the displays.
What I don't like is the 'holes that insist on setting them off at all hours for a 4 week period around the start of November - can't you people at least keep them to sensible hours? Like before 10pm or weekends only?

Nah this isn't like iraq, no ones been killed in a friendly firework incident by a firwork crazed american.

People are setting fireworks of in brightside at about 4:00pm until it starts to get dark, then they stop, i thought the whole point of them was to see what happens when they go off. Its gonna be kids doing it because they think its big and clever, they'll soon stop when they get hurt.

I personally hate them. If you had three dogs like mine who are so traumatised that they try to dig out of the house through the floor, they shake uncontrollably and their hearts are beating so fast you are worried about them having heart failure, then I dont think you would feel the same way about fireworks.

I am no killjoy, as I think fireworks are great at organised displays and if they only went on for the one night we could all live in harmony and I could sedate my dogs (shouldnt have to, but wouldnt mind for one night only). We are not in Iraq thankfully but my dogs think that they are.

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My pooch is also scared silly by these aswell. Fire works are pretty lame to be fair. I just don't see the attraction. Toffee apples on the other hand are great.
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Where is the Health and Safety numties when it matters.
Police and fire men can not swim after drowning kids but teenagers can buy and let off potential missiles/dangerous items at this time of year. Is it just me...
:loopy:

Yep
Whilst we spend £billions waging a "war on terror" there's folks in parts of Sheffield who daren't go out at night cos of teenie gangs.
We have teenagers shot dead in the street, national borders porous to people, drugs, guns, white slaves

Maybe the war on terror should be based at home. Let's spend money protecting British people not killing Iraqis

Yep
Whilst we spend £billions waging a "war on terror" there's folks in parts of Sheffield who daren't go out at night cos of teenie gangs.
We have teenagers shot dead in the street, national borders porous to people, drugs, guns, white slaves

Maybe the war on terror should be based at home. Let's spend money protecting British people not killing Iraqis

well said ;)

fire is good

I too like fireworks ON BONFIRE NIGHT, they are so pretty! The tradition surrounding this time of year has been completely lost.

People are setting off fireworks anywhere and anytime (fair enough if it's a special occasion or something) but it especially annoys me when they go off during daylight hours...

I also saw two 'yoofs' throw a firework at a car on Abbeydale Road outside the Broadfield pub last night. It really dismayed me, why would anyone want to intentionally put someone's life at risk?! Horrific!

Also (i'm sure i'm gonna rile some people up by saying this) I don't get the attraction of going and sitting in the Hallam Arena to watch the 'Fireworks Spectacular'. It sounds like the most soulless event. Personally, I can't wait to wrap up warm and go and stand around a bonfire with my treacle toffee and mulled wine. *Ahhh*

On that note, can anyone recommend a bonfire in the Nether Edge / Abbeydale area?

Thanks ;)

Personally i think they should ban dogs. You can't enjoy the great silence between airbombs and rockets with these horrible little things barking and making a noise till all hours. Last bonfire night i even managed to get my hand horribly soiled by doggy poop as i placed my 100 shot airbomb repeater in the ground.

I love fireworks, but I don't see the appeal in flinging them around the streets, at passersby and each other. I don't see the fun of setting fire to as many wheely bins as you can find either...I must be getting old.

I don't understand why they sell them to kids either.No! but the braindead thickies of Sheffield do!

Sheffield has been like Iraq / Beirut, for a long time. Look at the Parkway, Wicker, West Bar. Its like a warzone and development is too slow. Not to mention the gun war fare thats now going on. All we need is some suicide bombers and we are proper havin it like Iraq.........

Yep
Whilst we spend £billions waging a "war on terror" there's folks in parts of Sheffield who daren't go out at night cos of teenie gangs.
We have teenagers shot dead in the street, national borders porous to people, drugs, guns, white slaves

Maybe the war on terror should be based at home. Let's spend money protecting British people not killing Iraqis

What do you mean about "white slaves"..........:huh:

Had a load of fireworks go off round longley tonight real loud bangs.

why as my topic been chaged from and the fireworks have started to is sheffield the new Iraq??

It looks like two threads have been merged, but the title is rather misleading.

I just find it so funny, what will all of you do if fireworks were banned, bus drivers were nice, yoofs were gone??? You would have nothing to whinge about(saying that i'm sure you would find some rubbish to stick your ore in about)

There fireworks, sitting on a forum whinging is not gonna make the slightest bit of difference, as has been previousley mentioned if you dont like them then dont buy them, simple!! Things I dont like I dont do!!

I love fireworks, and always go to an organised display howeverI do think that the sale of fireworks to the public should be more closely monitored or even banned. Last year about a week before Nov 5th, we were watching TV about 8pm and there was a big explosion in our front garden. We thought kids had chucked a banger or something into the garden so we went out to investigate.

Turns out some of the local kids (aged 11-14) had been messing about with fireworks, had put a rocket into a piece of metal pipe and lit the firework.:loopy:

The rocket and the pipe came over the road and had actually hit our window frame (fortunately a metal frame), missing the actual glass of the window by literally millimetres. The frame had a huge dint in it.

It doesn't bear thinking about what would have happened if it had impacted a few mm's higher, or if it had hit a car or person. (Never mind what it did to our poor old cat who was kipping happily on the window sill when it hit - lets just say i had a bit of cleaning up to do . . . . )

Firework sales to the public should not be banned. Im an adult and i'd like to buy some.
Whingers be quiet! The comfort of your pet dog/cat is not my concern

Whingers be quiet! The comfort of your pet dog/cat is not my concern

How about the eyesight of my child????

How about the eyesight of my child????


Thing is you could whinge about your child being run over by crossing a road, but I doubt you would because i'm guessing you own a car or know someone who does?? Maybe cars should be banned as i'm sure there is more accidents by cars than fireworks a year??

Thing is you could whinge about your child being run over by crossing a road, but I doubt you would because i'm guessing you own a car or know someone who does?? Maybe cars should be banned as i'm sure there is more accidents by cars than fireworks a year??

Don't make assumptions about people - I don't own a car, and actually don't have a child, and if you had bothered to read the original post, you would see that i said I wouldn't want to see fireworks banned - I said I love to see fierworks - in a properly supervised display.

How about the eyesight of my child????

Well technically, again not my concern. I dont intend to aim my fireworks at children

So what you are in effect saying is that anyone can do what they like as long as it doesn't affect you personally? Nice!

So what you are in effect saying is that anyone can do what they like as long as it doesn't affect you personally? Nice!


No, what i am obviously saying is that I dont want fireworks banned for sale to adults.
Used properly they are no more dangerous than , say , eggs, which when thrown into a persons eye could well blind them.

I dont want my personal choices restricted by namby-pambyists pandering to 'what ifs'.

Well technically, again not my concern. I dont intend to aim my fireworks at childrenMaybe sunshine!.....but the braindead of Sheffield do!

There is now even a shop in the arcade at Hillsborough to cater for all your firework needs. This is great news for the bargain hunting firework enthusiast, Morrisons or Panda firewroks in the arcade, reason 196 'two for one' on extremely loud Baghdad Bangers to annoy everyone days before Bonfire Night.

They are dangerous explosives - They should be banned.

In this climate of terrorism and fear, have the powers that be forgotten the bombs on the buses in London 07/07/05.

We are selling bombs over the counter for pennies, how long is it going to be before some extremist decides to attach nails to an 'air bomb' or walk on a train or bus with a bag full of gun power and razor blades. The amount of weapons that can be made from simple fire works can be devastating.

Fire works should be banned, only organised Bonfires allowed.
We can't buy guns over the counter so why can we buy bombs????:huh::loopy:

In this climate of terrorism and fear, have the powers that be forgotten the bombs on the buses in London 07/07/05.

We are selling bombs over the counter for pennies, how long is it going to be before some extremist decides to attach nails to an 'air bomb' or walk on a train or bus with a bag full of gun power and razor blades. The amount of weapons that can be made from simple fire works can be devastating.

Fire works should be banned, only organised Bonfires allowed.
We can't buy guns over the counter so why can we buy bombs????:huh::loopy:

Yes, let's ban everything!

/sits in rubber room

Firework sales to the public should not be banned. Im an adult and i'd like to buy some.
Whingers be quiet! The comfort of your pet dog/cat is not my concern

In other words - I'm all right Jack!

Many of today's problems can be attributed to a similar contempt for the opinion of others.

In this climate of terrorism and fear, have the powers that be forgotten the bombs on the buses in London 07/07/05.

We are selling bombs over the counter for pennies, how long is it going to be before some extremist decides to attach nails to an 'air bomb' or walk on a train or bus with a bag full of gun power and razor blades. The amount of weapons that can be made from simple fire works can be devastating.

Fire works should be banned, only organised Bonfires allowed.
We can't buy guns over the counter so why can we buy bombs????:huh::loopy:

We also allow trees to grow. A simple length of Willow can be made into an effective bow which could be used by an extremist to fire arrows into random members of the public including children.

We also allow trees to grow. A simple length of Willow can be made into an effective bow which could be used by an extremist to fire arrows into random members of the public including children.

I'd prefer my chances against a Bow & Arrow, than a nail bomb!!!
There are plenty of weapons that can be made from every day objects (read: Black Medicine). Who would think that the use of a box opener could flatten two of the largest skyscrapers. But my post relates to the ease of buying fireworks and the real dangers of their use and potential abuse.

Fire works over recent years have got bigger louder and more accessible, how many people need to get hurt or killed before fireworks are banned. Year on year the fire work victim numbers are escalating. I don't want my loved ones to be added to the tally.

May you and your loved ones be safe this Firework season!

No, what i am obviously saying is that I dont want fireworks banned for sale to adults.
Used properly they are no more dangerous than , say , eggs, which when thrown into a persons eye could well blind them.

I dont want my personal choices restricted by namby-pambyists pandering to 'what ifs'.

How do some of the kids that cause havoc get hold of fireworks when they are below the age of being able to buy them in shops?

Oh yes - 'adults' give them to the kids . . .

[Can anyone recommend a bonfire in the Nether Edge / Abbeydale area?

Thanks ;)[/QUOTE]

I think there's one in Chelsea park on Sat 3rd Nov.