"David Hill" wrote in message
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"........I had a bonfire party on Wednesday night who was letting off
large
numbers of fireworks.. Its only time I ever have a party. I love bonfire
night.( I don't bother with Christmas or any other commercialised
festival)........."

And Guy Fawks night isn't commercialised?

Of course it is. A son bought £80 worth of boxed fireworks (as ASDA prices)
for £16 at his wholesaler. What sort of profit is that? That is
commercialism. You can make your own Christmas cards, you can't easily make
your own fireworks.

But to reply to an earlier poster, if you live in the inner city, as we do,
you suffer the very loud noises of fireworks all round the year, not just at
festivals or weekends.

And not just in the evenings. We're woken, suddenly and frightened, during
the night - at any hour. And the fireworks - we hope - (not the decorative
ones but the noisy ones) are sounding through daylight hours.

It's like living in a war zone. We don't know if they're fireworks or guns
or bombs.

For the last two nights we've used RAF issue ear plugs which are
uncomfortable but at least ensure sleep.
I love to see firework displays (I think our civic displays are free) and
last night we had beautiful garden fireworks for a grand-daughter. But
irresponsible use of serious ordinance is anti social and potentially
dangerous. Sleep deprivation is used as a torture by some regimes, here we
just have to suffer it. Loud fireworks are simply unnecessary.

The only answer would be to legislate against the sale of these ridiculously
loud fireworks to anyone except licensed organisations, and to keep to the
law. Enforcement of the act of using anti-social fireworks is impossible to
police.

Older people, sick people and young people are having the quality of their
lives spoiled by these things. Some animals are frightened by the noise I'm
sure, our cat used to be but our hens don't display any nervousness and I've
never watched the bees so I can't make a blanket statement.

I think it Is important to make our views felt to local councillors. There
seems to be a growing antagonism to the problem and they councillors aren't
unaware of it but the more people they hear from the less they'll be able to
ignore it. Especially if we mention ballot boxes ...

Mary




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Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk