Bonfire Night seems to make for blurry photos.
Poised and ready to go - sparklers to hand.
Yes, I did knit the mittens. Good job they were last year's ones as one got lost during the bonfire night party.
Photo courtesy of Josie. Very difficult to capture fireworks.
A big thanks to Lambeth Council for banning sparklers in their parks. A special thanks to them for providing men with megaphones and leaflets to enforce the ban. A special thanks to those men for not saying anything until people had lit the sparklers and given them to their children.
Luckily we went to the council display on Friday and spent the actual Bonfire Night at a local church party which was much nicer. The council would be shocked to know that sparklers were for sale there. Even more shocking, children of all ages had sparklers and suffered no ill effects. The mulled wine, sausages and pumpkin soup were very nice too.
Thank you for your lovely Bonfire Night pictures.
I have been describing what happens to my poor deprived American-born children. They have never been to a Bonfire Night at all.... It is still "no burn" season in California. Makes me feel very neglectful!
Posted by: Kira | November 07, 2005 at 07:13 AM
It's always a lovely night and once it's out the way, it's the slippery slope to Christmas!
Posted by: Tracy | November 07, 2005 at 10:32 AM
It's actually illegal in England and Wales for anyone under 16 to have a firework in a public area - if they are over 10 they could be arrested! If it's in your own grounds or other private property and with the consent of the owners then it is ok.
Guess how many referrals on this subject have hit my caseload intray has this morning!!
Posted by: Yvonne | November 07, 2005 at 12:23 PM
How I miss fireworks night! Thanks for the photos and memories!
Posted by: Carol | November 07, 2005 at 02:04 PM
How very typical of lambeth. Mr Jobsworth doing his job. You look like you're having a great time. I missed everything this year, though I could see the crystal palace displays from the SE london flat!
Dawn:)
Posted by: dawn | November 07, 2005 at 02:04 PM
Looks like a great time was had by all. We gave it a miss this year (though viewed lots of lovely fireworks from the window) as the weather was terrible. We went to the cinema instead so they still had a treat - especially as we will be going again on Nov 18th for Harry Potter!
Posted by: Andrea | November 07, 2005 at 07:08 PM
Looks like a great time was had by all. We gave it a miss this year (though viewed lots of lovely fireworks from the window) as the weather was terrible. We went to the cinema instead so they still had a treat - especially as we will be going again on Nov 18th for Harry Potter!
Posted by: Andrea | November 07, 2005 at 07:09 PM
oops - didn't mean to double post - after clicking "post" the first time the message "page cannot be displayed" came up so I hit back and clicked post again - and the 1st had gone through OK!
Posted by: Andrea | November 07, 2005 at 07:14 PM
5th November hasn't been celebrated here for many, many years. Sale of fireworks to the public is illegal in New South Wales and any fireworks displays must be properly organised and licensed. Sort of takes the fun out of the whole thing really. "Cracker Night" is held in June here - middle of Winter and very small risk of a spark starting bushfires.
Posted by: Lesley | November 07, 2005 at 08:04 PM