Best fire works displays................ mmmmmmmmmmmmm
To be honest we just take the lanes up the hill behind us towards Buxton for about 1 mile, park up with loads of others and watch across the Cheshire Plain or towards Manchester and have a good couple of hours watching various displays or back garden affairs............plus marvel at the nerves of all the pilots coming in to land at Manchester airport amongst all those potential flying hazards.
Great fun on a clear night and a great party atmosphere amongst all the locals who congregate to watch as well.
granted if you want to get all Official, then remember, remember (not the 5th of November), but the Fireworks Act 2003. Just some snippets for you all
:arrow: Penalty notices for disorder offences - Upper Tier Penalty - £80 for 16 year olds and over (£40 for 10-15 year olds) under tha above Act.
:arrow: There's also the Breach of fireworks curfew ( 11pm-7am), a 'recordable offense', covered by Fireworks Regulations 2004 under s11 of the Fireworks Act 2003.
:arrow: Possession by a person under 18 of an adult firework), a 'recordable offense', covered by Fireworks Regulations 2004 under s11 of the Fireworks Act 2003.
There's also a whole raft of offences covered by The Explosive Substances Act 1883 which 'over laps' with aspects of all the above as well as the more obvious 'terrorism' connatations - afterall most of the larger fireworks are classified as 'explosives'.
Then you can also look at.....
Offences Against the Person Act 1861 - Section 28 of the 1861 Act makes it an offence for any person to cause grievous bodily harm by the unlawful explosion of gunpowder or other explosive substance. Section 29 of the1861 Act makes it an offence to unlawfully cause gunpowder or some other explosive substance to explode with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. And Section 30 of the 1861 Act makes it an offence to place explosives near buildings or ships with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
The Explosives Act 1875 - Section 23 of the 1875 Act makes it an offence to fail to take all reasonable precautions to prevent access to explosives. Section 30 of the 1875 Act makes it an offence to sell gunpowder on the highway or in a public place. Section 31 of the 1875 Act makes it an offence to sell gunpowder to children apparently under 16. Section 80 of the 1875 Act makes it an offence to throw fireworks on the highway or in a public place (Note: Where the term "gunpowder" is used section 39 of the Act makes that term applicable to all other explosives covered by the Act)
Criminal Damage Act 1971 - Section 1 of the 1971 Act may be the appropriate offence where a minor explosion causes damage. An example of when such a decision can properly be taken is where an offender detonates explosives in a spirit of reckless curiosity, without the intent necessary for more serious offences. If damage to property occurs as a result of combustion of an article the appropriate charge may be one of arson, with or without intent to endanger life.
and that's just some of the usual ones. Keep looking and you can find an awful lot more detail
Time out, the pair of you. I have locked this and if I remember, I will unlock before I go for a bath later, when hopefully you will have had time to calm down.
Please remember, this may not be the CA forum, but the rules are still the same, and that still includes not going out of your way to insult each other.
If you have a problem, PM me, but for goodness sake, stop all the bickering. If you cant discuss nicely, leave it to those who can and stop all the personal digs all the time!
On with the discussion.
There's a lot to be said for an organised firework display, its certainly going to be a lot more impressive than buying a box of fireworks.
However, I'd have to say that I really enjoy letting them off in my garden, its fun and with the proper precautions its reasonably safe, there's no doubt that fireworks are dangerous though, the recent shows that even at organised displays things can go wrong, you have to wonder if these people had the relevant training.
i think they should only be allowed to be let off on one day only
pets/old people and a few others to mention all become stressed by the constant noise and the week or so it all goes on for
and by the way, nicely cleaned up :thumbup:
Fun/Neil I take your points.
My source is the 2004 ROSPA accident analysis.
You both infer, the "accidents" are in the main preventable incidents caused by irresponsibility.
I see no reason to ban anything based on the moronic behaviour of a few.
They are heavily regulated.
I admit we have very few public order problems.
I can appreciate the problems of city living, it hasn't been that long.
I don't know what the solution is to such nuisance but would favour the enforcement of existing regulations.
A typical example that happens up and down the country.
As star said earlier, why do the UK public persist in celebrating a terrorist act against the British Parliament and the Monarch of the time after having spent so much celebrating a Diamond Jubilee of the present monarch?
This must be most confusing to many.
