2020 Firework Display at home

snips86x · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:00

With most of the locally run displays being cancelled, I'm looking to have a small display for my partner and her kids. I'm trying to source silent fireworks but short of buying online, which I'd prefer to avoid, I'm unable to find anything in relation to well known supermarkets stocking them.

Has anyone considered the same/had any luck sourcing locally or have you just ordered online?

Diddums · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:05

Saw some at Asda, you tried there?

vanpeebles · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:09

Just be careful, make sure you got plenty of garden path to scamper up once they lit. I know someone who was doing a display in the backgarden, the wind blew a firework over and it flew off into his hooded top then exploded. He collapsed in shock, and everyone watching thought he was dead lol.

snips86x · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:12

Yeah, we've got more than enough space for it, easily 100ft from where we set them off.

Oh man, that must be quite the surprise, hope he was alright :eek:

vanpeebles · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:14

Yeah! Everyone was badly shaken. Does make you think though! Just a total freak accident.

SideWinder · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:18

vanpeebles said:
Just be careful, make sure you got plenty of garden path to scamper up once they lit. I know someone who was doing a display in the backgarden, the wind blew a firework over and it flew off into his hooded top then exploded. He collapsed in shock, and everyone watching thought he was dead lol.

The "lol" at the end made me lol.

builder22 · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:22

Me too, nothing funnier than thinking someone’s dead

HEADRAT · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:24

I expect the NHS will be inundated with burns victims as there won't be any organised displays (well not around here)

jsmoke · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:25

That's a bit like going to a concert with the sound turned off?

krooton · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:26

Your poor neighbourhood pets

Kenai · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:28

krooton said:
Your poor neighbourhood pets

I'm trying to source silent fireworks

He actually sounds like one of the few people actually considerate of such things? :confused:

Feek · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:28

krooton said:
Your poor neighbourhood pets

snips86x said:
I'm trying to source silent fireworks

I didn't even know silent fireworks existed, I don't know if I like the sound of that.

HEADRAT · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:29

They could have done "drive in" fireworks

Diddums · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:30

We could have an entire forum dedicated to firework fails. Like that fella who thought launching a skyrocket from his credit card slot would be fun until he clenched and it blew its firey load all over his posterior

dirtychinchilla · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:31

vanpeebles said:
Just be careful, make sure you got plenty of garden path to scamper up once they lit. I know someone who was doing a display in the backgarden, the wind blew a firework over and it flew off into his hooded top then exploded. He collapsed in shock, and everyone watching thought he was dead lol.

I went to a church one back at my parents probably 20 years ago now. There were loads of children and they had a stand with catherine wheels on that they were also launching the rockets off. The stand fell over towards the audience and shot rockets at us...it's amazing that no one was hurt. Pretty scary thinking about it! That was the last year that they put on a fireworks display.

413x · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:42

There's a load of little ruffians round some of the streets here letting of fireworks at people and pets. I know it's only a
Few people. But it's so dangerous. It's no less dangerous than a gun.

To be honest I think they should be banned for private individuals.

krooton · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:45

Kenai said:
He actually sounds like one of the few people actually considerate of such things?

I missed that, but at the same time, silent fireworks?

*goes to do some googling*

OK, stuff like Catherine Wheels, and fountains, and sparklers, I just always default to big boom or whistler types when people talk about fireworks.

vanpeebles · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:45

builder22 said:
Me too, nothing funnier than thinking someone’s dead

It was such an outrageous event, that everyone who got told it, was like bloody hell! It put me off fireworks anyway.

And remember kids, don’t put fireworks through people’s letterboxes. On GD we put a different kind of firecracker through them!

snips86x · 26 Oct 2020 at 15:57

krooton said:
Your poor neighbourhood pets

Indeed

Kenai said:
He actually sounds like one of the few people actually considerate of such things?

Feek said:
I didn't even know silent fireworks existed, I don't know if I like the sound of that.

It's not just the pets, my GFs youngest has very sensitive hearing and even everyday sounds will cause him to freak out and scream so there is more than just one reason for this.

413x · 26 Oct 2020 at 16:07

vanpeebles said:
It was such an outrageous event, that everyone who got told it, was like bloody hell! It put me off fireworks anyway.

And remember kids, don’t put fireworks through people’s letterboxes. On GD we put a different kind of firecracker through them!

I'm opposite. We played with some fireworks at uni. Put a rocket in a wellie boot. Stood in a circle. The boot spins round and the rocket fires out randomly.. Such idot. Much wow

Get yourself a dose of the old Noravirus and you can fire a brown rocket through someone's letterbox