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Looks Like Sainsburys Are Not Selling Fireworks This Year
No link as they seem to want to keep it low profile but it looks like Sainsburys have taken the decision not to sell fireworks this year. If you or someone you know are affected by the constant barrage of noise, mess and smoke that happens at this season (and when did Firework Night become Firework season?) then you might like to comment on their facebook page or website? Hopefully another step in the right direction.
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Much as I would love to say something to spath, I realise it would be a complete waste of time so I won't waste my time and energy. This is just to let anyone know who might be interested in contacting Sainsburys. I wrote them an email to congratulate them for taking this stance, but unfortunatel
16:27 Fri 18th Oct 2019
Here in Blackpool, we host the World Fireworks Championship and we have thousands of people who come to see the displays on successive Friday nights in September.
They are far more impressive and safe than anything you could purchase in a cardboard-box from Sainsbury's....
There really is *no* reason for any retailers to be selling fireworks to the general public.......and just because 'they always have been' is absolutely no reason for it to continue.
They are far more impressive and safe than anything you could purchase in a cardboard-box from Sainsbury's....
There really is *no* reason for any retailers to be selling fireworks to the general public.......and just because 'they always have been' is absolutely no reason for it to continue.
I don't have any pets but I am sympathetic towards people who do and have problems with fireworks. When I was young in the 1950s/60s we had bonfires with fireworks on November 5th ie, not the nearest weekend or even further away than that. Bonfire Night is supposed to be a celebration of a group of anarchists being caught and punished, not a money-making exercise and, to my mind, should be held ONLY on November 5th. People with pets would still have a problem but only on one night of the year not for several weeks either side of the big day.
People are missing the fact that fireworks can legally be let off anytime of the year, and there are restirctions to where you can let them off.
Bonfire night isn't the only night people use and buy fireworks. People use and buy them for and on Halloween, new years eve as well as personal celebrations.
The general consensus on answerbank may be that they "should not be sold to the general public, just to organised displays" but i'm unsure the nation would agree.
Bonfire night isn't the only night people use and buy fireworks. People use and buy them for and on Halloween, new years eve as well as personal celebrations.
The general consensus on answerbank may be that they "should not be sold to the general public, just to organised displays" but i'm unsure the nation would agree.
spath my neighbours could LEGALLY let fireworks off in their garden. 4 feet from my back door every night of the year.....I might get them on noise nuisance by laws but the police wouuldn't be interested. I have no idea what you mean by "restrictions as to where" excpet as it applies to places they don't own. Luckily I have got lovely neighbours who wouldn't dream of doing such a thing
//Bonfire night isn't the only night people use and buy fireworks. People use and buy them for and on Halloween, new years eve as well as personal celebrations.//
That is precisely the trouble. 40 years ago fireworks were sold about 2 weeks before November 5th and finished for the year. People accepted and expected that once a year.Now fireworks are available all the year and have become a damn nuisance. Traditionally we didn't celebrate halloween to the extent that fireworks were required.
The only fireworks I recall being let off at birthdays were indoor fireworks which you don't see now.
That is precisely the trouble. 40 years ago fireworks were sold about 2 weeks before November 5th and finished for the year. People accepted and expected that once a year.Now fireworks are available all the year and have become a damn nuisance. Traditionally we didn't celebrate halloween to the extent that fireworks were required.
The only fireworks I recall being let off at birthdays were indoor fireworks which you don't see now.
If it was one or two nights a year, I would medicate my dogs and live with it, as would most pet owners. Predictable fireworks are manageable because you know when you need to do whatever is needed to manage the problem; but round here, and generally over the Uk from what is reported, frequent firework use begins mid october and goes on until after New Year....then there are the summer parties. There is not predicting day or time or how long the display will go on for and often fireworks are set off before the general after 11pm cut off point. The police can do little or nothing because its just about impossible to say who is doing it unless they are literally next door or at least very close. My issue is on behalf of my dogs but people with PTSD also suffer from the random unheralded use as do people with Alzheimers
Round where I live Diwali is celebrated with fireworks by many families in their back gardens, each seemingly trying to outdo their neighbours. So not only do I get the Guy Fawkes fireworks I get that lot too, often they run together for an extended period of disturbance. I don't object to fireworks, I object to the extreme volume of the bangs and squeals.
My old bytch is a basket case after the first bang goes off.
My old bytch is a basket case after the first bang goes off.
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