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Bonfire Night
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Not sure if its just me, but does society celebrate Bonfire night like we used to?
I remember as a kid growing up in the 70's bonfire night was a huge deal, people would be having bonfires and letting off fireworks all evening.
In fact my neighbour at the time would have a big party outside.
I don't really see any of that going on these days.
Is the tradition dying off?
In my observation Halloween seems to get bigger each year, and Bonfire night is dying off.
What would the reason be, assuming my observation is correct.
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renegadefm, you claim to have grown up on a farm, was it a livestock farm?
To be honest I wouldn't trust most of the 30 years olds any more than I would 18 year olds!
Fireworks are a danger to farm animals and domestic animals, there have been reports of farm animals being scared to death. That is not acceptable.
I strongly believe that fireworks should only be available at organised displays (and by that, I do not mean family). When I was a child, there were plenty of organised displays to go to and I did not suffer from a lack of fireworks.
Age is absolutely no guarantee of common sense. We live in a very rural area and 80% of the houses in our little hamlet are thatched. Two years ago at Christmas, we were all very alarmed to hear fireworks being let off. Turns out it was the new BF (in his 30s) of a daughter of a resident who wanted to surprise his GF and her parents. Her father was absolutely mortified. Meanwhile, the horses in the paddock behind the garden went nuts. What an absolute tool. I am not sure of the thinking processes behind "I'll let off a load of fireworks, in a rural area surrounded by animals with mainly thatched houses and not warn anyone" but that just demonstrates why they should not be sold to the public!
No, I agree Pasta. When I lived in a city and had 5 cats it was an absolute nightmare for about 10 days in late October/early November with random private displays going off from anytime from about 5pm until midnight. The deaf/blind cat was OK, as was my boy ASBO, but the others were all terrified (one to the extent she would soil herself). It was curtains closed and lots of TV's/radios on, plus keeping them in and constantly checking them. They were never bothered about thunderstorms though.
At least when events are advertised, people with animals can take precautions since they know what to expect and when.
This weekend, I knew there was a large display taking place only a couple of miles as the crow flies and with the wind in the right direction it can sound as if it is next door. Because I knew about this, I kept my girls in, close to me, curtains closed and TV on and they did not even stir.
Round here, generally people are very good about notifying others about things that might alarm or upset others and their animals so for that I am thankful.
