Have You Ever Wondered Why..........

[10ClarionSt]

.......some nights you will hear a single, loud bang but no other fireworks? I can exclusively reveal all for you. Well, yer know what I mean. The loud bang is set off by drug pushers, to let their clients know they are available and selling. Drug users know where to go to get the merchandise. Tis true folks.

[agchristie]

So the chime of the ice cream van is old hat now? ;-)

[10ClarionSt]

Fraid so, ag. We rarely hear them any more. Tis a loud firework now.

[shoota]

Or it might be an alarm signal for people working on the railway to let them know a train approaches.

[10ClarionSt]

In coastal towns it used to be for the Coastguard. Do they still do that or has technology left that behind?

The local firework IS for drug dealers shoota. Trust me. Don't ask!

[Baldric]

What a load of old pony!

[ummmm]

Rubbish.

[woofgang]

eyeroll

[ToraToraTora]

Perlease!

[ToraToraTora]

so you have fireworks all year round then 10cs!

[Buenchico]

From John Mann MP, speaking in a Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting nearly 16 years ago:
"A firework is let off in my area to signify that new drugs have arrived. If a firework goes off at strange times of the year, people know that drugs are available, and they know which flats to go to."
https://ibb.co/9tF77bt

So it's hardly a new method of communication.

[douglas9401]

FIIIIGHT!!

[shoota]

BANG!
(Knock,knock) 'Got any drugs?'
'No, but you can have a sparkler and a jacket potato...'

[royfromaus]

So...........how can you tell the difference between Fred-the-Fixer and Dodgy Dave's firework?

And the dozens of other dealers?

[ToraToraTora]

so with all the other forms of communication out there they use a firework! right oh!

[roopower]

Well, the dealers are very busy tonight, they've not stopped letting off their bangers for two hours now. Apart from Christmas and New Year they don't seem to do any trade at all!

[Mozz71]

They must get really confused on November 5th. Either that or there's a lot of drug deliveries going on.

[Mozz71]

I have a new idea. Those loud solo bangs are to signify 10CS believing another BS conspiracy theory. The more absurd the theory, the louder the bang. This one shook houses.

[Buenchico]

>>> In coastal towns it used to be for the Coastguard. Do they still do that or has technology left that behind?

It wasn't for the coastguards. It was to alert lifeboat crews to callouts. In 2005 the RNLI announced that they'd no longer be using maroons due, partly to the dangers of debris from them injuring people, with electronic pagers taking their place

[Ken4155]

The pushers in my area tie a pair of old trainers together and hang them on telephone wires.

[youngmafbog]

It has (maybe still) been used by drug dealing scum. Yes there are more modern communication methods - but they are traceable!