Looks Like Sainsburys Are Not Selling Fireworks This Year

[woofgang]

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.

[Mamyalynne]

You won't get arrested for playing conkers, treat yourself.

[ludwig]

I can only assume there's a disproportionately miserable attitude towards fireworks on this site because it's frequented mainly by old folks.

[jackthehat]

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.

[Barsel]

That's very insulting ludwig. Those of us who are in favour of fireworks being taken off sale to the general public have explained why.

[bhg481]

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.

[spathiphyllum]

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.

[woofgang]

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

[spathiphyllum]

What i mean is, there are already laws on where you can use them, which is private property only.


Yes they could, but they don't, and no one does.. so why's it such a problem 1/2 nights out of 365?

[retrocop]

//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.

[ichkeria]

I agree retro.
Still, the freedom to disturb ones neighbours and potentially maim oneself in the process is very important :-)

[spathiphyllum]

Retro, that's because of american extravagance.

They've always used and let them off, 4th July etc.. at Disney land every night.

It's not a major problem.

[woofgang]

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

[woofgang]

Spath what you are saying is its not a major problem to you!

[spathiphyllum]

"Spath what you are saying is its not a major problem to you!"


No, what i'm saying is.. it's not a major problem to life as we know it or to our survival as a species or in fact to society as a whole.

I understand your worries but we simply can't pander to the minorities.

[andy-hughes]

Spath, I am not talking about organized displays one night of the year, but the random explosions fro dusk to the early hours from October to the middle of January!

[spathiphyllum]

Well i wonder how they felt during the war with all the bombs and the IRA etcc how on earth did the poor pouches cope!

[shoota]

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.

[spathiphyllum]

Throughout life there are loud noises and bright lights. That's just how it is. Making them illegal, or banning them from personal use will simply suppress those who need to let of a bit of pyromania now and again.

[Rockrose]

Doesn’t sound like a minority if you take the feedback that you have received here

[spathiphyllum]

Well if we took AB for the nations general consensus then i'm afraid that half of us would be in prison for ABH, the other half wondering if we're pregnont and the rest arguing about brexit. So that's not something i'm going to do.