Seeing as from mid-October to late November this particular corner of Cornwall sounded like down-town Aleppo pretty much every night, and that Christmas Eve sounded like a reenactment of the D-Day landings, I figured it was probably best to be at home on New Year's Eve in order to maintain some sort of order in case the dogs - who really don't like fireworks - decided to eat chunks out of the furniture and/or each other. And... Nothing. Not one single firework. 2017 was heralded in with absolute quiet... So - why does some local knob-head feel the need to let off fireworks at 4pm on January 2nd? Weird !
We / I have got one few houses away , since October every fkn opertunity they are going off , was like a war zine at the bells ,, I remember the " old " days in glasgow when all the boats in the harbour would sound their horns , so much more civilised and classy .
What worries me ( tho so far so good for another year ) is the fkn things landing on my car , they have to land somewhere , what goes up must come down .
Try living in a thatched house... Round here you're never far from some down-sizing ya-ya from inside the M25 who invites twenty friends and relatives down for a night of live music and fireworks every time the Labrador has a birthday or Francesca's home from boarding school. It never seems to occur to them that those funny little houses down there with the straw rooves aren't set-dressing - people live in them.
I don't mind them when seeing in the new year at midnight......but........many were let off at 23:50......don't people have a sense of occasion anymore....or watches?
Where I live the Pakistanis and the Indians have "Fireoffs!" Basically they spend huge wedge on Full on Display fireworks to outdo each other? Happens every year during opposing religious festivals,weddings,New Year etc but not so much at Christmas.Its a proper pain,scares dogs,cats and other pets and they don't care about what time they set them off! OB and council do nothing cos they are scared of getting into a race row? It's totally out of control
you think it's bad out your way? Try Southall! Thought it was all done new years at about 2am then it started up for another hour at 4.30. Your right about em trying to out do each other they must spent thousands per house
When the fireworks are all gone it's "who has the loudest AMG 6.3 MERC" time.Basically huge exhausts with silencers or cats removed? I know that they sound glorious but @ 4.00am with the traction switched off spinning away from the lights it's like bloody Santa Pod here!
I'm not surprised, some of em sound like mortars! I live, as the crow flies fairly close to Swynerton army training camp, when they're "live firing" with the wind in the right direction, the noise is unbelievable and by close I mean about 3 miles!!
