National Campaign for Firework Safety
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Fireworks 2002 Survey

Readers Letters Part 2


Why do we have to put up with this nuisance night after night. Do they not realise that there are new-born babies and young children to be put to bed each night. Also, our dear elderly people.
R. S. Accrington.
November 1 2002, This is Lancashire, Firework fun can lead to misery

Banning the sale of what are basically explosives to the general public. If we only pull together and make our voices heard, we can beat this problem once and for all.
J. W.  Darwen.
November 1 2002, This is Lancashire, Ban sale of explosives

Even though you think you don't damage animals by letting of fireworks you do because its the noise that scares them so try thinking of other people and animals the next time
S. Manchester
November 1 2002, Manchester online, Stay Safe Campaign

Otford has been enduring brief, but loud, sporadic firework sessions.  Tonight's fireworks at the unwelcome time of 9.30pm lasted 15 minutes, during which time they put my dog into a catatonic state
F. A. Otford
November 1 2002, Kent & Sussex Courier - TEMPERS ROCKET AT FIREWORK FRENZY

It appears to be that time of year again, when the sad, rather moronic minority decide to inflict the loathsome sound and noise of fireworks on the surrounding residents of Pembury
J. D. Pembury
November 1 2002, Courier co uk, PITY FOR MORONIC FIREWORK MINORITY

Each year an increasing number of places become no-go areas for pedestrians and cyclists during Oct/Nov. Ban firework sales from corner shops. Turning London into Beirut every year is not acceptable.
C. L. London
November 1 2002, BBC News,  Email of the week, banning fireworks

HOW many older readers or pet owners with timid animals are heartily sick of the nightly repeated explosions from banger fireworks that go on incessantly?
F. C. Accrington.
November 2 2002, This is Lancashire, Bonfire Night a useless ritual

Why is it that fireworks are being allowed to be used at any time during the year and by anyone. Why am I woken up by fireworks at 03:00 in the morning?
M. J. Oxford
November 2 2002, Manchester online,  Stay Safe Campaign

This won't stop the yobs who put fear into everyone and all animals they come into contact with.  Once and for all, ban all but large supervised displays.
M M, Glasgow
November 3, 2002, Sunday Post, Fireworks

It seems a little strange that we consider it too dangerous to allow properly vetted and licensed adults to have hand guns yet anyone can walk into a corner shop and buy explosives.
T H, Coventry
November 3, 2002, BBC News, Banning Fireworks Your Comments

We should ban fireworks. Last night in Birmingham, trick or treaters where throwing bangers into the drives of houses where they didn't get any treats. A case against both fireworks and trick or treating
P P, Birmingham
November 3, 2002, BBC News, Banning Fireworks Your Comments

Limit firework sales to reputable dealers and stop under 21's buying them.
M B, Nottingham
November 3, 2002, BBC News, Banning Fireworks Your Comments

Apart from the injuries, the fireworks are getting larger (bigger bang) this is frightening all animals. Only commercial firework displays should be allowed. With no sale to the public.
M G, Worthing
November 3, 2002, BBC News, Banning Fireworks Your Comments

Being woken up at two in the morning by some thick-necked lager lout is no fun. Idiots buy loud fireworks simply for their nuisance value. Fireworks now should only be used for public displays
C C, Nottinghamshire
November 3, 2002, BBC News, Banning Fireworks Your Comments

It is time that the sale of fireworks to the public was banned.
R M, Medway
November 3, 2002, BBC News, Banning Fireworks Your Comments

Why should we put up with innocent children and animals being injured every year for the sake of a few bangs?
A, Swinton
November 3, 2002, Manchester online, Stay Safe Campaign

I am not a killjoy, but it is time to ban the sale of fireworks and have organised displays only.
J. B. Dringhouses, York.
November 4 2002, This is York, Ban sale of fireworks

One obvious move would be to prohibit corner shops from selling banger fireworks completely, or to allow sales for only a very short period.
A. M. Abbey Wood
November 4 2002, Local London, Tis the season to be making many noises

The sooner your campaign gathers our local Councillors and MP's to support the ban , the sooner most of us will be happy, .
H. N. & Family, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
November 4, 2002, Manchester online, Stay Safe Campaign

I'm sick and tired of it, I'll be glad if they are banned for good. I don't see why I should see my dog upset cos people decide to let them off all year round and up to 11pm at night in the summer.
S. Manchester
November 4, 2002, Manchester online, Stay Safe Campaign

Is THERE anyone out there who is as fed-up with fireworks as I am?
C. G. Colebrook
November 5 2002, This is Devon, Pets are suffering

Virtually the whole country at this time of year is transformed into something approaching a war zone by excessive release of over-powerful fireworks.
K. W. Doncaster
November 5, 2002, Manchester News, Death of Megan

Either ban them from public sale, or have them on sale for one day only and enforce regulations regarding the age of the buyer.
E. Chorlton, Manchester
November 5, 2002, Manchester online,  Stay Safe Campaign

Ban them all now! They are just too dangerous now.
N. Manchester
November 5, 2002, Manchester online,  Stay Safe Campaign

Every death or injury by fireworks is 100 per cent avoidable. It is too late for this year, but I hope that by next year there will be no fireworks available to the public, making our streets safe.
R. Nicholl, Glasgow.
November 5 2002, icScotland - VOICE OF SCOTLAND

And I am sorry but they do need to be banned.
S. Manchester
November 6, 2002, Manchester online, Stay Safe Campaign

Fireworks are very dangerous and should only be allowed in the hands of those who know how to handle them.
S. H. Eastwood
November 6, 2002, Evening Post,  FIREWORKS CAUSE MORE SUFFERING FOR PET DOGS

When are the authorities going to make some kind of decision about the incessant letting-off of fireworks around the end of October/beginning of December?
C. S. Langley Mill Nottingham
November 6, 2002, Evening Post,  FIREWORKS CAUSE MORE SUFFERING FOR PET DOGS

You have our full backing over the campaign to ban firework sales to the public. Please do all you can to get fireworks banned once and for all.
MR & MRS S. L. Top Valley
November 6, 2002, Evening Post,  FIREWORKS CAUSE MORE SUFFERING FOR PET DOGS

May I say how saddened I am and I feel that most of your readers are the same, at the way Guy Fawkes Night has got completely out of hand.
T. W. Gateshead
November 6 2002, Evening Chronicle, It's too loud and too long

Is not time the Government made legislation to prevent rogue shopkeepers and stores selling fireworks before November 3.
P. C. Plymouth
November 7 2002, This is Devon, Ploy To Counter Firework Yobs

WHEN will this Government be proactive and ban the legal, over-the-counter sale of gunpowder?
Age restriction at the point of sale is a joke.
R O' G. Ford
November 7 2002, This is Devon, Ploy To Counter Firework Yobs

If the fireworks were restricted to certain times, at least I would have a hope of sedating my two dogs in anticipation, but the way it is now I have no hope!
MRS P. A. M. Longlevens
November 7 2002, this is Gloucestershire, IT'S JUST LIKE LIVING IN A WAR ZONE

ISN'T it time some fireworks were banned for noise pollution?
M. T. Malvern.
November 8 2002, This is Worcestershire, We're not deaf!

I would restrict fireworks to the professional at regulated displays. I would also like to see tough laws introduced to heavily fine or even jail, anyone selling illegal fireworks.
R. B. Livingstone

November 8, 2002, Daily Mirror, Bang out of order

We've had noisy fireworks, bangers and the like and keeping animals safe and reassured has been a nightmare.  Who is buying these fireworks and bangers and, more importantly, who is selling them.
Name and Address supplied
November 8 2002, Evening Chronicle, Vent Your Spleen

I would not have been able to fully sympathise with the desire to ban fireworks.  Once you are living in what feels like a war zone for a three weeks every year, one's point of view changes somewhat.
N. D. The Meadows
November 9 2002, This is Nottingham, FIREWORKS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT ARE NOISE POLLUTION

Why can it not be stopped, retail sales to all and sundry banned. I really am no killjoy, but surely controlled public displays are wonderful and safe and should be only on November 5.
R. T. Nottingham
November 9 2002, This is Nottingham, FIREWORKS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT ARE NOISE POLLUTION

I have sat in my sitting room like so many other people, hearing bang after bang after bang for the last week. My poor 12-year-old cat was very afraid hiding near the fridge in the kitchen.
A. E. H. Newark
November 9 2002, This is Nottingham, FIREWORKS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT ARE NOISE POLLUTION

But like a lot of things that nowadays go under the name of progress, it has become a victim of excess that has been allowed to go on unrestrained.
K. H. Basford
November 9 2002, This is Nottingham, FIREWORKS NIGHT AFTER NIGHT ARE NOISE POLLUTION

It's time this antiquated festival was banned, after all Guy Fawkes failed to blow up Parliament - if he had succeeded I might have thought differently!
E. H.  South Bank, York.
November 9 2002, This is York, Shouldn't be aloud

Ban the sale of fireworks to the public.
P. W. Rawcliffe, York.
November 9 2002, This is York, Shouldn't be aloud

I wish they were banned until the night. So leave the fireworks till the fifth and stop terrorising our pets.
A very angry S. O. (aged 15), Craigie, Ayr
November 8, 2002, Ayrshire Post, Fireworks for the Fifth only

A ban must be imposed on fireworks other than at supervised displays.
Mrs M. B. Newtownards
November 10 2002, Sunday Post, Fireworks

Having just survived a supervised fireworks display which terrified animals and small children, my advice to First Minister is ban all fireworks and let us have peace in our houses.
A. M., Ayr
November 10 2002, Sunday Post, Fireworks

Surprised to read bangers were now banned along with air bombs, because the fireworks round our way are noisier than ever.  They must pose a risk to those with a weak heart.
T. M.  Grimsby
November 10 2002, Sunday Post, Fireworks

PLEASE, please, all newsagents, November 5 has gone, will you now stop selling fireworks? I think we've all had enough. It's worse than living through the Second World War.
Name and Address supplied
November 11 2002, icNewcastle - Vent your spleen

WE'VE just gone through the hell of Bonfire Night again. What kind of stupid country are we living in? Bonfire Night is mainly hijacked by yobs throwing fireworks and creating mayhem,
Name and Address supplied
November 11 2002, icNewcastle - Vent your spleen

An old frail neighbour had five hours of hell before she called the police. Her dogs were so stressed out they were fighting with each other.
A very stressed and angry OAP.
November 11 2002, icScotland - VOICE OF SCOTLAND

Since mid-September, we have had bangers fly past our windows night after night by under 10-year-olds. Most of our animals are on tranquillisers and some young babies haven't slept properly for weeks.
E. M. Kirkcaldy.
November 11 2002, icScotland - VOICE OF SCOTLAND

This is just a moneymaking gimmick for businesses as most children these days don't even know who he is or what he did. Please let's have a little thought and consideration for others.
MISS D. W. Stroud
November 11 2002, this is Gloucestershire,  FIREWORKS NIGHT SHOULD ONLY BE ONCE EVERY YEAR

Why should firework manufacturers and retailers worry about the anxiety and fright it causes many elderly people and our pets. It's big bucks for them. Profit before people and pets.
S.  R.  Gloucester
November 11 2002, This is Gloucestershire,  PROFIT BEFORE PEOPLE AND PETS

Why must we put up with explosions that rock our homes?
NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED
November 11 2002, this is Gloucestershire, MAYBE WE HAVE MONEY TO BURN

So, come on you manufacturers, have a little sympathy for those of us who live in built-up areas with pets and babies who like to sleep at night during October and November.
NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED
November 11 2002, this is Gloucestershire, WE'RE NOT GUY FAWKES MISERIES

I would prefer that they were banned completely.
J. Y. Bedlington.
November 11 2002, Evening Chronicle, Support for firework ban

That money spent on displays would be better given to charity.
D. C. Lower Hacheston
November 11 2002, East Anglian Daily Times - Cash to burn - Give it to charity

I'm sure many people now feel so strongly about the issue of fireworks that this will be a major factor when deciding where to cast our votes at the next General Election.
A. S. Calverton
November 12 2002, This is Nottingham, UP IN SMOKE... WHAT A PATHETIC WASTE OF MONEY

Well thank goodness the fireworks saga is at an end.  I am in my eighties and am sure Guy Fawkes Night was not so terrifying in the past as it is today.  I do agree with banning them.
V. F. Sneinton
November 12 2002, This is Nottingham, ROCKET ATTACK TERROR


I believe that it should be made illegal for the general public to purchase fireworks.
E. B. Withernsea, East Yorkshire
November 12 2002, Northants News - Letters, Spectacle spoiled by 2am fireworks

Get your earplugs ready' Be prepared for the next two months without any peace and quiet. Yes, that's right, the fireworks are on their way I say, ban them from public sale.
Mr T. D. Weaste
November 12 2002, Salford Advertiser, Yours briefly


I WOULD like to add my support and backing for the increasing demand for a total ban on the sale of fireworks to the public unless under strict licence for organised public displays.
John Maxwell, Hartlepool.
November 12 2002, icScotland - VOICE OF SCOTLAND, Ban them

Why isn't it banned? And why aren't fireworks only sold to people who are wanting to organise displays?
Name and Address supplied
November 12 2002, Evening Chronicle, Vent Your Spleen

Given the increased explosive power and availability of modern fireworks and their more or less constant use, the only alternative is surely a total ban on private sales.
NANTWICH RESIDENT (name and address supplied)
November 13 2002, icCheshireOnline - South Cheshire Chronicle letters

HOW can the Scottish Executive propose controlling the selling of fireworks through licensing when the local neds already obtain their arsenal from LICENSED grocers, together with cut-price Buckfast?
J. Martin, Cowdenbeath.
November 13 2002, icScotland - VOICE OF SCOTLAND, Neds who have money to burn

Fireworks are fun, I wouldn't ban them, but can we have more control over the noise levels and the dates they can be used?
J. A. South Woodford
November 13 2002, Local London, It's firework night every night

November 5 only for fireworks please.
(Mrs) Y. R. Eggbuckland
November 13 2002, This is Devon, Bangers infuriate

I TOO am fed up with fireworks. Like Mrs Gow in Tuesday's Evening Herald, I am not a killjoy.
If they are to be used at weddings and private parties surely this can still be done minus the bangers?
M. E. Colebrook
November 13 2002, This is Devon, Bangers infuriate

ANOTHER night of terror over, old people frightened in their homes, animals scared, babies and sick people unable to sleep. Loud bangers must be banned.
B. R.  Ernesettle
November 13 2002, This is Devon, Bangers infuriate

Fireworks in September and October and after November should not be for sale. Some fireworks are over 140 decibels which is against the law and should be banned.
E. C. Weston Mill
November 13 2002, This is Devon, Bangers infuriate

I write to show my support for banning fireworks. A total ban on public sales is the only way to go, sooner than later, perhaps a national petition would get the "powers that be" into action,
G. F. Bearsden
November 13, 2002, Daily Mirror, Fired up for action

With reference to Linda Gilroy's attempts to get a Bill through Parliament to control the sale and use of fireworks, hopefully, this time we can look forward to the much-needed legislation being brought in.
J. D. Crownhill
November 14 2002, This is Devon, Firework Noise Is All Year Round

Ban the sale of fireworks to individuals. Sell them only to licensed organisations putting on approved displays. That is the answer.
R. L. Plymouth
November 14 2002, This is Devon, Firework Noise Is All Year Round

The manufacturers' greed has provided their availability all year round.
L. M. Plymouth
November 14 2002, This is Devon, Firework Noise Is All Year Round

Every night since Hallowe'en, the sound of fireworks has filled the air, terrorising the elderly, young children and animals.
G. T.  Exeter
November 14 2002, This is Devon, Fireworks Caused Mavis To Be Killed By a Car

I don't understand how a "ban on shop goods" should prevent the sale of display packs to legitimate organisations.
V. S.  Lower Tuffley
November 14 2002, this is Gloucestershire, NOISE VICTIMS TRULY DISTRAUGHT

So, please, you habitual "bangers", put your toys away and have a little forethought for people's pets and especially small babies.
NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED
November 14 2002, this is Gloucestershire, TIME FOR LAW TO STOP FANATICS WITH FIREWORKS

On Thursday evening (Oct 31) I was kept awake until 1am with 'banger' type fireworks and on Friday/Saturday morning it went on until 3.15am.
S. S.  Darwen.
November 14 2002, This is Lancashire, Fireworks are making life a misery

WHAT sad lives some people in Harwood must have when they take pleasure from terrorising the elderly, small children, the sick and animals.  Yes, I'm talking about the firework addicts!
(Name and address supplied)
November 14 2002, This is Lancashire, How firework addicts make life a misery

I HAVE written to the Home Secretary, Mr David Blunkett, at Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1H 9AT regarding the firework menace that we are all having to endure.
A. H. Blackburn
November 14 2002, This is Lancashire, Menace must be stopped

Over the past 20 years, Queens Road has turned from a relatively quiet area to one resembling a front-line war zone at times. The days of wizz-bangs have given way to endless nights of high explosive.
F. I. Ilkley
November 14 2002, This is Bradford, Letters to the Editor Firework misery

Would it be possible to restrict firework to one or possibly two nights next year, rather than subject the elderly, nervous and animal population to almost a months bombardment?
J. Y. K. Alnwick
November 14 2002, Northumberland Gazette, The Bangs Go On

Some nights the bangs have gone on from 5pm until midnight. Saturday night the noise carried on until 2am. Not only does the noise upset animals, but also babies and the elderly.
C. W. Theydon Bois
November 14 2002, Local London, Firework night not week

Unfortunately the issue of indiscriminate firework use is a national problem. They are readily available for sale all year round and as such we can expect `bangs' at anytime. Is this socially acceptable?
Dr J. G. H. Trowbridge.
November 15 2002, This is Wiltshire, Noisy fireworks could spark off public protest

Is it beyond the realms of possibility that such celebrations could be severely curtailed by the stricter enforcement of the various by-laws governing such occurrences.
J.  McC. Malvern.
November 15 2002, This is Worcestershire, Every night is bonfire night!

The indiscriminate use of loud exploding fireworks by inexpert people who give no regard to the rights of others is totally unacceptable.
T. B. Malvern.

November 15 2002, This is Worcestershire, Time for legislation

It's days since Bonfire Night and still we're having to listen to fireworks. Some of them have been so loud our windows have shaken with the force.  My poor dog is afraid to go out because of them.
E. Ebbw Vale, Gwent
November 14 2002, Daily Mirror, Readers Letters

I am absolutely disgusted.  Does anyone care about the suffering of animals during the weeks around November 5?
V L Wall Heath.

November 14 2002, Express & Star, Just keep it to the fifth.

IT is six weeks now since I moved to the South Reading area and I had no idea that I was moving to a war zone. Every evening the sky is rent asunder with explosions that disturb everyone's lives.
M. C. G.  Reading
November 14 2002, icBerkshire - Making a noise about big bangs

Shopkeepers have proved themselves unable or unwilling to abide by present firework legislation - so why not deny them these sales altogether?
S. V. Nottingham
November 15 2002, This is Nottingham, UNNECESSARY BAN WOULD SPOIL FIREWORKS PLEASURE

I hope that it will become illegal for the public to purchase fireworks and that organised displays will be the only ones licensed to handle them in future.
V. W. Whitchurch.
November 15 2002, This is Bristol - FIREWORK DISPLAYS MUST BE ORGANISED

Now, for one night a year this would be bad enough, but so far this has been two weeks.  A couple of hours for one night would be bad enough - this begins around 4pm and continues until midnight or beyond.
L. L.  Address supplied.
November 15 2002, Manchester Newspaper, Police unconcerned at my despair


If there is a petition to completely ban fireworks, except for use by licensed authorities, I am very keen to sign it.
G. E.  Skipton.
November 15 2002, This is Bradford, Readers Letters

I DON'T want to sound a killjoy, but am I the only one in our neighbourhood who thinks that by this time we have had more than sufficient fireworks let off?
A. B. Southport
November 15 2002, icLiverpool - Your View

One has to ask whether we are still in a timewarp of believing senseless explosions every night could celebrate Guy Fawkes regardless of the noise pollution and the terrifying effects on animals.
T. B. Full address supplied.
November 15 2002, icLiverpool - Your View


The Cats' Protection League, the Canine Defence League and many others would, I know, stand with us.
We are the only voice animals have.  It is about time the Government took notice.
P. M. Thornton Heath
November 15 2002, icCroydon - Sign up for firework ban

I am of the opinion (and please believe me, I am not a killjoy) that the banning of the retail sale of fireworks all year round is the only solution to this problem.
CLLR CHRIS BLAKELEY Chairman, Housing and Community Safety Select Committee, Wirral Council
November 15 2002, icCheshireOnline - Chester Chronicle letters

For the last two weeks from 6pm until late, our skies have been lit up, and blasted to the heavens.
Each year it gets louder and longer. Do other readers suffer with their pets the same? It's dreadful.
P. W. Headington, Oxford
November 16 2002, This is Oxfordshire, Show some consideration

I was particularly pleased that the motion includes a request to make fireworks quieter.
M. B. Fulford, York
November 18 2002, This is York, Andrew's bang on

Perhaps now the government will stop their sale. Only organised parties should get them and direct from the manufactures.  Let's have some peace .
D. C. Aintree
November 18 2002, icLiverpool - Your Letters 18th November 2002

Over the years, fireworks have become bigger and louder. Some can shake the whole town so it feels at times as if we are under siege. Perhaps we need to look to greater control and restriction.
P. W.  Cheltenham.
November 19 2002, This is Gloucestershire, Fireworks are anti-social

Here in Blyth they have been going off since late September, and you can purchase fireworks up until the festive season.
Mrs B. T. Blyth
November 19 2002, Evening Chronicle, Fighting for a quiet life

It is impossible to know how loud a firework is without lighting it first, obviously unfeasible in a newsagent's shop.
D. E. Hove
November 20 2002, This is Brighton & Hove, Traditional party is not total disregard


We know that home displays are expensive and dangerous and I believe that anyone planning a home display should be required to apply for a licence to so do.
K. L. Crewe
November 20 2002, icCheshireOnline - South Cheshire Chronicle letters

IF anything has been proved this year, it is that fireworks need to be banned. 
FED-UP WITH FIREWORKS (name and address supplied)
November 20 2002, icCheshireOnline - South Cheshire Chronicle letters

BONFIRE Night is now past but still fireworks, with all their whizzes and bangs, have to be endured in the evenings and also during the day.
J. E. C. Nantwich
November 20 2002, icCheshireOnline - South Cheshire Chronicle letters

Perhaps our Government could legislate to end this two-week event, although I doubt it. It probably fears a plot.
D. G. Walthamstow.
November 21 2002, Local London, One night only for fireworks

I am writing this letter in the early hours of Sunday, November 17, in what I can only describe as a war zone.  This has now been constant for about six weeks.
RESIDENT, Hampton Road, Chingford
November 21 2002, Local London, The worst year for fireworks so far

I had to listen to several very loud fireworks for five nights in a row.
W. S. Hatherley
November 21 2002, this is Gloucestershire, WHAT A NOISE

Gone are the penny bangers that could burn your fingers, the fireworks of today could take your arm off. 
A. H. Newcastle upon Tyne
November 20 2002, Evening Chronicle, Join Firework


I have lived in South Reading for a number of years and this last two years it has been very bad with fireworks going off at 3am any night to 6.50am on a Sunday morning since mid-September.
NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED
November 21 2002, icBerkshire - Display of firework anger

I am writing long after Guy Fawkes' Night amid much noise - all to the distress of our two cats.
This has been going on for nearly two weeks. I wish people would call it a day by November 7.
A. B.  Cheltenham.
November 22 2002, this is Gloucestershire STOP THIS RACKET

The burden of responsibility now rests squarely with the fireworks industry and the shops selling them. At least it's a start.
E. H. Up Hatherley.
November 22 2002, this is Gloucestershire, MEASURES REGULATE FIREWORKS


I would suggest some legislation to ensure, no sales before the actual day, sales only to people who can prove that they are official organisers of bonfires,
R. A. G. Chester
November 22 2002, icCheshireOnline - Chester Chronicle letters

They are a regular occurrence in Upton, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They explode like bombs shaking the windows, terrifying the elderly, pets and the wildlife.
B. S. Upton Heath, Chester
November 22 2002, icCheshireOnline - Chester Chronicle letters

Scientists have maintained, for years, that 'there is no such thing as a perfect vacuum.', I can now inform the Royal Society that such a state can indeed be found in Chester: in the space between Ms Taylor's ears.
P. B. Pulford

November 22 2002, icCheshireOnline - Chester Chronicle letters


So City of York Council should be one of the last councils in the country to think of putting on a firework display. I am glad the money is spent on Christmas lights rather than being burned.
M. B. Fulford, York
November 23 2002, This is York, Don't burn money


If you have an animal that isn't frightened then lucky you, you should be in the company of one that is, then you might understand why there should be some sort of regulation on these noising and frightening things.
J. P. St Osyth.
November 26 2002, East Anglian Daily Times - Animals go through firework torment


Fireworks. Why does firework night last for three weeks minimum?
NAME AND ADDRESS  SUPPLIED
November 29 2002, This is Wiltshire, Call for restrictions


These disturbances are becoming more and more common as fireworks, which were once restricted to around Guy Fawkes Night, are being sold and used throughout the year.
R. W. G. Ilkley
November 29 2002, This is Bradford, Letters to the Editor, Protest at maelstrom of detonations

What sort of monstrous egotist, that their birthday, their wedding, their party, their anything is more important than the sleep of thousands of their neighbours?
O. R. W. Ilkley.
November 29 2002, This is Bradford, Letters to the Editor, Monstrous egotist

I suggest letting off fireworks over a certain size should carry the same penalty as using unlicensed explosives.
F. I.  Ilkley.
November 29 2002, This is Bradford, Letters to the Editor, Origin of the noise

I have two cats and I am scared of them being injured by the nasty fireworks.
A. P. (age 8)
November 29 2002, This is Bradford, Letters to the Editor,

A few yobs may be enjoying themselves but many suffer including animals by the dangerous mis-use of fireworks around our streets at all times.
J. C. Ipswich.
December 2 2002, East Anglian Daily Times - Fireworks being used dangerously by yobs

It is my personal opinion that the use of fireworks by members of the public should be banned and only safe, organised firework displays should be allowed.
CLLR MAURICE JONES Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council
December 4 2002, icCheshireOnline - South Cheshire Chronicle letters

I would suggest that if a byelaw is to be successful, and hopefully satisfy both camps, the byelaw should state that all displays after 8 pm be of the silent type.
J. C. B. Ilkley.
December 5 2002, This is Bradford, Letters to the Editor, Silent fireworks

A friend from Liverpool told me the fireworks have been going on for weeks before and after bonfire night and his dog is now in a high anxiety state.
J. H. Ipswich
December 5 2002, East Anglian Daily Times - Fireworks go on and on

Thousands of people all over the country, MPs of all parties and members of none, are all complaining about the excessive noise and the great frequency of fireworks.
Trevor F. Hinxman, The Windermere Campaign for Firework Controls.
December 19 2002, This is The Lake District, Fireworks issue proves explosive

Please go to the RSPCA website at www.rspca.org.uk and click on "Campaigns".  There you will find a petition calling for a reform of firework regulations.
S. B. Kidderminster
December 19 2002, This is Worcestershire, Petition for fireworks reform

Since the last week of September to quite recently, we have had to listen to these explosions at all times of the day.
C. C. New Addington
December 18 2002, This is Local London, Take firework action

If these people who do this have such a vast amount of money to burn why not put a very heavy extra tax on fireworks, say 10 per cent?
C. R. H. A. Bungay
December 17 2002, East Anglian Daily Times - Slap tax on fireworks

Please support our campaign. We don't want to ruin people's fun, but we don't want people's lives ruined either.
Geraldine Peacock  Chief Executive, The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
December 30 2002, This is Lancashire, Don't forget pets as fireworks are set off



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