tb25 4,627 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 A great read there lady's and gents.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 2,879 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Bonfire night was as spcial as Christmas when I as a kid, the men of the street would collect wood for months before, coming from an old mining village there was no shortage of sleepers & the like. Old wood was scavenged from businesses .. the corner shop used to bake a sack of spuds, apple bobbing we would all have toffee apples & treacle toffee all made by the old girl who ran the shop. It was brilliant .... this photo was taken in 1969 of the kind of fires that where built ... clearly no health & safety regs in them days the villages would have competitions to see who could build the biggest fires... madness really Then all the men stuck what they could afford in a kitty for fireworks ..... they seemed to go on for ever.... not these incendiary's they loose off today ... but what seemed like 5 mins of colour & the smell was lingering for days after Great childhood memories for me Sam_Barber_1.jpg that's a proper fire reminds me of the wicker man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,565 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 we used to waite till the ones built the biggest bonfires,then the night before bonfire night nick there wood,not nice but what kids were in those days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tb25 4,627 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Long may it live jjm..kids just arnt kids now days..most be probly staying in tonight on there phones or computer...a crying shame 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peterhunter86 8,627 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 What does bonfire mark for yous we have bonfires on holloween night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trapperman 474 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Bonfire night was as spcial as Christmas when I as a kid, the men of the street would collect wood for months before, coming from an old mining village there was no shortage of sleepers & the like. Old wood was scavenged from businesses .. the corner shop used to bake a sack of spuds, apple bobbing we would all have toffee apples & treacle toffee all made by the old girl who ran the shop. It was brilliant .... this photo was taken in 1969 of the kind of fires that where built ... clearly no health & safety regs in them days the villages would have competitions to see who could build the biggest fires... madness really Then all the men stuck what they could afford in a kitty for fireworks ..... they seemed to go on for ever.... not these incendiary's they loose off today ... but what seemed like 5 mins of colour & the smell was lingering for days after Great childhood memories for me Sam_Barber_1.jpg Need a bloody long stick to roast marshmallows on that fecker ? you'd lose your eyebrows for sure Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,623 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 What does bonfire mark for yous we have bonfires on holloween night.Guy Fawkes trying to burn parliament 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogFox123 1,379 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 I wonder if it would have been celebrated had they succeeded.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trigger2 3,153 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 i havent really got any memories of making fires but ive got one or two memories of daft shit i got upto with fireworks thinking back it was bloody dangerous but you dont give a shit when you are younger. i use to light rockets hold them in my hand by the end of the stick once i could feel them starting to pull i would release them and away they would go never batted a eye lid about it, done loads of mad shit. last night i was in the garden lighting some fireworks for the kids and trying to be a clever dick i thought i would let 2 rockets of at the same time so i lite one fuse and before i could get the other to light the first rocket took of and i shit myself and didnt try it again lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 6,570 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 We used to have firework fights on the local rec using rockets as missiles and do stupid shit like crazy rockets where you snap the stick off and chuck them and hope they didn't come back at you. I'm surprised nobody got hurt thinking about it now. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jonjon79 13,358 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 I remember we used to build a fire with our grandad. The day before we lit it, we'd be out there checking that no hedgehogs had gotten inside. As a teenager growing up on an estate, we used to snap the sticks off rockets and chuck them at each other in alleys and underpasses. We used to call them Wicked Willies. Looking back, it was f***ing daft and, it was amazing that no one got hurt. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 46,519 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Used to climb over folks fences and put the old black cat airbombs in their greenhouses lol-light up a green colour and bang-be f**k all left of the Glasshouse-I was a proper horrible f****r in my younger days =) now I can't stand fireworks lol. Atb dc 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogFox123 1,379 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 It was mischievous night on the 4th that we all loved hahaha. Naughty little b*****ds everywhere.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peterhunter86 8,627 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 It was mischievous night on the 4th that we all loved hahaha. Naughty little b*****ds everywhere.... Bet your mate has some tall tales about the ira and big rockets 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lanesra 3,994 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Some of the comments is why I believe the childhoods off late aren't in the same league as ours (70s) great times & memories . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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