Know the law about Fireworks

Fortunately, I won’t be in my back garden attempting to set off damp fireworks in the rain this evening. This is a pleasure that long since departed our family when my youngest, at the age of seven, suggested that it was a waste of money!

Not being one to turn down sound advice I concurred and so the following year we instead visited a large public firework display arranged by Hillingdon Council. It rained and then it rained some more and after a two hour delay we eventually watched the display. Then our cars got bogged down in the damp fields. The evening could only be described as sheer unadulterated pleasure; and I think that was the last time we as a family bothered to have much to do with fireworks.

This all may seem a bit ‘bah humbug’, but to make up for what we thought our children might be missing we always took them with us to New Year’s Eve parties where fireworks invariably brought the evening’s festivities to a wonderful finale.

As a policeman, I attended several out of control bonfires over the years and once searched for and found the missing end of a child’s finger in the long grass of someone’s lawn, which had been blown off by one of those mega bangers (now banned). I think the doctors managed to stick it back on again and repair the pretty awful damage to the child’s hand.

So, if you’re planning a big party tonight or at the weekend do please heed the advice given on my Fireworks page. It’s all pretty much commonsense, but a quick read will keep you within the law and off the lawn (searching).

Have a great and safe party!  

Fireworks: The Law and Safety http://thecrimepreventionwebsite.com/other-crime-prevention/741/fireworks/