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Steve KenrickOct 23, 2011
 

 

 
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DeanOct 23, 2011
 

 

 
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Don JudgeOct 23, 2011
 

 

> there was fireworks going off in my street last week

 
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Dave BOct 24, 2011
 

 

 
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nylon netOct 24, 2011
 

 

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From: pondydave@...
Sent: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:29:17 -0700 (PDT)
To: just-a-minute@...
Subject: Re: [just-a-minute] Just a point

 

Completely off topic -

I would be interested to learn if bonfires and fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night 5th November is now limited to the UK or if it is still (?) recognised in our sister nations. Maybe they save their fireworks for a national day?

Dave

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From: Don Judge <don@...>
To: "just-a-minute@..." <just-a-minute@...>
Sent: Sunday, 23 October 2011 10:25 PM
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> there was fireworks going off in my street last week

Well that's really living at the sharp end then....

 

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mattcchinnOct 24, 2011
 

 
Bonfire Night isn't celebrated in any of the countries I've lived in outside of the UK (South Africa, Ghana, Australia). In Australia there are organised firework displays set up by professionals for occasions such as New Year but nothing on the 5th of November. Besides, November is the start of the bushfire season and where I am (the wheatbelt of Western Australia) you need to get a permit to start any outdoor fire at this time of year and sending fiery rockets up into the sky is not a wise idea.

Shame really, as I can still remember my father bringing home the box of Brocks Fireworks and the smell when the box was opened. I used to spend ages sorting them out in anticipation, although the fireworks would inevitably turn out to be a bit crap.

In the UK it's also the time of year when people are generally burning up their Autumnal garden waste. I've always associated the bonfires with the older tradition of lighting signal beacons in times of celebration or emergency, such as the arrival of the Spanish Armada, or maybe the baddies in The Lord of the Rings.

By the way, a subject along any of these lines has never come up in Just a Minute.

 
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DeanOct 29, 2011