How Is Guy Fawkes Night Celebrated?

[skauwt]

these days health and safety has killed off much of the fun of guy fawkes night

fireworks are harder to get all the good fireworks have been banned and the bonfires are setup by the local council in a safe area which is inspected by the local fire-service , any bonfire outwith the council area basicly gets watered down and destroyed,
the fireworks display is also sectioned off and these days your not even allowed to take your own fireworks to any government run show again health and safety gone coo coo

so now its down the fathers and the odd mother to buy some cheap Chinese fireworks and set them off in the garden or away from any public area,

it used to be in my younger days alot more fun sadly now most folk celebrate can depend on which day of the week it falls on
eg on a weekend it'll be a nice night to meet up with friends and there children a wee party some drink cakes and so on but if its during the week then its just a case of setting a few fireworks off and then back home

and if your like me and live 8 floors up you get to watch half of the Strathclyde valleys fireworks and what a sight it is to see over 2 million Scottish households doing there bit for guyfawkes

[Lallans]

these days health and safety has killed off much of the fun of guy fawkes night

fireworks are harder to get all the good fireworks have been banned and the bonfires are setup by the local council in a safe area which is inspected by the local fire-service , any bonfire outwith the council area basicly gets watered down and destroyed,
the fireworks display is also sectioned off and these days your not even allowed to take your own fireworks to any government run show again health and safety gone coo coo

so now its down the fathers and the odd mother to buy some cheap Chinese fireworks and set them off in the garden or away from any public area,

it used to be in my younger days alot more fun sadly now most folk celebrate can depend on which day of the week it falls on
eg on a weekend it'll be a nice night to meet up with friends and there children a wee party some drink cakes and so on but if its during the week then its just a case of setting a few fireworks off and then back home

and if your like me and live 8 floors up you get to watch half of the Strathclyde valleys fireworks and what a sight it is to see over 2 million Scottish households doing there bit for guyfawkes

Pretty soon they'll probably have a simulated bonfire using CF lights, fans, and orange crepe paper. Which eventually will only be held in the daytime in order to avoid the danger of tripping on darkened pavements on the way home. And then many parents will decide it's safer for the children to watch the event on TV, especially when stories about the orange dye used in the crepe paper begin to circulate.

[Mike_Oettle]

Officially, Guy Fawkes has been banned in South Africa, except for a few licensed fireworks displays.
Gone are the days of a bonfire in the nearest open lot, fed with fuel of all sorts from around the neighbourhood, and everyone letting off crackers, shooting rockets (there was a popular one with a little astronaut in it when I was young) and waving sparklers.
But unofficially, a lot of people sell fireworks without a permit, and a few children are hurt (sometimes really seriously injured) every year.
Guy Fawkes also coincides with Diwali, which is big in the (Hindu) Indian community. Across the valley from where I live is a suburb with a great many Indian residents (some Hindu, some Muslim, some Christian). They light up the sky with some spectacular stuff.
And in some poor parts of the city, children set tyres alight and send them rolling downhill. Now that is a clear and present danger to the neighbourhood!
The police have great difficulty in persuading the youngsters not to do it.
Regards,
Mike

[skauwt]

Pretty soon they'll probably have a simulated bonfire using CF lights, fans, and orange crepe paper. Which eventually will only be held in the daytime in order to avoid the danger of tripping on darkened pavements on the way home. And then many parents will decide it's safer for the children to watch the event on TV, especially when stories about the orange dye used in the crepe paper begin to circulate.

i know its worrying it really has gone health and safety mad the united kingdom ,im only 32 and even as a lad "a penny for the guy " was dying out around here folk not wanting kids talking to strangers and even folk from as little as 10 doors down (yet they are happy with them doing it a few days before on halloween )
perhaps one day common sense will prevail for some of the cultural yearly activities

[Downunder Kilt]

Pretty soon they'll probably have a simulated bonfire using CF lights, fans, and orange crepe paper. Which eventually will only be held in the daytime in order to avoid the danger of tripping on darkened pavements on the way home. And then many parents will decide it's safer for the children to watch the event on TV, especially when stories about the orange dye used in the crepe paper begin to circulate.

You are so right, here in Victoria, with all our laws being made to protect us from everything, we are now being called the Nanny State.