Fireworks - Wow!

Wow, I say!!! It is Bonfire Night weekend again in the UK, and for the first time since we moved to Chertsey we did not go out for a party. Well, I had no idea what splendid fireworks they do this end of town. Although I should have guessed: just over the road and up the hill is one of the more fashionable and expensive areas - all half-a-million-Pound houses... And guess what, just as we were sitting over dinner just the right one of our "neighbours" was putting on his fireworks display - it showed beautifully in our dining room window - we didn't even have to move! And not only that: it went on and on and on - and it was for sure the most fantastic private fireworks I've ever seen. Each display seemed to fill the whole sky, and all of our window, and they were just beautiful. And all that, sitting nicely: warm and with triple glazing to keep out the horrid noise and smell... What better way to enjoy bonfire night??? Okay, no photos of it this year, but below is a photo of our own bonfire party at Woodlands some years ago, and if you go to the archives of November 2006 (down the links on the right side of this page) you'll see photos of 2005 and an explanation of Bonfire Night and its history for those who are interested in such things (see Nov 20th) and further down several pages of last year's Bonfire Party at the Vicarage (see Nov 6th).

Journal reads: "The observation of Guy Fawke’s Night on the 5^th of November was compulsory in all England for a long period in history, to commemorate the fortunate outcome of the Houses of Parliament NOT being blown up by his treasonous attack. Nowadays, of course, it is just another occasion to get the firecrackers out, or even light a big bonfire like the one we had in the field at Woodlands this year. For me, despite seven years in England, this was my first Bonfire Night celebration! Sean added to the atmosphere with some way overdue fireworks that caused us to keep good distance (Eleanor and Jean didn’t show up at all outside!) but only the Catherine Wheel was really memorable…"
That was in 2003.