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How to get the best value for money from your fireworks
Fireworks aren’t the cheapest things you can buy, but they are perfect for making special occasions even more special. To get the best value for money when you buy fireworks, you’ll need to follow a few useful tips.
New Year fireworks – should you go to a display or hold your own?
Apart from on Bonfire Night, New Year’s Eve is perhaps the biggest night of the year for fireworks. The colours, lights and amazing effects are the perfect way to celebrate the end of the year and welcome in 2015, but fireworks displays can get quite busy, not to mention expensive. Would it be better to […]
10 fireworks facts you might not know
We all love fireworks (well, except cats and dogs) but we know little about them. Here are 10 fascinating facts you might not have known about fireworks, covering everything from how they work to where they came from…
Bye bye Bonfire Night, hello Christmas!
If you’ve still got sparkles in your eyes and your ears are still ringing from the booms and bangs of fantastic fireworks, it probably means that you had a brilliant Bonfire Night. We all need a little time to calm down after the biggest fireworks night of the year (particularly over-excited children) but there is […]
7 practical tips to remember as we countdown to Bonfire Night
Bonfire Night is very nearly here, and we’re all looking forward to marvelling at fireworks and warming ourselves around roaring bonfires. If you’re organising a display, here’s your last-minute checklist of crucial things to remember:
Tips for planning a last-minute Bonfire Night fireworks display
If you’ve left it to the very last minute to plan anything for the upcoming Guy Fawkes Night on November 5th, you have three options. You can stay in and gaze longingly out the window at everyone else’s fireworks, you can pay to go to an organised local display or you can plan your own […]
World’s heaviest firework launched in Japan
It’s nearly bonfire night and many of us are either stocking up on fireworks or calling in professional display organisers so that we can make this year’s celebrations bigger and better than last years’.
A quick guide to the most popular fireworks effects
We’ve all been to fireworks displays, and some people may even be able to popular identify types of fireworks like rockets, Catherine wheels and roman candles. However, not many people can give the right names to the many different fireworks effects you’ll marvel at during a typical display, but they do have names!
All you need to know to plan a school fireworks display
Many schools, colleges and universities hold fireworks displays for their pupils, and they can be hugely fun for everyone involved. However, displays in these environments can be challenging to organise, because they present a different set of risks compared to adult-only events. To organise a safe and fun fireworks display for your students, follow these […]
How to hold a fireworks display in the rain
Guy Fawkes Night is fast approaching and it being held in November, there’s a very good chance that it might rain. In fact, it might absolutely tip it down with rain. What does that mean for your fireworks display?