"Less than one mile away" my arse. Unless fireworks were less than three or four hundred yards away you'd hardly hear them much at all. Our nearest fireworks display was 300 yards away and we completely missed it as we didn't hear anything. The next nearest was up at the farm, a quarter of a mile away. We saw a few lights but didn't hear a thing. The next nearest was at the Bay View at Widemouth Bay (known to Raggytash), about half a mile away. We heard nothing and saw next to nothing. My view is that fireworks for Guy Fawkes should be restricted to two or three nights around Nov 5 at the most. Other than that, live at let live. The other 362 days and nights your dog is free to go and shit all over the streets. We have to live and let live with that. Just keep your dog in and turn the bloody telly up.