Well I haven't set off a firework for decades (and I made sure our pussycat stayed in this evening), but I can't agree with some of you curmudgeons. Whilst firework sales should be strictly permitted for adults only (unlike in my day, when I roamed around Radcliffe with like-minded mates with a bundle of penny bangers looking for trouble...), and that I feel that bonfire night should be the ONLY night we see or hear them, I just don't think that we should go sniffily around calling for the banning of stuff all the time. Sure, it's an inconvenience to pet owners, etc., but it isn't hard to keep your beast indoors on a few evenings a year in the winter (and don't get me started on the inconvenience that a good number of the less responsible pet owners cause round here 365 days of the year...)

Live and let live, eh, and let's just encourage everyone to have their fun responsibly.