A History of Fireworks in Britain

Subject: Folklore: A History of Fireworks in Britain
From: MoBF
Date: 10 Nov 11 - 05:12 PM

Should anyone have an interest in fireworks and the part they have played in our history, we have a new exhibition running at Compton Verney. For more information visit - http://tinyurl.com/6cqlrsp

Subject: RE: Folklore: A History of Fireworks in Britain
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 10 Nov 11 - 10:17 PM

Uh?

Subject: RE: A History of Fireworks in Britain
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 11 Nov 11 - 01:31 AM

This has no connection to the report that the recent major pileup on the M-5(?) that took out ~50 vehicles was caused by smoke from a fireworks show celebrating Guy Fawkes day????

John

Subject: RE: A History of Fireworks in Britain
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Nov 11 - 02:01 AM

Or maybe JIK it was caused by a lorry that caught afire.
We await the police enquiry results.
Anyway, if it turns out to be your preferred theory it would be idiot people to blame, not fireworks.

Looks intersting MoBF, they were much more fun before Health and Safety took over.

Al

Subject: RE: A History of Fireworks in Britain
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 11 Nov 11 - 02:02 AM

OOPS, the kids have been at my computer, cookie restored that was me above.
Al

Subject: RE: A History of Fireworks in Britain
From: Paul Burke
Date: 11 Nov 11 - 02:23 AM

Link to information

Looks interesting. Does it cover the chemistry of fireworks? When were coloured fireworks introduced? Chemists were using the colour imparted to flame by chemicals to identify them from early 19th century; the histories I've read haven't mentioned whether it derived from their use in fireworks.