English Fireworks Photos Page 2000

FIREWORKS IN ENGLAND 4

My latest trip to England was in September 2000. Although not a peak season for fireworks in England, I was able to find several interesting firework-related things to participate in and photograph.

The first six photos on this page are courtesy of John Bennett's dummy firework collection. This photo shows a rather unique four inch Standard Fireworks round display shell, vintage unknown. It appears to be top-fused and has two pass-fire fuses going to the bottom lift bag. Note the cardboard ring near the center of the shell, presumably used to provide a closer fit to the inside diameter of the mortar tube.

A Brock's Fireworks display mine, unique in the fact that it is made in a plastic housing.

Standard Fireworks display rockets. I bought Standard rockets very similar to these in America in the 1970's. These are about 9 to 11 inches long or 23 to 27 cm.

Standard Fireworks smoke items. This is the first time I have a photo of smoke devices on my web site. This range includes smokes, color to smoke and drain testing products.

Standard Fireworks produced a large range of display wheel devices. This one is approximately fourteen inches (350 mm) tall. Twin horizontal driver gerbs rotate the piece while a vertical gerb sprays upward. The item is mounted on a round rod at the bottom center of the device before firing.

This gives you a better idea of the size of the display item described above.

This is a photo of my friend Jonathan Young's firework store in Nuneaton, England. Now everyone can see what a real firework store in England looks like.
Jonathan's fireworks web site may be seen by clicking HERE.

A visit and stay with Jonathan Young, owner of Nuneaton's Jonathan's Fireworks, produced some good fireworks fun. Shown are two large display cakes sure to be a hit this Guy Fawkes season. The lower cake is approximately 11 by 11 inches, or 275 by 275 mm.

A large display pack of fireworks available from Jonathan's Fireworks, which I was lucky enough to see fired during my trip.

Large-bore Roman candles available for sale to adults in England. The Blockbuster Candles I held for this picture were very showy and are available in both star and bombette versions.

I was also lucky enough to see a number of different varieties of shell-head rockets fired while with Jonathan.

A nice display wheel I saw fired. Wheels are still very popular in England, as I wish they were in America.

Jonathan Young shows off a very large bore Roman candle. Also shown is a display cake called "Triple H-Bomb". Each of its 25 tubes fires three shells and was one of the most impressive repeaters I have ever seen.

Another huge and impressive repeater with 32 tubes.

I attended the Burgess Hill bonfire night September 23. The Burgess Hill Bonfire Society uses lance tubes on their logos as seen in this photo. Farther down the street they lit the signs but I chose to show the items before lighting so the lance tube fireworks and fusing can be seen.

To me, no visit to England would be complete without a visit to Rye, in East Sussex. Rye has been a stop on all five of my trips there. The Rye & District Bonfire Society already has information up about their 2002 bonfire night, to be held November 9th. For more information, visit their bonfire page by clicking HERE.

Special thanks to John F. Bennett, Chris Drew and Jonathan K. J. Young for providing material for this page.

	The first six photos on this page are courtesy of John Bennett's dummy firework collection. This photo shows a rather unique four inch Standard Fireworks round display shell, vintage unknown. It appears to be top-fused and has two pass-fire fuses going to the bottom lift bag. Note the cardboard ring near the center of the shell, presumably used to provide a closer fit to the inside diameter of the mortar tube.
	A Brock's Fireworks display mine, unique in the fact that it is made in a plastic housing.
	Standard Fireworks display rockets. I bought Standard rockets very similar to these in America in the 1970's. These are about 9 to 11 inches long or 23 to 27 cm.
	Standard Fireworks smoke items. This is the first time I have a photo of smoke devices on my web site. This range includes smokes, color to smoke and drain testing products.
	Standard Fireworks produced a large range of display wheel devices. This one is approximately fourteen inches (350 mm) tall. Twin horizontal driver gerbs rotate the piece while a vertical gerb sprays upward. The item is mounted on a round rod at the bottom center of the device before firing.
	This gives you a better idea of the size of the display item described above.
	This is a photo of my friend Jonathan Young's firework store in Nuneaton, England. Now everyone can see what a real firework store in England looks like. Jonathan's fireworks web site may be seen by clicking HERE.
	A visit and stay with Jonathan Young, owner of Nuneaton's Jonathan's Fireworks, produced some good fireworks fun. Shown are two large display cakes sure to be a hit this Guy Fawkes season. The lower cake is approximately 11 by 11 inches, or 275 by 275 mm.
	A large display pack of fireworks available from Jonathan's Fireworks, which I was lucky enough to see fired during my trip.
	Large-bore Roman candles available for sale to adults in England. The Blockbuster Candles I held for this picture were very showy and are available in both star and bombette versions.
	I was also lucky enough to see a number of different varieties of shell-head rockets fired while with Jonathan.
	A nice display wheel I saw fired. Wheels are still very popular in England, as I wish they were in America.
	Jonathan Young shows off a very large bore Roman candle. Also shown is a display cake called "Triple H-Bomb". Each of its 25 tubes fires three shells and was one of the most impressive repeaters I have ever seen.
	Another huge and impressive repeater with 32 tubes.
	I attended the Burgess Hill bonfire night September 23. The Burgess Hill Bonfire Society uses lance tubes on their logos as seen in this photo. Farther down the street they lit the signs but I chose to show the items before lighting so the lance tube fireworks and fusing can be seen.
	To me, no visit to England would be complete without a visit to Rye, in East Sussex. Rye has been a stop on all five of my trips there. The Rye & District Bonfire Society already has information up about their 2002 bonfire night, to be held November 9th. For more information, visit their bonfire page by clicking HERE.