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Best fireworks in London.

  
 
Fist Fun
21:43 / 04.11.03
I am totally going to see some fireworks tomorrow. So where is the best place to go? It seems that a good one is on the Thames but that isn't till Saturday. So is the one on Clapham Common good? Or am I a bit sad asking this?
 
 
Olulabelle
21:47 / 04.11.03
You're not sad in the slightest.

Go to Blackheath. I am obsessed with fireworks and when I lived in London I did loads of research. That is sad. Lewisham council (Blackheath) spend the most money, and have the best display apparently. The one I saw was spectacular.
 
 
Saint Keggers
21:56 / 04.11.03
Whats Nov. 5th to deserve fireworks?
 
 
Ariadne
08:04 / 05.11.03
Unfortunately, I think the Blackheath ones were on Sunday - and Alexandra Palace was on Saturday. Mostly the big ones are on the weekends, which is a shame.
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
14:02 / 05.11.03
Kegboy, where exactly is the land of the stubbies?
 
 
Saint Keggers
14:09 / 05.11.03
Canada
 
 
Baz Auckland
14:27 / 05.11.03
Kegboy: See A History of Guy Fawkes Day

(boy tries to blow up parliament with a LOT of gunpowder, boy fails, boy becomes annual effigy. Standard story)
 
 
Mourne Kransky
14:54 / 05.11.03
Bit of a coincidence that the old Celts would have been celebrating the festival of Samhain around this time too, marking the end of Summer. While Hallowe'en has taken up many of the ancient traditions associated with Samhain, its bonfires, human sacrifice (burning effigies) and public gatherings might have found a home on the 5th of November.
 
 
Saint Keggers
15:18 / 05.11.03
Oh I know who Guy Fawkes is...I just didnt know that GFD was Nov. 5th.
Now the mystery is solved. But now I feel like burning something on a big fire.
 
 
Fist Fun
16:26 / 05.11.03
Hmmm, maybe I'll watch the champs league instead. London should make more effort midweek.
 
 
Ariadne
20:43 / 05.11.03
God, you should just have headed East, Buk - nothing official going on but it's sounded like a battlezone for the past few hours. I feel like Stoatie's dog. Cycling home was quite alarming.
 
  
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