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Saturday November 5th: FIREWORKS A-GO-GO!

mondo a-go-go

15:46 / 02.11.05

Who wants to watch fireworks with me? Is anyone going to any displays in London? And where are they all this year?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

16:53 / 02.11.05

My getting down to Lewes and back is seeming less and less likely- so Londony fireworks could be good.

(And despite what anyone may have told you, I don't always shout lines from Vietnam movies at firework displays. Just when they're actually going off.)

Mono

17:11 / 02.11.05

Yes, this year's alck of vikings and pirates parading around with torches really stinks, we should definitely try to watch stuff explode, though.

Kit-Cat Club

10:11 / 03.11.05

I'd love to see some fireworks but I haven't looked into it at all (the whole Halloween/All Hallows day/Gunpowder Plot thing has rather passed me by this year)... I suppose you could go up ot Parliament Hill and watch the lot though.

Ulysses Lazarus

10:15 / 03.11.05

parliament hill sounds wonderful. i'm game. this is my first guy fawkes day in the uk so i really want to check it out...

mondo a-go-go

14:46 / 03.11.05

According to this, there's a display at the Globe Theatre down on the Thames at 7:30pm, with street theatre from 7:00pm, which sounds like it could be fun. Otherwise, Blackheath is free, and I seem to recall their displays being quite decent, not to mention that it's nearish enough to Greenwich Park which has a great view over the Thames and a large chunk of London (not sure if the park closes at dusk, though)

Parliament Hill or Primrose Hill are both local for me, though.

Ulysses Lazarus

09:08 / 04.11.05

Me and my sidekick have decided to go anywhere Barbelithers go...

What's central for people?

Mon Oncle Ignatius

11:11 / 04.11.05

Um. I suspect our dog will need looking after at home, as she's not keen on loud bangs. So probably not, at least not both Lilly Nowhere and myself, sadly.

mondo a-go-go

13:39 / 04.11.05

Well, I've already made my suggestions, so someone else will have to speak up. Most of the people in this thread can make arrangements offline, so I suspect that's what will probably happen. Do you have a cellphone, Benway? I'm not going to be online tomorrow, but maybe you could PM the number to Stoatie so he can fill you in on plans and schemes?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

15:38 / 04.11.05

Yeah, PM me your number and we can figure out some firework-watching fun. I'm always online, pathetic fool that I am...

Lilly Nowhere Late

18:42 / 04.11.05

Speaking for myself, I'd love to do something fire-worky. Someone fill me in on details when there are some please. T-M owes me a night of child/dog sitting for sure!

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

05:31 / 05.11.05

I think the Globe sounds quite fun... it's also fairly central.

Ulysses Lazarus

10:49 / 05.11.05

Globe sounds great and we could even relocate to parliament hill or something later...

Tim Tempest

17:11 / 05.11.05

Ok, for the fireworks, try and send them EXTRA-high so that maybe I can see them over here in Can-eh-dia.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

21:22 / 05.11.05

That was cool. Fireworks are cool.

And hey- when someone sets them off, it's DAMN FUCKING HARD NOT to shout "What's that? Arclight! What's that? B52 strike- every time I hear it something bad happens!" I tried my best.

"Incoming!" likewise.

Mon Oncle Ignatius

06:26 / 06.11.05

Speaking for myself, I'd love to do something fire-worky. Someone fill me in on details when there are some please. T-M owes me a night of child/dog sitting for sure!

And so I still do; but watching the public display in Roundwood Park from a nearby back garden was good enough.

mondo a-go-go

12:39 / 07.11.05

The inevitable photos are INCOMING!

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