Fireworks/Bonfire night.

Blue Til Death said:
Fuck, what happened to the days when we used to collect wood from about now, build our own bonty’s then spend the last few weeks lobbing bangers at each other and trying to destroy the surrounding area with air bombs .. I fuckin hate progress, why can’t my kids experience that stuff these days ...






Thank fuck, thank god for progress :-)
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Far to busy getting likes on facebook or wearing grooming products than experiencing real life..........
 
Blue Til Death said:
Oh right, so the bonty’s we used to build were ok then :-) fuck how we got away with them, even in the 70’s was ridiculous, there are bigger and more explosive fireworks now but they are in the main for displays n shit ... I can remember almost blowing my face off making a ten banger Genie :-))) remember those fuckers ...!
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Did you do bonty watch? Took it turns to stop “rivals” nicking our bonty wood, then on the night, everyone looking to dispose of crap turned up to burn their shit. Roasting spuds on the fire, charred on the outside, green and uncooked on the inside. Back the next night to reignite the dying embers and let off the odd fireworks saved from the day before with a sadness it would be nearly a year before it started again, happy days.
 
Had a conversation with the this! chaps tonight about rip-raps. They were mental at the time but would probably seem as tame as a pet rabbit in a collar smoking a cigar these days.
Also talked about indoor fireworks and those matches that burned with red and green flames. They were shite though weren't they...
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Hmm not had it for years, used to really like it, my Gran would bake it & bring it out to the large communal bonny behind her house In a small backyard square surrounded by three sides of houses & a factory, would never be allowed now. :(
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Not had it in years either, ours was always shop bought, me Mum wasn't much of a baker. But her black peas were the best ever!
 
hammocity said:
Did you do bonty watch? Took it turns to stop “rivals” nicking our bonty wood, then on the night, everyone looking to dispose of crap turned up to burn their shit. Roasting spuds on the fire, charred on the outside, green and uncooked on the inside. Back the next night to reignite the dying embers and let off the odd fireworks saved from the day before with a sadness it would be nearly a year before it started again, happy days.
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Happy days mate, you captured it perfectly with this post ...
 
Blue Til Death said:
Fuck, what happened to the days when we used to collect wood from about now, build our own bonty’s then spend the last few weeks lobbing bangers at each other and trying to destroy the surrounding area with air bombs .. I fuckin hate progress, why can’t my kids experience that stuff these days ...






Thank fuck, thank god for progress :-)
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Good points raised blue, hence me changing thread title so us 'FOC's can reminisce; )

Penny for the guy anyone?
 
Banshee said:
Can you still get Parkin ? Only seemed to have it around this time of year
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Got some at my local Co-op earlier in the week. The woman at the check-out observed, “You don’t see Parkin much these days, do you? Then added, “Do you spread butter on it or have it plain?”.

(I do sometimes like it with a drop of custard, though.)
 
I watch Antiques Roadshow sometimes and think we threw better stuff on bonty's as kids. Period furniture, pianos the lot, didn't matter as long as we had a fire to bake the spuds in and keep warm. No trick or treat either, just crazed rip-raps chasing you around and Catherine wheels that would spin off the pin whilst your eating tater hash, black peas, treacle toffee and parkin.
 
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