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One of the big advantages of cobbled streets was that the cobbles didn't melt when you lit a bloody big fire on top of them. We always used to have our fire in the middle of the street. There was a shop "Parry's" half way down the street, and the heat of the fire used to crack their windows. We used to drop spuds into the hot coals, no aluminium foil or anything. When the outside turned black, we would peel away the burnt bits and eat the centres. Mind you anybody could buy fireworks then, even kids. I well remember one November, myself and friends bought some penny bangers and took
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So! Did ya'll set off your fireworks yet?. Morning here, so you probably haven't started yet. This has probably been gone over before, but did you enjoy bonfire night as a kid? I always enjoyed it, don't remember any injuries back in the fifties, though I'm sure they happened. Biggest thing that bugs me now is that my birthday is on the third so all the relatives bought me fireworks. Always felt ripped off as they would have bought me fireworks anyway. :-). Guess I'll die bitter and twisted. :-)