Fireworks again.....grrr!

They were fantastic round here, and while I agree with you about the loud noises, even though our young dog isn’t bothered, I don’t mind the fireworks.
We had local fireworks-lasted 5 minutes. Imagine if you lived near one of the official displays and they went on and on.
Hope we can have a Happier New Year than the last two.

They were going off round here, so I stepped outside to watch.
Unfortunately the cute little tom cat which hangs around had sprayed all over my grandsons bike cover, so now i smell of cats pee.

Haha Miss, gave me a laugh

Fireworks here too, made sure my cat was inside by 10 pm. Lots of loud bangs from miles away , sky lit up . We went outside to watch , however we live in a rural area and I can understand how the farming community are unhappy with the New year eve celebrations. Watched Jools Holland on tv , loved Ruby Turner ! Happy new year everyone and lets hope it is a safe and happy one ☺️.

Happy New Year! We watched Jools Holland too. Yes it’s still going on here the fireworks our girl is shaking from head to toe. We still haven’t repaired the door she scratched in November. A job for me to do in the spring goodnight?

Only a few here and nothing later than 11pm. There was a huge multi coloured star burst right over our house. Beautiful. I took it as a sign of good luck for the year ahead.

We don't have fireworks around here tonight (Canada).

I agree that they should be banned except for organized displays. They can cause issues for animals, babies, small children, and people who have some types of PTSD, such as some military personnel. They can also be very dangerous if you don't know what you're doing with them.

surely it can be excused for ushering in the new year, yes I enjoyed all the sparkles in the sky here and opened my door to 'let the new year in'.

There were hardly any at midnight but loads on and off from 6pm. Ridiculous really and frightening for animals especially as they were mostly loud bangs. Although like BigBertha1 there was one beautiful multi coloured star one at about 8pm. What happened to midnight?

Very loud fireworks here at midnight. My two cats are allowed to sleep on my bed on NYE and November 5, so they were with me. Milo did not move from my side ALL NIGHT. Ripley had a bit of a wander round the room. Happy New Year Everyone.

I heard fireworks around 8pm but was in bed for 9pm - rather poorly just now but it's not Covid - and never heard a thing for the rest of the night.
Happy New Year GNetters!

I love fireworks and there were some around this neighbourhood as now is expected at New Year. I am not part of the miserable crowd who want them banning, they actually cheer me up.

I like fireworks but the ones let off near me simply involve a few loud bangs, no pretty displays.
It is the loud music and drunken singing which annoys me; a loud party somewhere nearby last night with guests clearly outside bawling their heads off for a couple of hours.

I expected a big flurry of fireworks at midnight as normal, but they were going non-stop all evening which I don't remember happening before. It was too much. Then it was absolute madness at midnight, like a war zone. Obviously it depends where you live, maybe the folk around here are firework crazy. Or maybe covid-crazy and need to let off steam?

There appeared to be two different lots of fireworks going off locally. One was ordinary fireworks, the other appeared to be the start of WW3, resembling bombs. This was after midnight so did not go down a treat in this house. At least it was peace and quiet by 12.30 am and with luck, money will be tight for a repeat performance tonight which usually happens.

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I love fireworks and there were some around this neighbourhood as now is expected at New Year. I am not part of the miserable crowd who want them banning, they actually cheer me up.

Hey, we're not a miserable crowd, but the public getting hold of fireworks extends the noise levels over several days, even weeks in Nov and Dec. If they only let them off Nov 5th weekend and midnight 31st Dec only that would be fine, but it's endless every night on and on. I've been hearing fireworks every evening since Christmas. In Australia they have organised displays only and that seems the way to go.

I don't mind the fireworks at midnight but they started about 6pm here.

Fireworks don’t bother me , I like them.
However, I do wish that they would ban the ‘commercial’ kind for the general public and only let the organisers of public displays use the Commercial, bomb type ones. We’ve always had fireworks in the past but they came in a smallish box with a couple of rockets and some fountain types, we were happy with those and animals weren’t left shell shocked. Fortunately in our small village last night, there were a couple of ordinary rockets and that was it.

Dead quiet in our village last night - unless I slept through it!

I'm just wondering if they are actually getting louder with these so-called 'bombs'. Back in the 1990s there were a lot of foreign imports which were ridiculously loud, in fact we were staying with friends in London one year and felt the house shake. They were quite terrifying. There were complaints and I believe they were banned in the early 2000s, so I hope they're not coming back. Maybe we need to report them if they start getting too loud.

A lot of fireworks here last night. All along the coastal towns, in Bruges and also various places that must have been individuals.
Some went off at 11.45pm....whats the point in that? I dont mind if its about half an hour and its over and done but its bits and pieces goes on about 2 hours.

Luckily my dog has never been bothered by it but he and the cat are always in. She didn't care either lol but I know that many animals are terrified so it would be good to see it restricted.

As i'm writing this I just heard more being set off. fgs...

Lovely fireworks here, more than usual, we watched them. I think many events were cancelled, so more at homes as people were staying in, safer.

Ours started at 6 pm (presumably for the children), stopped about 7 pm then restarted again at 11.30 and went on till after 2 am. Very, very loud. I think the two local pubs compete and some nearby residents join in. Same every year. Today our gutters will be full of debris.

At least New Year and the week around Guy Fawkes night they can be expected. We actually get them all year round - many of the neighbours seem to celebrate every occasion with fireworks.

A few went off at midnight here which was fine. But I do agree they should only be allowed during certain times. People deciding to let off fireworks in the garden for a big birthday, or to use up the rest of the new year/Halloween fireworks across the next few nights are a total pain.