Fireworks

I confess that I don't like fireworks - never have even as a child but I understand that many people enjoy them but am I alone in wishing they were confined to organised displays?

There will be 3 organised displays close to where I live, Friday, Saturday and Sunday but at least I know when these will start and end. I am already fed up with fireworks being set off every evening for the past week and I know on Saturday there will be lots more being set off - sometimes into the early hours.

I know I sound like a miserable old biddy but we have already had stories of fireworks being misused - a young woman pushing a pram was hit by a firework aimed at her and another story about someone setting off a firework on the top deck of a bus.

There is a discussion on local radio this morning about the pollution caused by bonfires and fireworks. So should we still be allowing the sale of fireworks to the general public?