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Last night, the most silent NYE ever??

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TulipDaisy · 01/01/2019 06:36

When I went to bed last night, I fully expected to be woken at midnight by a cacophony of fireworks & party noise etc but I heard nothing! I can't believe it. 20yrs of living in north London and this is a first. Normally you can't sleep for the noise and it usually goes on for a solid hour at least - they have in the past. I'm stunned. I wonder if the area has been extra subdued this year with Brexit coming up, or whether my whole neighbourhood decided to up-sticks & party elsewhere? It truly is usually wall-to-wall fireworks/shouting & laughter, plus the obligatory count-down from four or five different directions. Come to think of it there was no music noise at all last night. Did anyone else find it quieter?

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GroundhogWeek · 01/01/2019 06:39

Very quiet here. There were a few fireworks going off earlier in the evening (9pm ish) but nothing at midnight, very unusual.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 01/01/2019 06:39

If lack of fireworks is down to Brexit, then that’s one benefit.

We had fireworks around us here - village in south East.

SnugglySnerd · 01/01/2019 06:41

I'm in Birmingham. I went out for a walk around 7pm and fireworks were going off then. There were loads of fireworks at midnight that woke me up and still a few at 2.30 am when ds woke up. So no, not silent here!

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WereYouHareWhenIWasFox · 01/01/2019 06:41

You’re getting old OP, they were there. You slept through it!

Juanbablo · 01/01/2019 06:43

I didn't hear any fireworks either. Usually we have loads here.

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TulipDaisy · 01/01/2019 06:45

The walls of my house are paper-thin, I usually hear everything. It's not like I even had an energetic day yesterday to be extra tired, I was just pottering around.

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Panicmode1 · 01/01/2019 06:48

We had far fewer than usual too (Town in SE) . (I definitely was awake as my NDN party went on til 4.45 this morning)

Jackshouse · 01/01/2019 06:50

A new venue opened around the corner from us. Lots of incredible loud and bright professional fireworks for 15 mins at midnight. But then loads of random fireworks for hours after that. I was very pissed off last night.

Did you know that you can get silent fireworks?

ChristmasRaven · 01/01/2019 06:51

Funnily enough I live in North London too and it was the same for me! I went to sleep around 10 and woke up around 3ish, but not because of noise. Although there was one set of neighbours being a bit noisy in the garden, but they were the only ones. I was very surprised too.

ivykaty44 · 01/01/2019 06:57

Silent here, fell asleep around 10 and wasn’t woken at midnight, midland town

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TulipDaisy · 01/01/2019 07:00

Yes, I've heard of silent fireworks. My friend who keeps horses uses them.

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 01/01/2019 07:02

Now that is a superb invention. I’ve never heard of them. But my terrified dog would benefit hugely.

NewModelArmyMayhem18 · 01/01/2019 07:20

Think I heard one lot of fireworks (presumably went off at midnight but wasn't up to check the time) - usually loads.

ReggieKrayDoYouKnowMyName · 01/01/2019 07:22

East London here and huge amount of fireworks at midnight (woke our 4yr old who wanted to come and watch out of the third floor bedroom window) but they didn’t seem to go on as long as in previous years. I’ve known them to go on for an hour to 90mins, but it all seemed to be done by quarter past midnight.

SarahET · 01/01/2019 07:26

Very loud fireworks here, poor dog was terrified.

SoyDora · 01/01/2019 07:31

Loads of fireworks here.

MoonlightMedicine · 01/01/2019 07:33

Loads here (Northamptonshire).

Sallygoroundthemoon · 01/01/2019 07:35

London here too and there were loads. I woke up at midnight to what sounded like world war 3.

Deathraystare · 01/01/2019 07:37

Quite a few fireworks here in West London but the worst noise was the night/morning before - lots of bellowing and dog barks. Of course all Became clear when I got to the bus stop in the morning - police tape around bus stop and cutting off Greyhound Road!

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/london-stabbing-hammersmith-arrests-metropolitan-police-fulham-palace-road-a8704921.html

It is normally not that bad around the area. We aren't quite Tottenham...

Mummyilovejokes1 · 01/01/2019 07:43

We heard a few early eve, faintly. Nothing at midnight and we usually get woken up by them. Strange

Fundays12 · 01/01/2019 07:58

We had loads more fireworks than normal. You always hear some but they went on for ages last night.

Oblomov18 · 01/01/2019 08:04

Loads of fireworks here Surrey at midnight. Was not impressed.

lolaflores · 01/01/2019 08:09

NW London here. Really loud fireworks at midnight. But calmed down quickly enough. Felt very intense. I really wishlegislation appears to control private fireworks use. This shit has been going on since October with an unbroken week of it, night after night in November. It tapers off then from xmàs eve on it starts to build again.
So tiring

sackrifice · 01/01/2019 08:11

Hardly any here, in a village in derbyshire. Usually go on for so long that it isn't worth going to bed early as you will be woken up.

Next year I am going to bed at normal time.

Auldspinster · 01/01/2019 08:12

Very noisy in Edinburgh.