We live in a little street of terraced houses. Everyone knows everyone and it's usually lovely and safe. My kids are late primary school / early secondary school and I feel totally at ease letting them nip to the shop in their own, to school etc.
Acouple of years ago I arrived home from work to find neighbours were having a firework display with the bucket of fireworks in the road about 2 metres from my front door. I found out about it as I drove down the road and nearly knocked into their cocking bucket. A firework whizzed out of it into the sky when I was practically on top of it. Slammed on brakes. Did not cause enormous car based explosion. Phew.
Neighbours had all their kids milling about - including toddlers just pottering about. I could not believe it!
Parked up at the top of the street and went in my front door. Found one of my kids in tears too scared to go out the house as the fireworks were there but worried as she was meant to be meeting friend at bus stop.
Livid.
I didn't say anything to the twerp neighbours that year as I was too in intimidated - the ones that set these off are the sort of A list neighbours, all friends, go on holiday together etc. I just felt a bit shy to go and say actually can you please not have your bloody fireworks in the street.
Last year - the same. Got home, war bucket in street, fire explosions coming out of it. With a twist - they'd stuck a twisting firework to a tree right outside my house and then lit it. So this fucking thing was whizzing around in a circle with sparks flying out of it and I was stuck in my car watching, and desperately repeat calling the landline phone to tell the kids not to come out of the house. I called the police. They came just as the pricksters were finishing up their display, and told them it was fine!!!
And now it's this year.
I thought I should be brave and ask them not to do it in advance. I've spent about a month worrying about fireworks injuries v annoying the neighbours, and in the end decided not to be a wimp, but to be super friendly.
Texted neighbours. Asked could they maybe not set off fireworks in street this year but instead do in their garden. Said I totally appreciate that some people love fireworks but I found them v frightening and would really appreciate them not being in our street on the pavement or in the road. "We'll try not to do it in the street" was the answer! Followed quickly by a message asking for me to not text them again.
AIBU to wish they'd all fuck the fuck off ? And take their fireworks with them?
AIBU?
To hate the neighbours for this
highlandspringerdog · 04/11/2016 21:56
Aarrgghhh, apologies, that was very presumptive of me. Sorry ArchiesDad, I've seen the "just go out / away" argument from people who have no DC / pets / elderly relatives with dementia / older DC with SN / loved ones with PTSD far too much over the last few days.
Peace 
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I would've have gone f'king ape – over both the fireworks and the text. Your street is a shared communal space; not theirs, and they should have been asking you and you neighbours to agree before even contemplating turning it into a war zone. The text is typical of the ignorance you get from people in denial. They probably know it is unreasonable (and selfish).
There is no law that says you have to get on with your neighbours – but there is a law against a recklessness disregard for public safety. (We've lived with our unreasonable fuckwit neighbours for 3 years now in a state blissful mutual dislike, and honestly don't care at all). Good luck. 
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