Neighbours having massive firework display

[Cole24]

AIBU to think that my neighbours should have at least given us a heads up that they were putting on a massive firework display?

We live in a small village with one housing estate which is quite densely populated, but it's a very quiet area. We recently had new neighbours move into the house next door (it's a semi-detached property) and we haven't seen or spoken to them yet.

Tonight they are having a very long and noisy firework display, it's been going on for at least 45 minutes and it's been constant the entire time. As I mentioned the property is semi-detached and the gardens are very small, it doesn't seem safe to have a firework display so close to the house, as a result it's very close to our house too.

We have a 5 month old baby who's been woken by them and a young cat who's absolutely terrified. Our area is very much a pet friendly place with most of the neighbours owning cats or dogs and so fireworks aren't popular around here.

Since they're right next door in such close quarters, with the fireworks being unreasonably close to our house, AIBU to think that they could have let us know by knocking the door or dropping a note in?

If you read this far then thank you!

It would have been polite / friendly / neighbourly to let their NDNs know, just as it would have been polite / friendly / neighbourly for you to pop round with a cake or bottle of wine to welcome them to their new home when they moved in.
Sometimes people don't 'get round to' doing what is poilte / friendly / neighbourly though do they.

As it is Bonfire Night, then surely any precautions you might have taken (such as keeping cats inside?) is they had let you know, then surely anyone with 1/2oz of common sense would have done because, well, it's bonfire night, so pretty predictable there will be fireworks going off, so what help would a note have been ??

YABU

Yabu but only because it’s Bonfire Night. Other nights, they should pre-warn you but not on November 5th.
It would’ve been more neighbourly of them to invite you though!

I know it sucks but your baby wouldn’t have magically stayed asleep if you had warning and your cat would still be terrified if they told you too.
Its bone fire night so should be expected.

Yabu, it's bonfire night! I'd be pleased to have a free firework display. Maybe they could have let you know but as it's 5th November it's a bit different to other times of the year.

Have you seen the videos of bolting horses, shaking dogs and screaming cats all over Twitter and Facebook this season - it’s so sad.
I love fireworks too, but I love animals more. We haven’t attended a disable this year, but we purchased some “quiet” ground fireworks from ASDA and they were brilliant! Couldn’t hear them from indoors according to my neighbour.

Disable?? *display ! Stupid autocorrect

It’s bonfire night fgs. I live in the Netherlands and organised firework displays are the exception not the norm here and New Year’s Eve is like Dante’s Inferno. Post boxes are nailed shit and trash cans removed.

But... what difference would it have made if they had let you know? The baby still wouldn't have slept. Plus 7-8pm is hardly an unreasonable time for it.

I can't think who would have a firework party near a field full of horses.

Pets can be kept in. Chidren might wake but they'll go back to sleep again.

Ban all celebrations and parties I say. There should be no noise, no merriment, nothing.

Ban pets too. They bark/shit everywhere/kill small animals and make some people happy.

There never used to be this much frothing about fireworks. You kept pets in, job done.

My dog hates fireworks if he's out in the garden but he slept through them snuggled with me on the sofa. Presumably he feels safe with me.

Ban all celebrations and parties I say.

Bit extreme. Big fines for anti-social behaviour would be enough. CF disturbing the neighbourhood with loud anything would pipe down quickly if they had to pay for the privilege.

We stopped celebrating bonfire night about 5 years ago ( firework malfunctioned and scared the life out of us) but have had garden displays in the past. Must admit that I wouldn't have thought to warn the neighbours as it is expected that fireworks will be going off all over the place in the run up to the 5th.

When I was a kid ( 70s) garden fireworks, although still dangerous things , were nothing like the ones we have now. You would only have seen the really loud impressive ones at an organised display.

There does need to be a change in the law I think. I've seen a couple of really tragic posts on twitter relating to pets being killed or injured by fireworks.

@egontoste made a very good point.

When I was a kid, apart from Bangers - which I hated- fireworks were pretty, made wooshing noises with a few bangs from the rockets.

It's not like that now and they're very anti-social as well as dangerous

I think there’s a huge difference between a few pops and massive bangs. I have never heard fireworks so loud as the ones my neighbour had last night in my own house. I enjoy firework displays. But did not enjoy my windows popping and house shaking.

It's massively insensitive but manners are in rapid decline in this country. It's all 'my right to have fun'.....at your expense.

This site is unbelievable sometimes. It's bonfire night, 5th November. There will be fireworks. Get over it and stop trying to shred every last vestige of tradition we have left. As already pointed out, you need to prepare for noise on 5th November. In another thread someone claimed it was outrageous because of those with ASD or PTSD... We'd genuinely have to ban every last fucking thing by those measures, there's someone out there who will be freaked out by pretty much anything you can name.

There’s a video on twitter of a police firearms dog shaking with fear at fireworks.

A firearms dog. One that is trained towards people shooting guns. With loud bangs.

The handler explained when the dog is working he knows to expect bangs and loud noises, and he’s looking for a person to take down to stop it.

At home he doesn’t know why or when the boise is coming, is supposedly in his safe place where he can relax and not be on alert.

Did anyone see the video of the disorder in Leeds last night? Police had to put riot gear on as they were being bombarded with fireworks. I bet the a&e’s are treating many of the culprits this am.

Should be banned. Licenced displays only.

Yup. Cancel everything. No fun from now on, no planning a year ahead to put dogs somewhere quiet and secure away from fireworks, just ban everything.

Yup. Cancel everything. No fun from now on, no planning a year ahead to put dogs somewhere quiet and secure away from fireworks, just ban everything

Are fireworks “fun”? Really? They’re explosives which injure many many people every year.

Some people think firing guns is “fun”. No reason to let anybody who fancies a go wave one around though.

We spend all year teaching our kids not to play with matches and fire then hand them a burning metal stick to wave around and Show them how to light explosives in the garden, in close quarters to sheds, fences and other flammable objects.

If you think fireworks are fun I suggest you spend next bonfire night observing a+e, or the burns unit. Or first aid at a fireworks display- there’s a reason many have banned sparklers.

Seriously when your garden is set alight, by after a near miss with your house, or a child is burned by a sparkler, it rapidly stops looking like fun.

Are fireworks “fun”? Really? They’re explosives which injure many many people every year.
Bonfire night and the traditions of it are fun, yes. Misusing fireworks, like any dangerous item, obviously isn't. Cars and knives kill a shit ton of people. Shall we get rid?

It's massively insensitive but manners are in rapid decline in this country

If it was a random day of the year, yes it would be insensitive. But Bonfire night you have to expect it.
Manners have nothing to do with alerting neighbours to your display.

Are fireworks “fun”? Really? They’re explosives which injure many many people every year.
Clearly they are fun. If no-one enjoyed them, then there wouldn't be any set-off.
Lots of things that are fun can cause injury. Should we ban books because they give us papercuts? Bikes? Beds?

What difference would telling you have made ? Would you have kept DC up ? Would you have kept cat in shut room ? You knew the date, and that it was firework night, so why the shock and indignant attitude ?

I know fireworks can cause distress for some animals and people, but that doesn't mean that everyone should go round their whole neighbourhood requesting permission or giving a 'heads up' about their plans to do something both legal and popular with many families.

It would be just as bad for you ( and others) if the council decided to dig up the pavement outside your front door with a jackhammer or if there was a bad car crash or fire in your area with the sirens of emergency vehicles etc.

It's bonfire night, and until the powers that be actually ban the sale of them, fireworks are to be expected in the UK on bonfire night. (which I sincerely hope they do before next year).

Stop moaning its bonfire night ffs . We will all cancel bonfire night because your kids and animals dont like them , shall we