Gosh. I can not believe that people are setting fireworks off already!!

[DabblesInDarknessWithALightOn]

It truly is appauling. Do you not think?

Bastards

isnt it an indian night of fire or some such?
though

it's the last night of ramadan - that will be why

i thought end of ramadam was at weekend?

It's probably Diwali, or some such.

You can't keep blaming the Brits any more

No, apparently Diwali is on November 9th, this year.

i did read it was some celebration of autumn, but can't remember which faith

just googled the date and it said 11th Oct

eid (end of ramadan) is saturday. i have noticed far fewer unseasonal fireworks since new regs introduced.

Navaratri/Durga Puja/Dussehra

Hindu and today

are there new regs on fireworks?

Lewis, the date of Diwali was 11th October? I googled up something different.

But what is defined as 'unseasonal' these days? I am assuming that different cultures are allowed their festivals?

I assumed that the new reg's applied purely to Guy Fawkes Night. More research required methinks

2007 CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT ISLAMIC DATES
Aashura: January 29, 2007
Ramadan: September 13 - October 11, 2007
Eid ul-Fitr: October 12, 2007
Hajj: December 18 - December 21, 2007
Eid ul-Adha: December 20, 2007
Islamic New Year: January 9, 2008 (1429 A.H.)

that's what I got from here - not that it means it is right of course!

i think it is only allowed to buy them for festivals. of course one could argue all sorts of festivals, but it does put off some. i live beside a sort of common in london so suffer plenty teenage fireworkers.

Sorry Lewisfan I think Desi is right, Diwali November 9th in 2007
look here

In my borough you can only buy fireworks from 15th October -10th November which covers Diwali, Hallowe'en and Guy Fawkes nights. Presumably no-one in the borough has all-year fireworks licence - which is hardly surprising as last year they cost in the region of £500. Probably just as well.

i have been reading new regs. too dull but main point is no under 18s may buy or posess a firework and if you buy more than 50kgs must register.

Seriously if you are being disturbed by fireworks then ring the police and the council. Even better if you know where u-18s are getting their fireworks from - you can drop the supplier right in it since the council will send in a under-age person to do a test purchase. The firework regs are quite stringent as Fishie said. (I worked in a trading standards/licensing dept last year and this sort of thing is their priority at this time of year)

ohh, bookwormmum - u sound like a cold calculated bitch! i like u!!

am being dense - what has diwali on Nov 9th got to do with tonight (Oct 11th) ?

sorry - am really rather dense!

actually fire works are for my birthday .. probably..
or justines

Sorry Lewisfan, I am the dense one:

By LewisFanBAHons on Thu 11-Oct-07 22:23:02
just googled the date and it said 11th Oct
By Elasticbandstand on Thu 11-Oct-07 22:22:57
i did read it was some celebration of autumn, but can't remember which faith
By Desiderata on Thu 11-Oct-07 22:22:15
No, apparently Diwali is on November 9th, this year.

I thought you were responding to Desi

Reading back you are saying it is end of Ramadan today, and not Diwali.

sKerryMum - i started a very similar thread but with a a diff title a copuple of mintues before but got almost no replies...

see here isnt it funny how people replies based on wording