To think that Bonfire night is slowly dying out

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It seems to me that Bonfire Night will gradually die away as a lot of younger people don't really like or approve of fireworks. I understand people getting annoyed and upset when pets are traumatised usually by shits letting them off long before 5th November. I haven't seen a penny for a guy on top of a bonfire for years .

I think Halloween has grown more in popularity and has gone from nothing to something huge possibly down to the internet .

Easter used to be bigger than what it is now when there used to be Easter Bonnet parades and a lot more people went to Church.

Christmas traditions Also fading away no Carol singers , decorations such as Holly and mistletoe and cards are dying out .

I predict New Years Eve Celebrations will increase in popularity as the years go by .

People are very much less tolerant of fire works. We currently have a lot of complaints going on around here due to living in an area where the culture for celebration of weddings is to set off fireworks very late at night. I think it’s only a matter of time before they’re banned completely, and maybe replaced by silent fireworks, which you can watch, but no banging etc.

They are banned very late at night in the U.K.
“You must not set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am, except for:

Bonfire Night, when the cut off is midnight
New Year’s Eve, Diwali and Chinese New Year, when the cut off is 1am”

I would be absolutely delighted if any celebration that involves fireworks ends.

apart from the stress they cause to domestic animals I cannot imagine how stressed they make the wild animals and birds.

very few people are that enamoured with them these days and they are an enormous waste of money that pains me everytime I see a display advertised.

Our local display costs a fortune now and doesn’t have a bonfire or guy! It used to be a free event for the village where everyone would come together but not anymore!

Taking into account extortionate food prices and entrance price it would be cheaper to have the heating on 24/7 on the new tariff has and electric price than a family visit our local ( too busy) display!

I know they cost money to run these events and they aren’t run by the local Good Samaritans but, it’s 25.00 each at our event ( plus food extra if you choose to buy it there)

There are lots of fireworks displays round here but not sure about bonfires.

We used to have bonfire parties in my garden, with the neighbours. Despite these lovely memories I am not a fan of firework night.

Firework displays that are set to music tend to have far less noisy ones- they would drown out the music otherwise! They go more for the spectacular, silent,colourful, multiple starburst type, that are timed in with the music. I have attended some epic ones, that open with “Fanfare for the common man” and end on the 1812 overture, with fireworks timed to coincide with the cannon shots, and provide single flashes that appear to be coming right at the spectators!
Organised events in the early evening are far safer and get it all over with in one go, rather than individual households setting them off randomly all evening and half the night. As a retired doctor I used to dread Nov 5th on call, back in the 80s - A and E used to look like a war zone full of burn victims.

Went to one whilst staying at a friends in Surrey at the weekend. It was rammed, paid tickets to attend.

The local one where I live was last night and there's a second one in the next town tonight. Also sold out.

@Mommabear20 UK Thanksgiving is more commonly known as Harvest Festival. It always surprises me people don’t know this. Canadian Thanksgiving is at the same time of year, literally a few days difference.

I am not a fan of Halloween or Valentine’s Day.

Shakespeare used "gotten" so it's always been part of the English language long before the migration to the New World. 🤷‍♂️

We seem to have “bonfire week” here. There are displays in various areas of the town, most nights over the course of a week. One night was bad enough for my dog ! (No bonfires either, just displays attached to expensive bars mainly)

I think Halloween has grown more in popularity and has gone from nothing to something huge possibly down to the internet .

Halloween was never “nothing” in Scotland or Ireland. It was always big.

Surely much if this is the waning importance of religion in our daily lives? I don't go to church (although was raised a Catholic) so I don't enjoy carols, i won't take DS to church.

Other than Christmas which is my favourite, I like all the others the same amount.

Halloween is about funny games, dressing up and generally being silly. Bonfire night we go to the big display in our town, eat toffee apples etc. Easter we do a range of Easter egg hunts.

Imo it's NYE that's dying out. Most people I know just go to a friend's house, have a meal and drinks, have a cheers at midnight, then go home. The last few years I've worn joggers and a hoodie to see it in.

I think it would be lovely if we went back to celebrating traditional festivals linked to the turning of the year and seasons. We have a druid circle near us and it's great to join in the Solstice celebrations. Yule, Samhain etc.

Much prefer bonfires to fireworks.

There will probably be less fireworks going off this year because they are expensive and people don't have much spare cash.

Still, they will be back at some point in the future.

I can happily lose Bonfire Night, but I'd hate losing Christmas!!

Halloween I'm not fussed about and it didn't seem big here this year.

I wondered if Sussex would get a mention.

There must be 40 or 50 "bonfire societies" across Sussex, even the ones based in small villages often have hundreds of members.

In East Sussex, bonfire starts in the village of Mayfield approx 3rd weekend in September and ends in late November. The different societies visit one another's events and many of them join in the biggest event, on Nov 5th in Lewes. The number of people in the processions must run into thousands, and the crowds got so bad that they now effectively close the town in the afternoon. People who live there and commute have to make sure they get home by 4pm, and the trains don't stop there after around 3pm.

Because of all the bonfire stuff, there are an awful lot of people who are firework trained and licensed to use professional standard fireworks. They have big fireworks all year round, people have them for weddings, significant birthdays, even funerals. Sending your dear departed's ashes up in a massive rocket is a popular way of scattering them in Sussex!

no sign over here. Loads of displays within a three mile radius.

what hugely annoys me though is that we have one display which is just that, a (good but not brilliant ) display, everywhere else has all the different rides and stalls and everything and you can’t go with your kids and get any change for fifty quid. Hence we almost always go to the low key £5 per head display.

Wouldn't agree around where I am, a large town in the midlands. I can think of at least 4 displays happening within a 5-15 minute drive of me. And those are only the ones I've accidentally heard about. I'm sure there's loads more.

I've had a fabulous evening at a bonfire and fireworks organised by the local Rotary Club. Safe, well organised and really enjoyable. Apart from one fool turning up with a whippet on a lead. Poor thing must have been terrified.

Not here - mercifully no signs of trick or treaters or Hallowe’en in our road, but we’re just back from our local firework display - very well organised, thousands in attendance, very popular.

I agree it’s a shame things like Penny For The Guy and carolling are dying out, but that’s more to do with children (rightly) being safely kept at home, and everyone having Netflix etc, so the need to “make your own fun” is dwindling.

Usually I'll stand at the windows & watch the fireworks, but this year they've been going on for weeks beforehand & will no doubt carry on for weeks afterwards, so am pretty sick of them tbh. What I want to know is, where DO folk get the money from for them? We're not talking little back garden sets, but the big ones that sound like bloody mortars.. then I expect they'll be whining on SM that they can't pay their bills..
#what's it all about?

Our annual village display has always been a great community event, and very well advertised (village shop, pub, noticeboard, Facebook...). Donations of home baking and entry is by cash donation (not tickets). Organised by volunteers with proceeds to local clubs.

... and afterwards the unduly nasty Facebook posts about dogs being scared, fireworks being noisy, it not being as good this year, bonfire too big or too small, etc.

Id not blame volunteers for not wanting to be involved in it, which then leads to lots of smaller back-garden displays that are harder to predict the times of and therefore avoid.

Judging by last night the firework displays are still popular round here. At least two large ones in the town and DD went with friends to one in the neighbouring town which she said had a huge crowd. Going by the amount of traffic parked in our road the one near us must also have been well attended.

One organised by the cricket club and one by the rugby club. People pay for tickets, about £10 I think, so clearly money to be made.

Not from me though as I can watch from my window and stay inside where it is dry and warm.

I was very glad to hear so few fireworks last night- normally we have loads all around- lasting for hours.
I dislike fireworks, and the noise causes a lot of alarm to pets, wild animals and livestock.
We only had a few pops last night.

Certainly not in Leeds! We've had dozens of huge displays this year and there have been fireworks going off since Halloween. I'm expecting a few more days of this.