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[fruitfulsteve]

I recently stumble across somone who had wat appear to be pre new regulation black cat bangers, original oldish looking packs of 10 with bs number's. are these legal to own, sell, use ? they appear to be and certainly sound flash based.

[fruitfulsteve]

Well thats cleared that up

As no one from the HSE,trading standards or anyone else has jumped in to say otherwise, can it be assumed these are perfectly lajit ?

[phildunford]

Hi Steve,

I'm sure we will have a more erudite opinion soon, but I'm pretty sure it's not illegal to own them. How they came to be stored all that time is possibly a bit of a grey area, that probably covers 'collections too'. hmmm...

[yetti]

I think there are some couterfits out there...
Loads in Ireland anyway. Id say they might be fakes

[whoof]

I recently stumble across somone who had wat appear to be pre new regulation black cat bangers, original oldish looking packs of 10 with bs number's. are these legal to own, sell, use ? they appear to be and certainly sound flash based.

There was a recent thread on this.

I think it was illegal to sell to anyone not professional as it is classified as cat4.

Owning and using on private land i would have thought would be ok, although as mentioned later there may be some question of how long you stored them and possible transport restrictions., are they UN marked for transport ?

[yetti]

There was a recent thread on this.

I think it was illegal to sell to anyone not professional as it is classified as cat4.

Owning and using on private land i would have thought would be ok, although as mentioned later there may be some question of how long you stored them and possible transport restrictions., are they UN marked for transport ?

I may be wrong but if it is a pre-ban banger isn't it a collectors item and therefore OK?
I'm Irish and not familiar with UK law but I think that is right? :/

[Gigantic Crab!!!]

The Gigantic Crab!!! says, if a little late, that bangers have been banned since the end of 1997 along with mini rockets (a definition of 12" or less springs to mind, but don't quote The Gigantic Crab!!! unless you foolishly welcome his wrath) and "fireworks of an erratic flight".

[David]

There does seem to be, at the moment, a lot of talk (on facebook) of bangers being traded as "nostalgia" items. What concerns me is that whilst some may well be genuine British bangers, traded between bona fide collectors, many are not, and it's unfortunate, as it's hurting the whole collectors market's reputation.

[Mixologist]

God knows where you are finding that on FB, ive tried searching everything i can think of!!!

[David]

God knows where you are finding that on FB, ive tried searching everything i can think of!!!

I've messaged you! There is a small/informal collectors facebook group. There used to be a bigger one, but that closed a while ago.

Edited by David, 30 March 2011 - 03:47 AM.

[Atom Fireworks]

I recently got given a packet of bangers from a freind of mine, the box said they were made in portugal and in little white boxes with BANGERS written on the front. Aparently there was 1000's of these boxes floating around manchester near nov 5th, there quite powerfull aswell for the ammount in them most certainly flash.

[David]

I recently got given a packet of bangers from a freind of mine, the box said they were made in portugal and in little white boxes with BANGERS written on the front. Aparently there was 1000's of these boxes floating around manchester near nov 5th, there quite powerfull aswell for the ammount in them most certainly flash.

Simply illegal fireworks, nothing more, nothing less.

[Atom Fireworks]

Simply illegal fireworks, nothing more, nothing less.

Well done david ime not sure i figured that one out myself

[David]

Yes, but the discussion was about what might be legit collectors items bangers, not the white van man stuff- with that, its a simply black and white issue.

Edited by David, 31 March 2011 - 09:28 PM.