smitthy

hi all have you seen the firework art book by mark flemming
all these fireworks are still about and arnt that uncomon if you wanted them for collection purpose

nick

[hi fire fiend do you have any doubles ive boxes of cannon crashers 12 for 2/6 how ever ive many others rainbow standard benwell if you are up for a swap
nick

[you can ake a crude jumping cracker using quickmatch just make sure the bends are tight

smitttthy

hi al ive read the replies with some amusement antony you are the type of person who causes mass hysteria in the public about fireworks. the most dangerous firework or the one which has caused the most accidents is the sparkler. which is still going strong and burning children throughout the land. jumping cackers /rip raps were and still are really tame you qouted a standard size 40 box well standard size 40 boxes and jumping crackers wernt around at the same time the standard boxes would of been still priced in 1973 and sized boxes came in in 1975

if anybody wants any proper english [pains] jumping crackers ive got some for swapping ive got 2 3 and 4 inch versions

one thing you might not know is that we are a nanny state but out side uk jumpinng crackers and tourbillions still survive weco do a brilliant aeroplane called a vampire these are like the old standard helicopter in performance

if anybody wants photos of the old british tourbillions ido have them, not all mind but i think maybe 20 differant from pains /pains wessex/ brocks/standard/ wessex /astra but ive only one of each except a couple of brocks ones

hi all
this is my first post so hello to everybody im a collector of firework memorabillia and have read with some amusement about the price people think old firworks are worth i may have what is deemed as a large collection maybe 1500 old fireworks all british all inert and dating from 1930 to the 1990's [ all blue touch paper or green in a few cases] i have and would never will pay more than ?2 for a banger of any period i cant understand where these really silly prices have come from its a shame as its is spoiling a great hobby beings all most of us collect for is to rekindle our youth and a passion for shop fireworks
anybody has a favorite old firework which there not seen sinse there childhood ive a few still missing from my collection which i wish i had
pains - krackerjak
pains - fireball
pains - snow queen
wessex - snowdrop fountain
standard - hovercraft
standard - apollo

anybody with any of these for swapping ive plenty of swaps