Fireworks- Not

[poliphilo]

Bonfire night was singularly quiet. I blame the recession, or thank the recession....whatever. I suppose it's still possible there'll be an eruption of fireworks over the weekend.

Yesterday I made a carrot cake.

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Poor you!

Round here bonfire night seems to dying away. You no longer get kids hawking guys around- and every year there seem to be fewer and fewer fireworks.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Yes, I glimpsed an article in the Metro over someone's shoulder on the bus this morning, claiming that people are shifting their interest to Halloween instead. But for all that, things seemed pretty busy and noisy last night in Leeds, what with bonfires in the park and fireworks going off all over the place. I'm sure it makes quite a difference what night of the week these things fall on - so Halloween may well have been bigger this year thanks to being on a Saturday, but it wouldn't surprise me if that is reversed next time Bonfire Night falls on a Saturday instead.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think the seeming decline round here may have a lot to do with the growing number of Asian families- who can't be expected to care very much about Guy Fawkes one way or the other.