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2022 was a whirlwind of a year, with some highs and quite a few lows for us all.Each year that passes brings a new challenge to us when it comes to selling fireworks. 2020 brought Covid and all the challenges that we all faced.2021 brought stock shortages and huge price increases.2022 brought a stupidly high cost of living crisis.Each year we have ..

The countdown is on now, 5 weeks to go till the big day. We've over 50 new lines for 2022 as well as new suppliers and increased ranges from others. We are now virtually fully stocked in preparation for what we are hoping to be another good year, and boy do we need something to look forward to after all this doom and gloom.So when you are ready to ..

As we draw close to Bonfire Night, each year we see unfortunate images of accidents caused by fireworks, or people complaining about nuisance fireworks. Whilst accidents and injuries aren't as commonplace as some of the media and anti-fireworks groups would have you believe, each and everyone is terrible to see and distressing for everyone involved..

As we get closer to Bonfire Night, our shop is starting to come out of hibernation mode.Out of season, we reduce our shop opening hours to "By Appointment" only. This is simply because we are trying to keep our overheads to a bare minimum, particularly during these trying times, to allow us to keep our prices as low as we can. Keeping the shop open..

We had a call in the week from a customer who had come across our website and it came out that they thought we were just an online shop. They were surprised that we had a "proper" shop in this current climate. So I thought I'd just remind people that we are a "proper" shop. Our internet presence is a necessity in this day as most people shop via th..

In June 2022 we again supported the Vintage Vehicle Charity Gala by donating the fireworks display.Each year this fantastic event is held with all the proceeds being donated to the Alzheimer's society, it's such a fantastic weekend for a truly worthy cause.Each year there is a great coming together of people who work so hard to make this event both..

Finally, after quite a bit of time, we've launched our spanking new website.We've added some great new features to the site that hopefully, will make it easier to get around and visually it ties in with our shop colours.We had hoped to be up and running sooner, but a couple of issues delayed us by a few weeks. But we got there and I can breathe a s..

As we approach Bonfire Night, we're just about fully stocked, but the stock situation isn't improving.At the time of writing, we are STILL waiting for some lines to come in but should be with us within the next 24 hours. We've never been in this situation in 17 years of selling fireworks. We thought 2020 was going to be the most difficult, but not ..

Well, here we are, April 2021. Who'd have thunk we'd just be coming out of another national lockdown.Fingers crossed, that with the push on vaccinations, come June 21st things will be back to the "Old" Normal, I don't like the "New" one.Last year, I can only describe it as "Carnage" in the shop. Getting locked down and told to close on Bonfire Nigh..

Whilst you're perusing fireworks you'll see reference to 1.3g or 1.4g at some point. So what is the difference? The reference to 1.3g and 1.4g purely relates to the storing and transportation of fireworks. it's as simple as that..... well not exactly. Nothing in fireworks is simple. All fireworks have a Hazard type and this is defined on the hse...

Compound fireworks are relatively new to us. Sorry to bore you again with a bit of legalization but it's fireworks, we get used to it.   All fireworks are controlled by various parts, weight, size, etc., and currently, under CE regulations no individual firework can contain more than 1000g of explosive powder and no tube can be more than 30mm...

Well hello again, firework fans! Yes, we know what you’re thinking: “Where have you lot been hiding?” And that’s a fair question. While it may have looked like we vanished into a puff of smoke, the truth is far less mysterious and far more productive — we’ve been quietly (okay, noisily) working behind the scenes to bring you our most exciting firew..