Issue 17

Back Issues

• RON LANCASTER looks forward to the future of the British firework trade, asking ‘Quo Vadis?’
• LOU NADIN looks back with more of those sights, sounds and smells from the 30s – an orgy of firework nostalgia
• CHRIS SQUYRES provides Fireworks’ annual look at his unconventional Independence Day celebrations
• JACK LEONARD looks at another US firework occasion – New Year’s Eve in Winchester, Virginia
• `How Times Change’ recalls the 30s when the Cub Scout Magazine was still allowed to assert that fireworks are fun!
• GEORGE AMABILINO provides descriptions of 10 unusual displays in 1989 – including Dusselva Festival and Glenlivet
• EILEEN AMABILINO presents a diary of a typical month in the life of those remarkable Amabilinos
• LOU NADIN describes the fireworks he won in Fireworks’ Astra Fireworks competition
• JANE CROKER reviews Victorian Dreams – fireworks by David Clough and Rick Faulkner in Bitts Park
• BARRY STURMAN completes his history of Pains-Wessex
• COLIN SEARLE recalls Festival Fireworks’ Armada 400 display
• TONY HINES reports that Brockham Bonfire is ‘still getting higher’
• CYRIL STAFFORD provides a useful, illustrated guide to small display technique

ALSO

INFORMATION EXCHANGE; PUBLICATIONS RAMBLE through books, periodicals and newspapers; PICTURES of an early Phoenix display, Standard and Wessex Fireworks, fireworks being made by Phoenix Fireworks in the 30s, Gloucester Docks display; GUY FAWKES – editorial; BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS – 23 new books, videos, prints, post card sets and periodicals; LETTERS; ROUND UP; ILLUSTRATIONS of early, little known advert from Pains, and cartoons from Guy Fawkes past.

WITH:

Fusillades – just what were they?; History of Randle’s Fireworks – once the biggest in London; Rockets and their history; Labels available for exchange; Cases and chemicals available for sale from factory clear-out (to trade only); A lady with a future in fireworks; Troubles with Chinese imports; Alain Hubert in USA; Country life editor argues for fireworks; Beautiful Lady Brocket gets a helping hand – from Fantastic Fireworks; Harrogate display; Fireworks – ideal for business promotions; Crystal Palace FC get lit up – with fireworks; Charlton Athletic to follow?; New Standard Education & Training Centre opened by Consumer Affairs Minister; Birmingham’s firework ‘Show of the Century’; Guy Fawkes was a late corner! Early celebrations; BB Wholesale, Astra, Esco, Brock’s, Standard, Octavius Hunt, Tom Smith; Firework photography review; Those dreadfullystodgy firework articles – let’s liven them up; Fireworks – the result of a search for the elixir of life; Packaging fireworks at Standard; Sad loss of Lion and Excelsior MDs; British Standard in its first year; European St nadard to come; Glitter effects; A familyof Bonfire videos and memorabilia; Last volume of Shimizu; How much should a display cost?; Why Standard don’t export to USA; Phoenix Fireworks on the move; Firework directories again; Theatrical Pyrotechnics’ production plan; Rye fireworks; Lancework insults!