Issue 37
FIREWORKS: THE MAGAZINE ABOUT FIREWORKS FOR OVER 40 YEARS
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Main items are:
- Profile of Le Maitre’s Top Lady: John Bennett talks to Karen Haddon
- Whither Legislation: John Bennett considers the situation
- Whatever Happened to Bonfire Night?: Lou Nadin asks the question
- Victimised – Because You’re a Firework Man: Jack Drewes reports
- Benson & Hedges 1999: Natasha Webb and Paul Marriott were in Montreal for Fireworks
- Our Australian Correspondent’s been Globe Trotting: Barry Sturman with news from all over
- Obituaries: Sadly we have to report the death of one of Fireworks‘s greatest characters, George Amabilino. Also Miklos Menis of Theatre of Fire and Duncan MacGregor of Dragonfire.
- Letter from America: Our US Correspondent has news from across the pond
- Internet Round-up: from Paul Tierney
- Major New Book: Chris Pearce provides the review
- News from the British Pyrotechnists’ Association: Ron Lancaster considers transportation
- With Dangerous Consequences: Wendy Neal provides a fascinating account of events leading up to the Explosives Act 1875 – when firework mayhem reigned
- PGI Convention Report: Paul Birch was there for Fireworks
- Tower of Light on Tory Island: Article from Liz Pugh
- Double Helping of Nostalgia: Phil Jones considers the 1980s, and Mal Mack, Australian Guy Fawkes’ celebrations in the 1930s
- World Catherine Wheel Record Broken: Andrew Brooks records the achievement of those Newick Bonfire Boys
- Fourth of July in California: Chris Squyres provides his annual report
and…
- Double helping of colour pages – Britannia and Crane’s nostalgia: Pictures: Benson & Hedges display in colour
- Letters
- Round-up
- Guy Fawkes (editorial)
- Books & publications – two advisory booklets, directories, videos and CD
with…
- The absurdity of banning any fireworks
- Control of Fireworks Bill laid to rest
- Government document – we will not ban retail sale, no legislation on its way
- Creeping reduction in firework types
- Threat to Bonfire
- Firework insurance
- Australian traders still flout the firework ban
- Millennium madness
- Forthcoming pyro events
- Is your debris worth a mint? Chris Pearce at the Dome
- Shells fired horizontally! Send a firework email
- New NPFA safety distances
- Fireworks in Vegas
- Japanese displays