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Old Standard selection boxes and their contents

Started by Guest_Anthony_* , Mar 02 2006 02:13 PM

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#1 Guest_Anthony_*

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Posted 02 March 2006 - 02:13 PM

These were pricey but very very good in the old days, and had a myriad of super delights that excited any child;
Standard Highball
Standard Shooting Star
Standard Pinwheel
Standard Screecher
Standard Air b**b
Standard Floodlight
Standard Super Sonic Bang
Standard Star Shell
Standard Rainbow
Standard Animated Fountain
Standard Silver Rain
Standard Screecher Repeater
Standard Air b**b Repeater
Standard Star Shell Repeater
Standard Jewelled Pyramid
Standard Mount Vesuvius
Standard Firefly
Standard Snow Storm
Standard Animated Fountain
Standard Carnival Spray
Standard Golden Zodiac
Standard Coloured Niagara
Standard Silver Fountain
Standard Traffic Lights
Standard Shimmering Cascade
Standard Scarlet Fury
Standard Animated Roman Candle
Standard Coloured Roman Candle
Standard Diamond Cascade
These were ALL very nice indeed;it's a shame that Standard couldn't (under chinese manufacture) bring back these family favourite classic fireworks (apart from Air b**b and Super Sonic Bang/Air b**b Repeater which are illegal anyway) under a new range of garden and display firework selection boxes called "Standard Classics". That would be very nice indeed! I would like to see these effects again because they showed the Standard brand to be "all that's best in fireworks" with innovation and individuality in each one. What does anybody else think?

Edited by Anthony, 03 March 2006 - 10:18 AM.

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#2 EnigmaticBiker

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Posted 02 March 2006 - 07:02 PM

That list takes me back a fair way, amazed to remember the names so well.

If I recall my favorites were the Highball, Silver Fountain and coloured Roman Candle.

They were all good, but then I was happy with whatever fireworks I could get.
I remember assembling my collection (usually a selection box and some loose packs) and looking at them over and over again, reading all the instructions and trying to work out what they would do.

It would be good to see them again.

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#3 smitthy

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Posted 15 March 2006 - 09:28 AM

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

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#4 phildunford

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Posted 18 March 2006 - 11:46 PM

For a bit of nostalgia take a look at The Firework Museum website which has pictures of old fireworks, advertising material and lots of interesting stuff - ahhh, I can smell the smoke!!

Teaching moft plainly, and withall moft exactly, the composing of all manner of fire-works for tryumph and recreation (John Bate 1635)