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[Rhodri]

It's a full moon tonight.



Let the "lunatiks" go.....

[bernie]

Yes Rhodri , I would be very interested in getting my grubby little hands on a couple of those labels. Thanks for the offer. Don't matter none if they ain't old. I'll keep em til they are.

Hey Kieth, you hit the nail on the head when you drifted off into a dreamy fireworks memory. Can't remember what I did at work yesterday but I can think back to when I was a kid and had just scored a pack of crackers.

[andy]

Sorry to have to admit that I have the collecting bug and have been after all those 70's and 80's fireworks and lables that I spent somany hours pouring over.

Beware though it's an addictive pursuit !!

PS if anyone has any old bits and pieces they are willing to part with please let me know !!

Edited by andy, 24 January 2004 - 11:01 PM.

[motormouth]

I was given a big bag full of inert stuff from Standard Fireworks from the final years of manufacture at Huddersfield.

Hi

Do you have any photos of these you could put up please ?

[invision]

About a year ago I was given a bag of old firecrackers and jumping jacks by a family friend who had lung cancer and unfortunately died soon after.
These were from his youth when he was about 15 and stopped playing with firecrackers and packaged up what he had. I tested the ones that I had duplicates of and amazingly they still worked excellently. The rest I emptied the finely granulated BP out of and have in my room.

The guy who gave them to me was about 58 when he passed away so I guess those fireworks are about 1950-60. There are about 20 different ones and the have names like block buster and london terror.

[Mortartube]

Which companies manufactured them?

[invision]

STANDARD - Cannon
Little DEmon
THunderbolt

A WESSEX FIREWORK (Made by Waeco) - Block BUster
Blasted
Mighty Atom

PAINS - Cannon Crasher
Zing Boom
Little Terror
London Rouser

BENWELL - Penny Banger

WIZARD - Martian charge


The Jumping Jacks had no brand name so I set them off last summer. All the bangers were priced about 1 to 1 1/2 pence.

Edited by invision, 06 March 2004 - 11:59 AM.

[Firefiend]

Probably worth a good ?100 or so to a collector, if in excellent condition :-)

[invision]

Yeah theyre in excellent condition, no marks. im probably not gonna sell them thou, I could do with a hundred quid but it wouldnt feel right selling them.

[adamw]

And I bet you are slightly annoyed now that you 'tested' some! If you feel guilty selling them why not donate / put them on show at the fireworks exhibition at the Royal Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey

[kanonslag]

I,m a firecracker collector from the netherlands and I see that the crackers in england are different then in Holland. Take a look on my website for information and labels from Holland,germany,belgium & french stuff. The website is not ready availeble in the englisch language but soon it is. kanonslagen.com

On the picture below old Thundercrackers and Tigerheads label between 1977-1980 and nowaday's no more to get !!



enjoy my site!!

[smitthy]

hi all
this is my first post so hello to everybody im a collector of firework memorabillia and have read with some amusement about the price people think old firworks are worth i may have what is deemed as a large collection maybe 1500 old fireworks all british all inert and dating from 1930 to the 1990's [ all blue touch paper or green in a few cases] i have and would never will pay more than ?2 for a banger of any period i cant understand where these really silly prices have come from its a shame as its is spoiling a great hobby beings all most of us collect for is to rekindle our youth and a passion for shop fireworks
anybody has a favorite old firework which there not seen sinse there childhood ive a few still missing from my collection which i wish i had
pains - krackerjak
pains - fireball
pains - snow queen
wessex - snowdrop fountain
standard - hovercraft
standard - apollo

anybody with any of these for swapping ive plenty of swaps

[adamw]

I recommend this book:

http://www.amazon.co...=glance&s=books

It is mostly American but has an index of all the labels, history, brands etc etc and is full colour with lots of pictures.

[kanonslag]

Hi Adam , I have this book but there are only old american labels in it

[Arthur Brown]

Anyone want some Standard sparkler wrappers? C/w sparklers for collection only.