El Fuego Danza

P.S. I am in the U.K.

Thanks, Arthur.
Yes, the Microdets seem to be the job.
However, I've looked at the Le Maitre web-site and I'm having diiculty in getting prices and order forms.
Is there any specific licence required to buy/use these? or will my cat4 cover them?
regards, Roy.

Is there anyone local(ish) to Southport willing and able to find a suitable hotel where those that want can discuss fireworks into the small hours? and preferably in the £ range rather than £££££!

Hi, Arthur,
We stayed at THE GARDEN COURT guest house,
22 Bank Squere, PR9 0DG, for last year's Southport comp.
I only live 20 miles away, but trying to get in and out each night is horrible traffic-wise, so we stay over.
It is basic, but it's clean and comfortable.
You get a good FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST as well as toast and cereals, and as much tea and coffee as you need!
The rooms are all centrally heated and have T.V and tea/coffee facilities (ie: a kettle and cups).
Most rooms are en-suite at no extra cost, but you would have to check with them direct...

As for us, we have just re-booked for this year as we found Southport VERY DIFFICULT to book accommodation nearer the time.
The location of this guest house is about a 5 minutes walk from the display area and is local enough to the town centre to walk to and from if you wish to visit the pubs and restaraunts etc... but is not so close as to be inconvenient when you want to go to bed.

They don't have their own bar (which keeps it quiet), but they do allow residents to use the breakfast room (with full size T.V.) as late as they like as long as you don't disturb the other guests...
This is ideal for after-dinner relaxation and gossip with your own (much cheaper beer) or even make use of the guest houses own crockery and cutlery if you want to bring back a take-away or put the kettle on, as they do allow this.

Direct contact for the GARDEN COURT... www.gardencourtsouthport.co.uk

To be honnest, I wouldn't stay a week or two, but for a clean, comfortable week-end break, it's enough and it's relatively cheap! About £25/£30 per person per night, but you may get a deal if there a good few of you, or if you're staying all three nights.
Best Regards, Roy.
P.S Let me know where you end up staying, it would be good to meet up with you and yours.

First of all, my appolgies to COLD COLOURS, as I seemed to haven "stolen" your thread.

Secondly, thanks to ALL for your wise and kind words regarding my friend's incident, I'm glad you all seem to understand why I felt it neccessary to put out this warning.

I will ask Paul (the friend in question), if he can remember the "recipie" and, if he is willing to talk about it, I will post the details in a new thread under the heading "HOW NOT TO MAKE A FIREWORK".

And to end this message, I would like to wish COLD COLOURS good luck with your latest creation, it seems with the help of this lot on UKPS, you should do OK.
BUT REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, DON'T B&Q IT!

Regards, Roy.

P.S. How do I "cut" quotes from this forum in order to answer folks questions individualy?, and is it possible to send a message to a specific member via the forum?...
Rather than clog up COLD COLOURS' thread any longer, members can contact me direct with this info via email @ SteelemagicInc@aol.com
Thanks again, guys, for re-assuring me that have, at last, found a whorthwhile forum containg members with deceny and common sense!
Chat soon, Roy.

Hi, Seymore and Cold Colours,
Sorry, I seemed to have stepped on a few toes here!
I didn't realise that the forum contained members who actually manufacture Pyro devices / effects.

My only reason for joining this forum was to try to find a pro-pyro team to join, and to further my knowlage of fusing and timing etc with a view to being involved with more organised firework displays.

My appollogies if I have upset any-one, but on reading the post from Cold Colurs, I thought it better to risk an up-set rather than risking someone-else loosing a limb. (You never know how experienced some-one is , or is'nt, or for that matter, which non-member of this forum is reading the last few pages right now, as I did for a few weeks before joining)!

As regards the details of my friends "accident", I can only confirm that the "recipie" was found somewhere on the internet (even if I knew where, I would not post the address just incase any-one else chose to use it),and also, it was frieghtened to discover, that the entire constituants were availlable at local chemists, DIY stores and Gardening suppliers.

I have a few susspected chemicals in mind, ( and others which I know where used) though, for obviouse reasons, I am reluctant to name them!
The device he was trying to make was supposed to be a kind of "candell" effect,which was contained within a 3/4 " copper tube of about 8" long.
After mixing the compounds and loading them into the copper piping, he simply picked up the tube to take it outside to try it...

He didn't even get to leave his kitchen!

The compound was so voletile that the mere motion of picking it up was enough to make it fire!

The overall result of this "experiment", was that he spent the next three weaks in hospital (having his life saved), he lost his left arm from the elbow down, and therefore has had to re-learn everything from driving to tying his shoe laces, all this on top of keeping a wife and two kids!

As for me, well, I had the un-enviable task of re-building his kitchen before he got out of hospital.
This should have been a straight forward job for me, being a self-employed plumber at the time.

However, having to take down kitchen units which looked like they have been blasted with a shot-gun, digging bits of your best mates bones out of the ceiling before you start, and finding his left hand NEXT DOOR BUT TWO, sort of takes it's toll!

So now you know why I suggested using only proffessionally made pyro's!

Again, my appollogies to any-one who makes their-own...NO OFFENCE INTENDED!

I ONLY WANTED TO WARN THE UN-INFORMED!

I don't expect any sympathy for my mate, as he took it upon him-self to try this stuff, but I sincerely hope that this message will make ANYONE think twice or more about what they do with Pyro technology.
I only wish my mate had discovered this forum 10 years ago!
Thanks to people on this site, we will hopefully make our hobby safe for all!
Regards, Roy.