Remember, remember the 5th of November, or not???
OK, last night was Guy Fawkes night (aka. bonfire night, fireworks night), and I was up quite late, but I don’t actually remember hearing any fireworks go off. I remember when I was a kid, the week leading up to the 5th November and a few days after, there was no chance in hell that you could sleep, because of all the noise from fireworks and air-bangers. I was completely shocked, as was David, we were really baffled, maybe this country really is in recession? Is there any other answer?
Bring back crazy youths and their fireworks!!! 
Hi, I agree, I'm near wealthy Highgate, London and it's gone from a two week cavalcade of flashes and bangs to a few bangs recently combined with a few flashes last night . I sent round an email entitled “Do quiet skies foretell doom” a few days ago to friends. One local did agree but thought that it had been decreasing the last few years. I'm no economist but wasn't the fear of spending what made the Japanese 1990's recession last a decade and that was in an economy that had something real to sell, not services mainly in a totally discredited banking sector like the UK. The similarities to that are interesting and the Nikkei today is at levels of 25 years ago, ominous for anyone mad enough to gamble on the stock market.
Hi,Here's an alternative explanation:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/ol...There seem to be more fireworks tonight and I just rang my local Sainsbury's and they are out of fireworks. I now think it is a combination of the Chinese shortage, the 5th occurring on a Wednesday, a very wet Saturday last week , possible long-term decline in firework use with a bit of recession thrown in.
Yes, that might explain it.
Yes that might explain it.
Tbh I was glad for this. I quite like fireworks on bonfire night, but I hate that the run-up the bonfire night usually consists of teenagers lettings off fireworks all night. It gets annoying.