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This is the Conversation Forum for Planning for Guy Fawkes Night << Torture Pagan Origins >> Subject: Fireworks display Posted Oct 10, 2001 by Jeny (Professor of Cheesology, Apostrophe Executive)   Posting 1 When I was younger, my Dad always used to take us to the Bonfire Night display in Roundhay Park in Leeds. There's an enormous fire, and some of the best fireworks I have ever see - loads of Roman Candles, Rockets, Parachutes amongst others. There's also usually a special display done on a framework - the most memorable was a Dalek shoot out. Best of all, it's free, and very safe. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fireworks display Posted Oct 11, 2001 by Kit - pondering the shape of the world ... still round but with some bumps. This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Good Touch Jeny. Can we compile a general list of good public events, preferably with some measurements to allow our earstwhile community to make an informed choice ... what is the measurement of a good fireworks display? How about two measurements... 1. Spectacularity - Units £/second - surely the only meaningul measure of how big and frequent the bangs are. Some simple bands migh be: >1000 £/s - Incredible ... millennium Sydney and the like. 500 to 1000 £/s - Very big doo. Worth a long journey. 200 to 500 £/s - Good show, with time to say AAAAH and OOOOO lots. 100 to 200 £/s - Worth leaving the pub for, but not for long. 50 to 100 £/s - Futt, sqeak and it's over! <50 £/s - Your now on your back lawn. 2. Visibility - scale of 1,2, 3 - 1 = you can see everything, even the little ones on the ground; 2 = Only Rockets and Mortars visible; 3 = Only other people's heads visible, don't bother. To this end: Cheltenham Racecourse Fireworks - Spectacularity 300£/s, Visibility 2 Any more worth seeing? Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fireworks display Posted Oct 12, 2001 by Jeny (Professor of Cheesology, Apostrophe Executive) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 On the scale suggested above, the Roundhay Park display in Leeds would probably be Spectacularity 400£/sec Visibility 2.5 (if you stand further back on the hill you'll see everything, if you're closer to the front in the crowd then you might miss some low lying stuff) Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fireworks display Posted Oct 14, 2001 by Frankie Roberto This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 It's a bit difficult to judge the £/s thing, unless you know how much it cost and how long it went on for. Also there's no guarantee that the same size show will be on at the same place every year. The best advice I think is just to look around and see what's happening locally. In London, newspapers and magazines (like Time Out) usually print listings of displays that are taking place. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: Fireworks display Posted Oct 27, 2001 by lw - ck This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 i went to a special one at Alnwick castle (which is only 9 miles away) for the millenium, but it was on jan 6th. It lasted an hour and on your scales it was >£1000/s =3. It was amazing CK Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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