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To HMS Sultan bonfire tonight. The ground in places was like a quagmire, thankfully it became more solid and grassy the nearer you got to the spectator perimeter fence around the bonfire and firework area. The queue for gourmet burgers was pretty long but I was served after about a quarter of an hour and made it to the fence with the bonfire having not long been lit.
The bonfire as usual was a large haystack-shaped structure composed largely of wooden pallets. We watched the flames grow steadily until the bonfire was burning spectacularly. There was a huge crowd gathered around the perimeter fence, you got bumped into here and there and frequently had to step out of the way of family groups seeking vantage points where they could all stand together.
The MC, a DJ from local station Wave 105, got the crowd to count down to the start of the firework display. For the next twenty minutes a riot of beautiful colour filled the air, much of it from dots of red or green which soared skywards before exploding out in all directions, with plenty of star shells and shooting sky rockets too. The show ended with reds and whites making pretty patterns that lingered in the sky. The display was accompanied by songs I guessed to be contemporary hits; the only one I recognised was, fittingly, Katy Perry’s Firework.
With many towns now scrapping their firework celebrations, citing rising costs, I was gratified to see the large crowd tonight. I’m proud to be from a town that retains a thriving bonfire. Long may it remain so.
The bonfire as usual was a large haystack-shaped structure composed largely of wooden pallets. We watched the flames grow steadily until the bonfire was burning spectacularly. There was a huge crowd gathered around the perimeter fence, you got bumped into here and there and frequently had to step out of the way of family groups seeking vantage points where they could all stand together.
The MC, a DJ from local station Wave 105, got the crowd to count down to the start of the firework display. For the next twenty minutes a riot of beautiful colour filled the air, much of it from dots of red or green which soared skywards before exploding out in all directions, with plenty of star shells and shooting sky rockets too. The show ended with reds and whites making pretty patterns that lingered in the sky. The display was accompanied by songs I guessed to be contemporary hits; the only one I recognised was, fittingly, Katy Perry’s Firework.
With many towns now scrapping their firework celebrations, citing rising costs, I was gratified to see the large crowd tonight. I’m proud to be from a town that retains a thriving bonfire. Long may it remain so.
