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Guy Fawkes is generally cancelled for all of you in the UK, yes ? (Original Post) steve2470 Nov 2020 OP
Only England and, separately, Wales are in lockdown. Ghost Dog Nov 2020 #1
As I sit here, I can hear volleys of fireworks across the Firth of Clyde in Greenock/Gourock. Denzil_DC Nov 2020 #2
Loads of people still letting off fireworks T_i_B Nov 2020 #3
Not completely LeftishBrit Nov 2020 #4

Denzil_DC

(7,949 posts)
2. As I sit here, I can hear volleys of fireworks across the Firth of Clyde in Greenock/Gourock.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:16 PM
Nov 2020

They always have relatively small displays (i.e big for a private display/not massive for a public one) in parks dotted around that locality. I think we get a prettier view than those attending do.

There's usually a really big public display on Greenock waterfront, but I didn't notice whether it happened this year as our neighbours were trying to hold their own wee display on their back lawn right outside our living room window (I think their fireworks must have been damp, as most of them fizzled out).

T_i_B

(14,800 posts)
3. Loads of people still letting off fireworks
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:14 PM
Nov 2020

Either in their gardens at home or teenagers breaking lockdown and congregating in parks.

Just no public fireworks displays this year.

LeftishBrit

(41,305 posts)
4. Not completely
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 07:35 PM
Nov 2020

Organized public displays, and parties mixing households, are banned in England and Wales; not sure about elsewhere in the UK. However, families with gardens or any outside spaces can still have Bonfire Night, and certainly there've been quite a few fireworks in my neighbourhood; probably more than usual because the public displays aren't happening.

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