Should fireworks be low-noise and restricted to official displays?

As Bonfire Night approaches and fireworks illuminate the skies across the UK, opinions vary across the town about firework displays and their noise.

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00:00I would love them, but people like them, so no noise, official only.

00:14I agree with that because out on the farmlands with the animals, it's not fair on them and

00:21it causes a lot of stress to old people and to animals, so yes, restricted with two official

00:28displays only. Yep, same here, I don't disagree at all because they're outnumbering me.

00:37Well I think that fireworks, they can be very dangerous and I think it's better to use them

00:42in controlled situations with responsible adults where everyone can be kept safe,

00:49rather than out where accidents can happen and the results can be disastrous

00:56for children and for grown-ups. My father used to light the bonfire every bonfire night

01:02but he was very strict and we had to keep all the fireworks in a box

01:06and no one ever got injured, so that's what I think. I think it should be restricted to

01:14organised events and stuff. I don't like it when it's just in local areas and

01:21back of people's gardens and stuff like that, and it's a lot better for

01:27protection and I've got animals as well, so it kind of upsets those as well, so I think it's

01:33better if it's somewhere like somewhere out of town maybe, you know, something like that.

01:39Now to when I had them, they're more dangerous now, they're loud and I think they sold them

01:48far too early and they're letting them off any time before, not on the day, you know,

01:55weeks before, I've heard them going off already and I just think displays, handle properly,

02:05job done, you know, finished. For me definitely, organised displays, safety totally the main

02:12concept and what you say, use them half the year round, no, so just for me totally, safety,

02:19nothing about gardens, they're not the same as they were 30-40 years ago, they're like rockets

02:24now, proper rockets, so safety first, displays only. Thank you.