any casualties out there

chav1 · 06-11-2005, 13:50

just wondering if anyone suffered any injuries last night

i was hit in the leg last night by a firework and got a cracking lump and bruise where i was hit lol

edit:

no i wasnt trying to blowing myself up before you ask

Tealeaf · 06-11-2005, 14:07

How many had you had to drink at the time?

chav1 · 06-11-2005, 14:14

just enough beer to dull the pain as to only cause a slight limp lol

i was the victim here i was merely a bystander on this occasion , trust me if i wanted to blow myself up i would do it propper

SPUGGIE J · 06-11-2005, 15:32

Stayed in doors as it was like the western front around me last night.

cashman · 06-11-2005, 16:22

no injuries i know of locally,but was interested to read that a good few children @ adults were injured in kettering at an organised bonfire,a rocket apparently hit the 15'000 crowd, and i'm one who believes in organised bonfires!!!

WillowTheWhisp · 06-11-2005, 22:49

The only ones we saw were from well inside the house. No injuries apart from ears because they were/are so LOUD!

SPUGGIE J · 06-11-2005, 23:31

There will be some here if I get my hands on those still playing with their fireworks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

katex · 06-11-2005, 23:42

Well, I sincerely hope no one was injured ... wouldn't like to see this tradition go anyway.
I was once a casualty on Bonfire Night when I was 13 years old, not in the traditional way though. Was a bit of a Tomboy then, and you know the coytes how they join up to next door with a 2' drop .. well was up there watching the bonfire in the back street, which we had spent weeks labouring over the wood collecting. Must have got carried away and jumped down the 10' drop into the back yard instead of the 2' drop. Finished up with both wrists broken and heavy concussion. Naturally, to add to my embarassment, the Observer had to make a big thing of it, and THEN was featured in their 30 years ago (or whatever) article. !!

SPUGGIE J · 06-11-2005, 23:45

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Originally Posted by katex

Well, I sincerely hope no one was injured ... wouldn't like to see this tradition go anyway.
I was once a casualty on Bonfire Night when I was 13 years old, not in the traditional way though. Was a bit of a Tomboy then, and you know the coytes how they join up to next door with a 2' drop .. well was up there watching the bonfire in the back street, which we had spent weeks labouring over the wood collecting. Must have got carried away and jumped down the 10' drop into the back yard instead of the 2' drop. Finished up with both wrists broken and heavy concussion. Naturally, to add to my embarassment, the Observer had to make a big thing of it, and THEN was featured in their 30 years ago (or whatever) article. !!

Not the claim to fame you wanted on bonfire night then. Have fond memories of wood collecting its splinters cuts etc but never anything serious.

cashman · 06-11-2005, 23:49

know what you mean katex- i was one too- embarassment 11 year old boy thought it was great cos it was gonna be in the observor- they spelt my sodding name wrong (brain) got some real stick off me mates lolll

mani · 06-11-2005, 23:57

probably the first bonfire i've had where i havent accidently set a house on fire...

usually my own house