Hi, Got this AIP kit of the Thunderbird 1 launch bay. My local model shop had a window display of Thunderbirds kits in 2021! It needed a lot...

This is how we were warned about Sparklers on TV in the 1970's! Ouch!

These two occasions, which bubble up just before the Christmas season kicks in, have waxed and waned  in popularity in my opinion. Halloween...

Hi Woodsy. Although Bonfire Night is not celebrated here in the States, it is still a fine time of year for an outdoor bonfire. Were having ...

I 've read somewhere ages ago that Moondust smells of spent gunpowder! Is this correct as I have no way of verifying it. Moonbase is in ...

  These public information films used to scare the bejeesus out of me! I suppose that was the intention! Do you remember them readers?

 I enjoyed this compilation on You Tube! What do you think?

  All I can recall is the humble Banger! What else did we let off readers back in the day? Was there just Standard Fireworks for sale?

Courtesy of Bernard Dunne

As Scoop said, its November the Fifth today. Bonfire Night here in the UK. I loved it as a kid. It was MUCH bigger than Halloween then,...

The gloomy misty evenings of Autumn remind me of those distant darkening nights before the start of Winter when I was a kid, that fuzzy fog...

Listen for the tune the last few seconds. Its what I think of on Bommy night! [can't find a copy of the proper old Standard F...

For the Bonfire lighters, the firework starters, for those that light the blue touch paper; For the pie and peas makers, the beer ser...