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THE MAGAZINE ABOUT FIREWORKS FOR OVER 28 YEARS

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July 2010: Hospitality available for British Firework Championships

June 2010: Issue 58 is out and avaiable. See contents and order

June 2010: Issue 58 is coming soon. Get a sneak preview

June 2010: Rare book by the Wells man who invented Mickey Mouse Fireworks' to go on sale

June 2010: Draw made for British Firework Championships

May 2010: 8th Malta International Fireworks Festival results announced

April 2010: Malta International Firework Festival - programme available here

April 2010: Are you entering for the British Firework Championships 2010? Then click here

March 2010: Jubilee victors in first Philippines International Pyromusical Competition

January 2010: Have your say on new safety guide

January 2010: Jubilee Fireworks to feature in new international competition

January 2010: Western Country Life mentions Fireworks (column 3; Sit Back and Relax)

January 2010: World Pyro Olympics postponed again

November 2009: Reaction win Scottish Championships

November 2009: Scottish Heat for British Firework Championships 2010

October 2009: Flashpoint Triumph in Southport in Musical Firework Championships

September 2009: Phoenix Triumph in Plymouth. Read about the British Firework Championships

August 2009: Firework tour of Japan details

July 2009: British Firework Championships announce hospitality evenings

April 2009: BSO Concerts - and they all have fireworks!

April 2009: 65th Anniversary of Normandy Landing - 25 firework displays

March 2009: Tarragona selects five companies from 25 applications

March 2009: Renegade Pyrotechnics Fire

March 2009: How to enter Tarragona International Competition: Specifications

February 2009: Cowes Regatta Display to be Cancelled?

February 2009: Entries Being Accepted Now For British Firework Championships 2009

February 2009: Escape the Winter chill and see some remarkable fireworks

February 2009: New issue of Fireworks now available

December 2008: Classification Workshop for Manufacturers and Importers of fireworks

November 2008: Lewes Borough Bonfire Society has a new website

October 2008: Chemical Conference in Germany

October 2008: Jubilee triumph at Southport

August 2008: Ex Wells' worker wishes to swap dummies etc.

August 2008: Pendragon are British Firework Champions

August 2008: Pembrokeshire Waterway Event cancelled

July 2008: Festival of Fireworks at Catton Hall

July 2008: Firework Champions competition coming up at Combermere. Check the details

July 2008: Enjoy hospitality evening and/or Industry Lunch at the British Firework Championships at Plymouth

July 2008: Firework Champions competition at Belvoir coming up. Check the details

June 2008: Fireworks in Tarragona most international competition ever

June 2008: Line up for British Firework Championships announced

June 2008: Winners of Scottish and Midlands Heats of British Fireworks Championships announced

June 2008: Will Pembrokeshire Waterway Event Go Ahead? Sponsor drops out

May 2008: Re-enactment of Michelangelo's firework display in Rome

May 2008: Scarcity of fireworks for the Guy Fawkes season - and big price rises

May 2008: Quebec International Firework Competition

May 2008: British Firework Championships London Heats cancelled

April 2008: Lily Fireworks Win Mechanical Ground Fireworks Competition in Malta

April 2008: Combermere and Belvoir Firework Championships 2008

April 2008: British Firework Championships: Star win northern heat - line up for May heats

February 2008: Programme for 2008 British Musical Firework 'Champion of Champions' event announced

January 2008: Specifications and entry form available for Tarragona. Act now - 1 February deadline

January 2008: Listen to the Editor of Fireworks talking on BBC Radio 4's Random Edition. More information

October 2007: Jubilee Win World Firework Championships and Champion of Champions Event

September 2007: Announcement of competition to become European Firework Championships

September 2007: Free demo of fireworks open to the public

September 2007: Firework company provides demonstration evening of their wares

September 2007: All back issues back in print following re-publishing programme. Get the ones you're missing

August 2007: Opportunity for companies to get good publicity through firework display

August 2007: Phoenix win British Musical Firework Championships, Pyromania Displays 2nd; Festival 3rd

August 2007: Pains first UK company to win Montreal

August 2007: Selstar Fireworks are British Firework Champions

August 2007: Six companies will contest British Musical Firework Championships

July 2007: British Firework Industry Conference at Plymouth at time of British Firework Championships.

July 2007: Firework Awards for 2006: Newsbox best shop

July 2007: Competitors announced for new style British Firework Championships

July 2007: Festival Fireworks have recovered from the recent explosion and are still going strong

July 2007: Maltese firework factory competes on world stage - in Rome

July 2007: Winners of Tarragona 'Great Prize of the Public' will be awarded €3,000

July 2007: British Firework Championships expand to first regional heats

June 2007: Important meeting for Trade regarding shells and mortars

May 2007: Pendragon wins Welsh Firework Championships

January 2007: New Rules for Disposal of Explosives

January 2007: Tarragona International Firework Competition - Specification and application released

January 2007: Cumulation issues (4-5; 6-7), and issues 12, 13 and 14 back in print

September 2006: Festival Fireworks Triumph at Southport

August 2006: Rocket Launch World Record confirmed by Guinness At Plymouth

August 2006: Jubilee win British Firework Championships Champion of Champions Event

August 2006: Firework Symposium for the Firework Industry. Details here

July 2006: Lineup for 2006 British Musical Firework Championships at Southport

July 2006: Celebratory 50th issue available View contents here and order

June 2006: News of Montreal firework competition June to July 2006

June 2006: Ron Lancaster's Fireworks: Principals and Practice - new edition out

May 2006: Tarragona details announced

April 2006: Fireworks website users now benefit from a further Firework book discount

March 2006: See an international firework competition in Malta. Details here

March 2006: BBC Dates announced for TV soap featuring a worker's recollections of a firework factory

September 2005: Two exhibitions of fireworks - recall those good old days

September 2005: Southport British Musical Firework Championships - competitors and details announced

September 2005: Issue 35 back in print. After over 5 years, during which it was out of print, it is available again - looking better than it did first time out!

August 2005: Fireworks' correspondent, Maurice Evans is on Antiques Roadshow. See pictures from the programme

August 2005: British Firework Championships results

August 2005: New course: check the details; other courses

August 2005: British Firework Championships will be bigger and better

August 2005: National Firework Museum still a live issue

July 2005: Tarragona Firework Competition results

June 2005: Competitors chosen for Tarragona International Firework Competition

June 2005: Dinton's Bonfire Banner in sad state of disrepair. Funds are sought. Full story

May 2005: Historical Gunpowder Works in Kent now open to visitors - free of charge

May 2005: Shugborough Festival details announced. All you need to know is here

April 2005: New technical book on pyrotechnics available

April 2005: Fireworks editor to appear in Worst Jobs in History, to be screened on 30 April 2006 at 5.55pm on Channel 4. More details

April 2005: Report of the 8th International Symposium on Fireworks and details of next year's Symposium

April 2005: International Canadian Competition details announced

April 2005: New service: Let us print your birthday, Christmas, special event cards - 60p per card. Check it now

January 2005: TESA Awards Dinner

January 2005: Firework Company makes big money for charity

January 2005: Collectors' items available. Issues 1-11 will not be re-printed. Very few left - Email first if buying

January 2005: Firework company directory - and database now available

January 2005: Directory of firework companies now available

January 2005: Course on Pyrotechnic Chemistry

December 2004: Tarragona International Firework Competition Specifications now available

December 2004: Changes to Firework Regulations

October 2004: Cumulations programme complete, bringing issue 1-11 back into print: 1 (issues 1-3); 2 (issues 4-5) 3 (issues 6-7); 4 (issues 8-9) and now 5 (issues 10-11)

September 2004: Museum at Hendon showing Eileen Amabilino's firework memorabilia

August 2004: Showplans and full details of British Firework Championships 2004

August 2004: British Firework Championships Results: 1st Alan Hillary; 2nd Sandling Fireworks; 3rd Jubilee. The full story is available here.

August 2004: Line up for Southport 2004

June 2004: How others see us - another view of fireworks

May 2004: Firework exhibition in Malta of interest to the Firework World

April 2004: New Consultation Paper

October 2003: British Musical Firework Championships 2004 - Allstar Triumph!

August 2003: Jubilee win at Plymouth

August 2003: Spitfire win at Southport

August 2003: British Firework Championships 2003 event- Detail and comment

July 2003: Lou Nadin, one of Fireworks most evocative writers who died in 2003. As a tribute, we have reproduced his articles from Fireworks for free viewing. They include general recollections of past fireworks, specifically pinwheels, bangers, Shrewsbury Flower Show display, the Coronation display, Liverpool Festival fireworks, and fireworks at Belle Vue, Manchester. Be patient while loading; there are a lot of articles to load!

August 2002: British Firework Championships - Natasha Webb gives a full account

 

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