SBAD-FireworksMag70 - Bennett #70 Summer 2016

It gives you a wallow in firework's past:

• J H Sharpe's record of 50 years as a traveller for BrockÃs - written in 1939 and published, for the first time, in Fireworks;
• Memoirs of the Rip Rap Queen - Barbara Burn

It covers unique events:

• Passfire is ready for your viewing

If you use or trade in fireworks, it provides what you need to know:

• J Larry Mattingly provides advice on determining positions for angle firing;

• Legislation and regulation reviewed;

• News from the BFA and BPA
  

It delves into firework history:

• The Fred Rowcliffe Story - Chris Pearce continues the biography of StandardÃs early stalwart into the twenties;

• Graham Caldwell writes of his pyrotechnist great grandfather;

• Barry Sturman traces the history of Frederick James Bishop - his company was amalgamated into Crane's;

• Henry Trengrouse and Hengler's Fireworks - Michael Baldwin and Katherine Ashton investigate the history

It amuses and entertains you:

• Sturtz cartoons;

• Elaine Moore shows how the press distorts firework coverage

It supplies firework news from around the world:

• Las Fallas 2016 - Simon Harding was there;

• From Europe to Asia - Hannah Clarkson and Charlie Heeley-Cregan recall PyrotexÃs achievements

It provides you with colourful firework photographs:

• Paul Brock with images from London New Year;

• Ian Cramman with stunning pictures from Blackpool;

• Colour pictures from Malta and Valencia

It gives you illustrated nostalgia:

• Standard firework workers from the 30s;

• Standard cartoons;

• Standard dummy board;

• Catherine wheels, mines and fountains;

• Jumping crackers;

• Previously unknown fireworks discovered - Silshine Fireworks and Anglocentrop Ltd. - see their products here;

• Chinese cracker labels

It provides the unusual:

• John Lockwood remembers Christmas crackers of yore;

• J Larry Mattingly describes fireworks over Alaska;

• nthony Lealand describes his problems in moving magazines, and his success in paying respects to the departed with fireworks;

•  Hold in the hand Catherine wheels - yes they did exist;

• At last, a picture of Smokey Joe

Also:

• Pressures on firework companies increase;

• New BPA Chair;

• Biggest firework lovers? Icelanders! Dutch fireworks failing safety standards;

• Drones cause Disney firework problems;

• Tree flowers in China;

• Threat to our periods of sale;

• New HSE Strategy;

• The tie-up between Hengler and Cannon Fireworks;

• Southby and Randle adverts illustrated
  
  Writing in this issue: Elaine Moore; Chris Pearce; Andy Hubble; Graham Caldwell; J Larry Mattingly; John Halfpenny; Simon Harding; Barry Sturman; Anthony Lealand; John Lockwood; Hannah Clarkson; Charlie Heeley-Cregan; Ron Lancaster; J H Sharpe; Jesse Veverka; Michael Baldwin; Katherine Ashton; Barbara Burn; Photography by Paul Brock and Ian Cramman