SBAF-FireworksMag72 - Bennett #72 Summer 2017

It gives you a wallow in fireworksà past: Bob Barclay remembers his firework nights in England; Ian Craig recalls the end of Wellsà Fireworks at Dartford in a new series; Dick Smith makes the bonfire smoke again - with his poem

It remembers: 2 sadly departed stalwarts of the firework world: David Mussell and Malcolm Armstrong

It amuses and entertains you: Sturtz cartoons; Elaine Moore questions our memories of firework displays; Wilf Scott has another book for us - Chris Pearce examines it; John Lockwood looks at Mark Twain and fireworks; Fireworks in your coffee: there are in Japan! - Barry Sturman with the pictures; Maria Hingerty casts a zany look at ÃCrackersà in her own inimitable style

It provides the unusual: How to teach firework display techniques - in Australia - Clive Featherby tells us how he does it; Claudine Taylor fought her way to firework fame - and records the events; John Halfpenny recalls the fire at Tutbury on its 25th anniversary; A Wellsà firework reappears after 62 years - in California (we have a picture)

It gives you illustrated nostalgia: Standard Fireworks illustrations - fireworks, adverts and posters; BrockÃs firework factory - then and now; Victory fireworks from HammondÃs of Edinburgh - we have pictures; And of hitherto unseen Rainbow bangers

Also: Drones replace fireworks; New Directory information; New, Indian, machine to reduce firework accidents; RomeÃs mayor thwarted in her attempt to ban fireworks; Isle of Man law makers fined for breaking their own firework regulations; Bathing in fireworks - ancient ritual in Putian City

Writing in this issue: Ron Lancaster, Elaine Moore, John Lockwood, John Bennett, John Halfpenny, Darryl Fleming, Chris Pearce, Jesse Veverka, Andy Hubble, Barry Sturman; Tony Brett Young; Clive Featherby; Claudine Taylor; Dick Smith; J D Cameron; Maria Hingerty; Dick Smith; Ian Craig