Talking Telford: An annual fireworks furore in illuminating times
We’re quite a ways into November, which means the traditional west Telford firework cavalcade is well and truly upon us.
It begins every year around Bonfire Night and then goes on for weeks or even months: every couple of nights without warning, the cold, black skies over Lawley suddenly burst into vibrant life, multicoloured explosions accompanied by a volley of thunderous cracks. It can be over in an instant, or last half an hour or so. It goes beyond the traditional early November displays and seems to be a feature of evenings in Lawley pretty much throughout winter.
Luckily for me, I don’t have any anxious pets or small children, don’t work night shifts and tend to find the firework displays captivating – but by and large the good people of Facebook don’t agree, and this time of year the neighbourhood gossip pages are always full up with complaints about the displays and what the complainants see as the inconsideration of their organisers.
