Fire!We were all in my aunt's kitchen at the back of her huge rambling Victorian house. I was only small and had wandered off to go to the loo, but given up after finding the hall full of smoke. "That was quick," my mum said after a few minutes. "Yes - it's all smoky," I replied.
I've never seen adults move so fast.
So, like my cousin who'd managed to set fire to the roof, tell us your fire stories.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Nov 2005, 9:11)
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Topical bonfire night storyour most memorable Guy Fawkes Night was when a local pub, known to be a hangout for the local bikers, somehow raised almost £1000 to spend on fireworks one year.
They didn't bother with a bonfire, but all trooped out to the car park to set all the fireworks off at around 8pm, by which time most of them were pretty well oiled (as it were). After a short while though the novelty wore off, plus it was raining, so they decided to chuck a match in the box of remaining fireworks and run indoors to watch the resulting display....
We heard the explosion from here (at least a mile away), windows were broken up and down the High Street, and three roofs caught fire (including that of the pub itself)
Sadly the brewery called time on the pub after that and it got shut down and "refurbished". Nobody at all goes there any more.
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Ptolemy the man with the silent pea, Sun 6 Nov 2005, 11:48,
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