In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
OTOH with every weekend a saint's day somewhere or other, professional firework displays seem to take place every seven days regular as clockwork. One could run the kids to the town square and tell them mummy and daddy paid for everything.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[LEFT]Fireworks,
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Its always concerened me the way italian shops sell fireworks.
I mean, im from the uk and there fireworks have to be stored in a proper sealed protective units, etc...
Here in Italy, stacked on a shelf like any other product! No protection! An accident waiting to happen? The strange thing is you dont hear much about shops going up in flames as a result of this.
You can even buy them in the market around the new year period. (in the south)
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In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Last year we stood on the terrace, wine in hand, and enjoyed watching as the fireworks erupted all over the place at midnight on New years eve/day
The next day we watched all the TV reports of firework injuries and even deaths!
There is a huge move in Italy to reduce the carnage, but they have not reached the same level of public protection as in the UK yet.
[url]http://www.epicentro.iss.it/ben/precedenti/dicembre/1_en.htm[/url]
[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]In many parts of Italy, the New Year is celebrated with fireworks. Each year, more than a thousand fireworks injuries are reported, a substantial fraction of which occur in the Campania region of southern Italy. [/COLOR]
you will find most paper shops which also sell books and childrens toys have hundreds of the things.... just go to your nearest local town.... look in shop windows and if they sell childrens toys and books you will almost be sure to get fireworks over here...