Fireworks?

[Sue]

What are banging noises in North Cross Road area (and possibly wider)?

Doesn't sound like thunder.

Fireworks?

[solar]

I heard them near Goodrich School. Sounded like fireworks but couldn't see them. Seem to have stopped now.

[siousxiesue]

Heard them faintly Melbourne Grove/LL end. weird as quite prolonged but late too

[Sue]

Apparently fireworks somewhere near Old Street according to friend on Facebook.

Glad someone has found something to celebrate this week :(

[Elphinstone's Army]

Somerset House, for a private birthday party, in a city mourning

[Nigello]

Oh, come on: this is a city of several million people. Perhaps if it had been on the night after the fire or the next night, a cancellation or muting would have been appropriate, but going into a kind of mawkish hibernation is the very opposite of what London (and life) is about. We don't live real-life enactments of Twitter feeds or tabloid headlines!

[Inbetweener]

Happened to be on a train out of Charing Cross last night as they were starting. Set off from a barge near Waterloo Bridge, so does sound like that Somerset House thing. More money than sense...but we're no in a period of national mourning or anything, so if that's how they choose to waste their money...

[rendelharris]

Life goes on...I see the press have tried to make a big deal of it; as we were cycling along Lower Ground on Saturday there was an earsplitting roar very close overhead and I must admit for a second I did think 9/11...turned out to be the Red Arrows heading for the palace to wish Her Maj happy birthday, haven't seen any outcry over that celebration.

[dbboy]

Expect free fireworks tonight on Peckham Rye with the fair.

[PeckhamRose]

They were great! Sorry to all animals scared out of their fur. But still love fireworks. Sorry.

[uncleglen]

More bloody fireworks- bit insensitive given today's events imo

[Sue]

Yes just heard several loud bangs.

Are you sure it was fireworks?

[uncleglen]

It probably was as there were no sirens afterwards.

[KidKruger]

"More bloody fireworks- bit insensitive given today's events imo"

Come on man, most people with a party planned in ED won't park it / not set off their fireworks 'out of respect' for a failed bomb attempt in Parsons Green ?!

I'm not sure people are being insensitive (to whom ?) by 'carrying on'.

[rendelharris]

Seconded. If "we are not afraid" then let's act like it!

[lilolil]

Could see them Barry Road way. I'm in Hindmans

[JohnL]

More people out last night than normal on a Friday.

Saw a lot of people in celebration mode for some reason:)

[rendelharris]

More birthdays in September than any other month of the year - September 26th the most common. Christmas drinks have a lot to answer for!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Twas Battle of Britain Day yesterday. Maybe a commemoration do?

ps, v. interesting account of it here: http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0042.html

[uncleglen]

I suppose it could have been a salute by cannons then as there were only 2 bangs that I heard.

[Sue]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> I suppose it could have been a salute by cannons

> then as there were only 2 bangs that I heard.

I heard more than that.

But there was a brief flash of light before (or possibly after, I can't remember now) each one, which was weird. And they weren't very close together.

I thought it was thunder/lightning at first.

I looked out of the window but couldn't see any sign of fireworks.

[lilolil]

I saw them as previously mentioned. Fireworks.

[Vik]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> "More bloody fireworks- bit insensitive given

> today's events imo"

>

> Come on man, most people with a party planned in

> ED won't park it / not set off their fireworks

> 'out of respect' for a failed bomb attempt in

> Parsons Green ?!

> I'm not sure people are being insensitive (to whom

> ?) by 'carrying on'.

My first reaction to that post was exactly the same as yours... Then I realised this thread was started a couple of days after the Grenfell fire.

[KidKruger]

Yeah but uncleglens post yesterday at 7:57pm wasn't.