You probably will have heard or seen the spectacular fireworks display over HMS Illustrious last Thursday at 10pm. The Greenwich Phantom has some excellent pictures and it certainly made for an awesome spectacle.
But the next day, Malcolm contacted Greenwich.co.uk to make the point that because there didn’t seem to be any advanced notice or publicity for the fireworks, not as many people got to enjoy them as might otherwise have done so.
He also raised the issue of pet owners who would have wanted to keep their pets safely in, as advised to on Bonfire Night, had they known what was about to be unleashed into the sky at 10pm. Malcolm also tells me that one neighbour’s dog bolted when the noise started and had shown no sign of returning by the next day – hopefully he has been found safe and well since then.
I asked on Twitter what people thought about the fireworks and got a very different response from Peter, who wrote: “really enjoyed fireworks from back window. Kids loved them too.Delighted to have random displays from river. More please!”.
So, two very different perspectives on the Royal Navy’s evening display – but what did you make of it? Was it a nice surprise (after the damp squib helicopter flypast) or was it a night-time nuisance?
A couple of replies via Twitter:
Xanthevw – Loved them
jacquifreeman – nice surprise def, but more publicty would have been good – would have liked to go down and see them up close.