BANG BANG BANG
I went to see the fireworks in Clapham common last night with my friend.
We wrapped up warm got to the common early and ate hotdogs and toffee apples, then my friend decided that she wanted sparklers.
Sometimes London disapoints me hugely. When I was a kid almost every shop in my town sold fireworks but although we trawled Clapham we just couldn't find any place that sold them. We went back sadly to the common (moaning at this point - what on earth is the point of fireworks night without sparklers and a bonfire with a guy?). As we rounded the corner a little old man with a shopping trolley slunk out of the shadows.
'Wanna buy some sparklers ladies?' He said in his best cockney and I swear I saw the artful dodger behind him.
'Oh yes sir, I think you will find that we absolutely do!' I said shaking his fingerless mittened hand with glee.
Sparklers purchased we hurried back to the common where we witnessed a fantastic display with two boys who we had swapped a couple of sparklers (and the bite of a toffee apple - mine) for a lighter. We oohhhhed and aahhhed ad clapped our mittened hands.
The air smelled like the 5th November and London put up on a damn fine show! I was damn proud (although one of the boys we had picked up was muttering something about his council tax going up in smoke).
Even though it took me a million hours to get home, my gloves are covered in toffee, my coat is covered in mustard and I think I might have a bit of sparkler in my eye - I had a fantastic time.
Bring on Christmas now - I'm ready for the fairy lights and mince pies.
D x x
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(6.11.03 10:55) That's what Bonfire night is all about! I went to the gym, and when I came out, you could see all the multi coloured smoke... and bless them, the locals put on a show til about 10:00 from various directions.. kind of made up for not having any myself, though I did want a sparkler... |
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(6.11.03 11:03) I know - it was perfect. I was so glad that Beth made me make the effort! D x x PS I wanted someone to hold mittened hands with too BTW darling x |
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(6.11.03 11:10) Why the mustard D? |
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(6.11.03 11:11) Don't bother answering that - I'm a bit slow this morning.......... |
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(6.11.03 11:13) Quite an astute question - shame you didn't want the answer... Why so slow honey? D x x |
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(6.11.03 11:25) What's the rush? What's the answer? |
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(6.11.03 11:32) Ohhhh Ahhhh Ohhhh Ahhhh |
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(6.11.03 11:43) OOoooohhhhhhh................ |
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(6.11.03 12:06) Hmmm. |
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(6.11.03 13:15) I went to Clapham Common last year and it was mucho crappo, so I didn't bother last night. Wishing I did now, however, because not only did it sound excellent (judging from the booms vibrating through my flat), but I could also have bumped into a fellow 20sixer. Poo. |
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(6.11.03 13:24) Indeed... We could have followed EB's example and left notes and toffee apples for each other! |
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(10.11.03 01:44) I had an immense internal stuggle - loads of werk V the clapham fireworks and I was glad I made it. BUT what I NEEEEED to know is what exactly did that wall of dripping fireworks say at the very end of the display. My eyes weren't working properly due to excess Carling intake. Boom! Now that the spirit of toffee apples has left me I am wishing the kids on the estate would **** off with their bangers! [I never swear on other people's blogs ;-)] |
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(11.11.03 12:23) Roach - did you steal my last sparkler?? AND - the wall said something? - are you mad? |