What a horrible experience. So glad no one was hurt. Still, very stressful.
I’ve just looked on the CP Fireworks website and it looks like their application for the fireworks display has been rejected for the first time in 14 years. I wonder if it’s because of the behaviour of these kids? Such a shame when a few ruin it for the many
Pretty sure the fireworks are still on (at least I hope so, I have tickets) - it’s just being run by a different events company this year https://fireworksspectacular.co.uk/
We’ve not been for a couple of years as the display was such a short, damp squib the last time we went. Also there was a whole hoard of children with laser pens shining them on people’s faces. Their parents thought it hilarious. One attendee asked where they’d bought them, as his son wanted one.
Hopefully the new organizers will put more effort into the display and laser pens might have gone out of fashion.
The ‘cancellation’ notice i saw yesterday (first posted on twitter at7:11pm) was posted by CSS events
This is so weird… Perhaps a case of Bromley changing event organiser and the old event organiser airing their sour grapes through a short notice cancellation post? Could Bromley have actually changed organiser with 8 days notice?
I apologise for giving more air to what seems to be disinformation
Looking at the Council website, it looks like the new fireworks guys have been planned all year, so weird how the previous guys just decided to announce it now days before the new guys get their chance to put on their show.
St Christophers Hospice are also in partnership of the event looking at their website. Went to the fireworks in previous years and St Christophers just had a couple of buckets for collections. Looks like poor form for them to mislead people to say there’s no fireworks or that charities are being let down when there looks to be more support this year for charitable causes.
Previous fireworks were decent though, but just fireworks and nothing else. The new event looks impressive, but let’s find out this Saturday!
It’s not clear if the previous organiser used to make a financial donation to St Christopher’s, but it sounds (by omission) like the new one does not but there will be collectors from St Christopher’s present at the display.