Comments on: Maurice Evans, Pyrotechnician

By: report from the heartland

report from the heartland — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 22:51:33 +0000

Sooooo beautiful. What is better than a night (or 15 minutes) of fireworks?

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 22:16:27 +0000

Reminds me of when we used to make a Guy and ask ” Penny for the Guy ” along Whitechapel Road . We bought our own fireworks , lit them and built bonfires without an adult in sight ! What a wonderful collection , lets hope they find a good home .

By: Joan Bailey

Joan Bailey — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 09:07:56 +0000

Not sure I would like to live next door, though.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:59:03 +0000

Brought back happy memories as I could remember a lot of the wrappers there. I remember hanging out of the bedroom window with a friend whilst her father set off the fireworks. He had them in an open box and the inevitable happened. Rockets shooting horizontally across the garden like in a cartoon. Luckily everybody ran for cover then the stupid man continued and it happened again!

By: ROBERT GREEN

ROBERT GREEN — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 21:28:55 +0000

I couldn’t help laughing at Pauline’s comment about lining them up in order in the shed, I thought I was the only one who did that, Mr Evans maybe over 80 years old but he clearly still maintains his enthusiasm for fireworks, I’m sure he must have thoroughly enjoyed his carer in the industry, hopefully he will be able to continue to enjoy his amazing collection for many year’s to come, good luck to him, heartwarming story.

By: Pauline Taylor

Pauline Taylor — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:55:58 +0000

These bring back happy memories of childhood firework parties. Part of the fun being my friend, Robin, and I setting out all the fireworks in his father’s shed, in the order that they were to be let off, they used to look so pretty in the wrappers like these. I think we enjoyed simpler things then!! One friend didn’t dare to go home as he had set fire to the inside of his raincoat, but that was the only accident that we had, no missing bits of fingers thankfully.

By: Annie G

Annie G — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:41:56 +0000

These took me back a bit! All the shapes and colours…I used to like collecting the spent containers the next day.

By: Molly Porter

Molly Porter — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:53:30 +0000

Thank you for this delightful story. I’ve written to the V&A Museum of Childhood to urge them to pursue and accept the wonderful offer Maurice Evans is making. They seems to me to be a natural repository, able to give a good home to his unique collection and share its contents and history with future generations.

By: Tina allman

Tina allman — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:28:56 +0000

What a fascinating man. I loved reading this, I giggled at your trepidation and his pride, such a fascinating collection, and a few I remember my dad bringing home and showing us as small children. Loved reading this.

By: denise honan

denise honan — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 11:19:39 +0000

Great story, I loved crackers as a kid in country Victoria, Australia and your brilliant photos brought back many happy memories .