Comments on: Maurice Evans, Pyrotechnician https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/05/maurice-evans-pyrotechnician-o/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 05 Nov 2022 19:01:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Mary Laiuppa https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/05/maurice-evans-pyrotechnician-o/#comment-1490292 Sat, 05 Nov 2022 19:01:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193588#comment-1490292 What a fabulous collection. It is history and it is art. There must be a museum somewhere that would love to have that collection for display. It is so unique but also so English, you celebrating Guy Fawkes day and all.

We have nothing like that in the U.S. It has been a long time since the average citizen has been allowed to shoot off fireworks and even then there were restrictions. Some states allow it but more and more don’t in favor of community displays by licensed professionals. I remember lighting sparklers as a child and running around the yard. I’m sure my Dad kept a garden hose at the ready, just in case a spark lit some dry grass. July the Fourth is fire season in California.

If there were some sort of museum or collection somewhere this would be a marvelous addition. especially now with the modern technology. Computers that set them off in time with music and now drones that fly around in coordination.

I love the artwork on the Wilder’s Fireworks box.

I don’t quite understand the significance of the exploding fruit. I see it twice, he’s holding one box and there is another different one below.

I have been lucky in that no dog I’ve ever owned has been afraid of fireworks (or thunder or sirens, or earthquakes for that matter.)

]]> By: Cherub https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/05/maurice-evans-pyrotechnician-o/#comment-1490257 Sat, 05 Nov 2022 12:26:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193588#comment-1490257 I have always been terrified of fireworks, I think it goes back to those bonfire night safety infomercials we used to get on TV when I was a child. I never used to like being taken to bonfire night displays.
Now I’m living in Switzerland and fireworks are a huge thing here, they love them. As you can imagine, my worst nightmare!

]]> By: Mathilde Grange https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/05/maurice-evans-pyrotechnician-o/#comment-1490254 Sat, 05 Nov 2022 11:39:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193588#comment-1490254 Wow! Incredible! What a collection!

]]> By: achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/11/05/maurice-evans-pyrotechnician-o/#comment-1490243 Sat, 05 Nov 2022 08:50:31 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=193588#comment-1490243 There is not much left to say because the article describes EVERYTHING — wonderful!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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