MAURICE AND STEVE`S VIRTUAL FIREWORK HERITAGE MUSEUM:

photos of 1930`s, 40`s, 50`s, 60`s to the present day firework collectables

......................keep a look out for these; or even modern, new, but unusual items, and let us know.






contact Maurice, who is in Sussex, England by phone on + 44 (0)1903 813777, or Fax him on + 44 (0)1903 879944.....or e-mail Steve, in Plymouth, England at [email protected]


Maurice and Steve met each other some time ago via John Bennett`s excellent "Fireworks" Magazine . They both share an interest in our fast disappearing firework heritage. We hope that you will enjoy these images of actual fireworks, posters and associated memorabilia, and that memories of past smokey bonfires will be evoked. Feel free to contact us, Maurice especially for the older collectibles and either of us for the modern items of today that are literally future history going up in smoke! It would be nice to receive dead or inert items or display material from hidden manufacturers in distant countries...ie. a banger from Bangladesh, a tourbillon from Tibet, a rocket from Rangoon, and of course a Roman Candle from Rome. We will cover shipping costs and will offer you modern British items in exchange....if you can wait to the day after November 5th!! Maurice may even have a few oldies to swop for different oldies or very unusual new items.

POSTERS
FIREWORKMAN STANDARD FIREWORKS POSTER 1950`S +
SMALL LION POSTER, YOUNG BOYS MUST HAVE LOVED THIS
STANDARD BONFIRE POSTER
ROCKETS AWAY... STANDARD POSTER....PRE-WAR
FIREWORKS ACROSS THE LAKE - STANDARD FIREWORKS 1930-40`S
STANDARD POSTER 1955+
STANDARD FIREWORKS ROCKET TO THE MOON
LION FIREWORKS ARE BANG ON TARGET
STANDARD FIREWORKS PRE-WAR
PAINS PRE-WAR WINDOW BANNER
SMALL STANDARD PRE-WAR POSTER
POSSIBLY LATE 1930`S STANDARD POSTER, NOTE WOODEN WHEEL
LION FIREWORKS WINDOW BANNER
PRE-WAR STANDARD POSTER
ARTWORK OF 1938 PRICE LIST, STANDARD FIREWORKS - things would soon sadly change .
LARGE STANDARD POSTER
BROCKS AD FROM PRE-WAR "BOY`S OWN" COMIC Shells advertised to kids!! Amazingly the population was not wiped out by these items that the public can no longer be trusted with!
GLOBE FIREWORKS FROM AUSTRALIA
STANDARD EARLY PRE-WAR SPARKLER POSTER
A RATHER BEAUTIFUL WELLS FIREWORKS POSTER
AN EARLY POST-WAR BROCKS SPARKLER POSTER FROM OVERSEAS
SEVERAL COMPANIES HAD SAVINGS CLUBS FOR YOUNGSTERS TO SAVE UP FOR THE 5th, THIS ONE IS FROM STANDARD
SMALL STANDARD HAND OUT PRICE LIST and same in green....fireworks and corporal punishment, one banned, one sadly to come I fear, or pink....does`nt that poor boy realise the danger he is in holding that rocket!!
COBRA INDOOR SNAKE FIREWORKS FROM STANDARD, PRE-WAR
STANDARD "THRILLER BANGER" POSTER
STANDARD POSTER FOR "ATTABOY POP GUN" AND BANGER
EARLY 1930-40`S STANDARD POSTER
COVER OF STANDARD 1967 CATALOUGE
AUSTRALIAN GLOBE FIREWORKS WINDOW BANNER OF UNKNOWN DATE
STANDARD INDOOR FIREWORKS PRE-WAR
MORE STANDARD INDOOR FIREWORKS, FOR CHRISTMAS PARTIES
STANDARD SPARKLERS, EARLY POST-WAR OVERSEAS

BOXES
LION AND WELLS FIREWORKS
LION AND EXCELSIOR FIREWORKS
LION AND BENWELL BOXES
WIZARD, WESSEX AND RAINBOW FIREWORKS
LION AND RAINBOW FIREWORKS

BITS AND BOXES
BITS AND BOBS......what a collection!
TOBY JUG OF GUY FAWKES BY ROYAL DOULTON
REVOLVING ELECTRIC LAMP FROM WIZARD FIREWORKS late 1930`s to early post-war.
STANDARD FIREWORKS "CARDS" OF THE ERA AROUND THE SECOND WORLD WAR

ACTUAL FIREWORKS, all items dummy, inert or fired carcasses.
OLD STANDARD BOX AND SOME CONTENTS!...wow!...and a closer look into one of these boxes!
WHAT`S IN THIS BOX? PRE-WAR STANDARD FIREWORKS!! how many for a shilling Mister?
SPARKLER PACKETS FROM THE 30`s AND 40`s
ROCKETS, ROCKETS: BROCKS, WESSEX, WELLS, RAINBOW, STANDARD
STANDARD ROCKETS FROM 1945 TO 1988 when the British Standard came in . These bring back the memories for me, I can still feel their texture and shape...and the smell...was it glue?
LION FIREWORKS POST-WAR DISPLAY BOARD WITH SOME PRE-WAR ITEMS
STANDARD FIREWORKS DISPLAY BOARD FROM PRE OR EARLY POST-WAR
MERSEY AND HARBOTTLE BANGERS etc.
A PRE-WAR BROCKS SHELL, PRE-WAR STANDARD FAIRYLAND FRUITS, FLYING SAUCER, PLUS VARIOUS GOODIES Fairyland Fruits were indoor table fireworks just like these GUNPOWDER PLOT or these SOLDIER AND SAILOR BOMS spelt BOMS not BOMBS...described as a "table present bom", that is BOM not BOMB..uuuuhhhhh!!!!!!
A GREAT SELECTION OF WESSEX FIREWORKS FROM THE PRE AND POST-WAR YEARS
A FINE SELECTION OF PAINS FIREWORKS FROM THE PRE AND POST-WAR YEARS
SOME OLDER ITEMS FROM BENWELL FIREWORKS
A SELECTION OF OLDER ITEMS FROM WELLS, ASTRA, BROCKS
CHINESE NOVELTIES some not so old, but interesting.
A GUY FAWKES, IN DAY`S PAST many shops would have had one like this for a window display, they are still burnt to this day on Nov5th bonfires.

DAYLIGHT SHELLS
These shells are designed to be fired in full daylight, they are made inert, any lifting or bursting charge being added after, this has made the collection of these amazing items easier....once you can find them that is. Often made in Japan, upon reaching their maximum height they would gently burst and discharge either a flag on a parachute, or more often a colured paper model or representation of a monkey, hen, circus clown, doll, dog, aircraft, or whatever, this would then drift slowly earthwards, floating around as it did. LOOK AT THIS LITTLE LOT, DATING FROM 1913.

FIVE SHELLS, ONE WITH DUMMY LIFTING CHARGE FITTED
A DISMANTLED SHELL SHOWING A LARGE 6 FOOT WIDE "HEN." this is amazing, just look at it!!
AIRPLANE LABEL ON SHELL note it`s type, "string and wood."
JAPANESE FLAG ON A PARACHUTE LABEL
DOG LABEL (in a red coat!!) ON DAYLIGHT SHELL
DOLL LABEL ON DAYLIGHT SHELL
CIRCUS CLOWN IMAGE ON DAYLIGHT SHELL LABEL

FIREWORK LINKS


THE ORIENTISATION OF THE BRITISH FIREWORK INDUSTRY

NOVEMBER 5th...a British site

JOHN BENNETT`S SUPER FIREWORK MAGAZINE SITE....Britain

LARRY CRUMP`S SUPER AMERICAN FIREWORK SITE

LARRY CRUMP`S SUPER ROCKET SITE

TOM WENKE`S AMERICAN SITE

ANOTHER TOM WENKE PAGE


Steve Johnson Cyber Heritage has published on the web several other heritage sites containing rare and unusual material; Steve Johnson is a winner of the 1997 Devon Heritage Education Award...so try...


AIR RAID SHELTERS, GRAFFITI, AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS...and even a Ghost photo...no!..a real one!

THE BLITZ, AIR RAIDS.

D-DAY, THE U.S.ARMY IN PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, 5th COLUMNISTS, CHURCHILL`S ARMY, THE COLD WAR.

CANNON BALLS, COASTAL FORTIFICATIONS, H.M.S. CAMBRIDGE,...and also a Virtual Museum of artefacts

PLUS world exclusive photos taken by me in 1971 of the coastal defences at

Penlee Battery and Rame Church Battery

in Whitesands Bay, South East Cornwall, England.

BRITAIN`S VICTORIAN NAVY - HMS DEFIANCE , A FAMOUS TORPEDO SCHOOL IN THE 19th CENTURY- UNIFORMS etc

19th CENTURY HMS CAMBRIDGE, A WORLD FAMOUS NAVAL GUNNERY SCHOOL

THE WALL AT PLYMOUTH, FORTS AND WORLD WAR II AIR RAIDS

PLYMOUTH FORTS AND DRAKES ISLAND, PLYMOUTH BREAKWATER

TAMAR RIVER FERTILISER INDUSTRY IN EARLY 1900`s

PINK FLOYD in concert at Earl`s Court, London in 1973 - photos and posters

ROCKETS: OLDIES SUCH AS HALE AND BOXER, SHIPS SIGNALS, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN ROCKETS. Any problems try leaving out the colon after the com. in the URL.


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