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5 years old. Up until that point my extended family would get together at the public firework display which I have vague memories of. When I was 5 it...

I'm kindof with fatcat, lady fingers about 1960 then moved up the next year, regular firecrackers, bottle rockets and so on.

I recall the first time that I used fireworks was in the mid-1990's(in my teens) I was visiting my friend who had moved away. We saw a fireworks...

Yep, I'm pretty sure you do. You are from the area. :)

Hello Aaron, welcome aboard. Wish more folks from the NOLA and MS Gulf Coast would join. What ever happened to Pyrotechnico in LA. Did they sell...

That is a great question FA, Being in my late 70's I remember doing what they called "Lady fingers" ( very small firecrackers) back in Dayton Ohio...

Holding a sparkler at age 3, and smelling the smoke from smouldering conical fountains after they went off. That had to have been around '77.

So I guess I've been around longer than I think I have, I won't mention the company because they are not a sponsor, but I can tell by the holes and...

I didn't really know much about how long this has been going on until I was talking with people on the shoot site. We could see the glow of the...

Maybe next year. For those that are not familiar, this high school football rivalry is a big deal in this area. It's been played for over 100...

Not sure why these are not showing.

Dude sorry Kev, It didn't even pop into my head how close you were to that area. I though they were jpegs so not sure why they aren't showing...

Yes a bit of Cartoon comic is visible on one of the tubes.

What format are these attachments ? Can't seem to open them. Can your try again? Same on your other post. Are they pictures?

Why didn't you tell me you were shooting here! That's where I graduated High School and is about 10 minutes from my home. I was going to go this year...

Fire pot setup We shoot a 30 gallon 12 inch pot but they didn't want to pay for the additional $100+ in gasoline so we didn't bring it.

Hey Dave, yes I was 1 of 4 crew members who setup this shoot. Started setting up at 9am and finishes at 4pm. Shoot time was 6:30pm. Here are some...

What else can you tell us? Did you work this display? See how they did the fireballs at the end , that is how you do it to avoid alarm as opposed to...

I also echo JOIN YOUR LOCAL PYRO CLUB. is probably your best bet. Since you indicate which states - "GUESSING" you are from Ohio - 2 clubs there -...

Keeping within the rules of the site and looking at Dave's sponsor page, in PA you might want to give these businesses a call, Kneppy's Fireworks...

Back in '58 or so my Dad bought for me a brick of Jet Bomber flashcrackers that were made with newspapers. We used to roll out the duds for the...

You'll most likely find newspaper was used to make the cracker tubes on these. At least I remember the later versions were.

Didn't you have a pack of these at one time? I could be mistaken. If not, looks like you caved and cracked it open - I wouldn't blame ya, lol!

The original (mangey cat) Class 2 Black Cats were 1 11/16" long, which may be what you have pictured. They also came in the 1 5/8" size for a while.