Club Arnage

Anyone know where there is a shop for fireworks in Le Mans.

Due to changes in the law regarding fireworks in the UK it is harder to find good bangers now.

Try calling Farnham Fireworks in Farnham,Surrey.

They make their own.......just a long shot!!!!......to coin a phrase.

I will contact my mechanic's son .........he works for them setting up displays,as I cannot seem to find the phone number on directory enquiries.

Wishy

Of course I know that point...

... it's "L'ARLEQUIN" (akas the harlequin on the other side of the pool) and it's Rue Nationale so between the Jacobins Square and the circuit driving by the city centre.

Stu can you mail me my map so I'll add this point on it

Gilles , have you any ideas on opening times , prices , and if we can reserve in advance??

http://www.arlequin-lemans.com/

Thanks KPY - I will just need to brush up on my french to read their site.  :D

Does anyone know the actual laws regarding taking fireworks over.

I believe the ferry rules say you can't take them??  But then they also say you can't take full gas bottles yet they carry thousands of caravans every year, most of whom have full gas bottle. When we had a caravan we never got asked or searched and I don't know anyone else who did. How about you Smokie, any experiences??

Main reason I ask is that Fireworks Direct in Surrey are having a half price closing down sale. We got some from them at the weekend for a friends birthday party and they were great. Big bangs, great effects. They are open ofr their last day next Saturday so was thinking of grabbing a load to take with us.

Never tried taking 'em over, but you are right - very few searches at Dover for "contraband". ISTR that you aren't supposed to have topped up fuel tank but I always do (company fuel!)

Although I did hear that they were being extra vigilant over what people had in their packed lunches when foot and mouth was rampant

Checked with  a few friends -

Its all to do with the carrige of dangerous goods at sea and maritime laws.

I have NEVER seen any cars being searched at Porsmouth , except those of criminal interest.

The only problem is that the authoraties musrt search a certain percentage of cars with the very high security levels we are at.

JP can you post more detaisl of the fireworks. It maybe work the 40 mins drive .

If i find some here i will take them in the trailer , with all then rest of the gas bottles , petrol for the generater and fire lighters, charcoal.......

The store is called Fireworks Direct. I'll obtain the proper address and phone number and post later.

They had single ignition boxes for £35, £50 and £70.  However, all their stock is now half price so make that £17.50, £25 and £35. From memory they lasted 49 seconds, 73 seconds and 97 seconds respectively. Now, although this doesn't sound like a long time, we had one of the "cheap" ones and it was fantastic. Probably the best non-profesisonal display firework I have ever seen. It may have only been 49 seconds but it felt like much longer as it was 49 seconds of intense bangs, flashes, sub flashes etc etc. It lit the whole sky. I'll certainly be going back for more.
We also got some other multi shot cakes, reduced down to £5 and £8 that were good too. Their mid range rockets were good value when reduced to £6 for 4 but the big rocket we bought (was £24 reduced down to £12) was a bit of a disappointment. It stood 6'6" on it's stick and the actual head was 13" long. It went up like a space shuttle, probably into the Heathrow flight path, and left a 12" wide burnt ring of grass below it but it only resulted in one large straburst with a decent bang. A very good rocket but with it's size and initial price we were expecting something really special!

you'll probably need a caravan to hide your fireworks  :P

That's a bit disconcerting ??? In the last 10 years we have been stopped and pulled into the customs shed 4 times on the outward leg on the journey for the contents of the car to be examined and questions about our journey asked.

Never thought we looked particularly criminal, well not in comparison to our fellow travellers anyway  :)

There must be some good intelligence on your cars , or you.......

Or the Port Police are doing the 1 in 4 cars bit... Or ......

Are you in anyway related to Osama Bin Laden.  :o

No intelligence in our car that's for sure :)

Pretzel bin laden? doesn't ring quite right somehow...

How about his cousins...

Pretzel bin thievin'
Pretzel bin sleepin'
Pretzel bin boozin'
Pretzel bin pulled over 4 times...

etc. etc.

 ;D

 :-*
Remember that me and Mr RS2 now live in Brittnay, near to St Malo. So if you need any firework stuff - or whatever than you just need to let us know.

We would be happy to help and will be travelling to MB on the Monday

RS2 Babe

 :-* :-* :-*

Thought you were travelling Wednesday ( Bri... you need to be quick with the en-suite)

I think i started this post ( cant be bothered to look at page 1 ).

I have over spent as always so i will be missing out on the fireworks this year , maybe next......

Don't mention the foot & mouth epidemic, cost me thousands in lost trade, I'm not a farmer so didn't get compensation!! useless bloody government!

Robbo, I know you're a bit tuckered out after all the T shirt business, but yes I can confirm that you started this thread.  For all the good that info does.  ::)

Giles

I'd love some of those proper French style "bangers" rather than fireworks - the red ones that come all linked together in a bundle (the size of a large cigar) - do they sell these at the shop you have discovered? We had great fun with these a few years ago when you could still get them in the UK, although the cost of my private health care has gone up subsquently...

Mr Toad,
Are you sure you're not getting mixed up with sausages?
H

I got mixed up with sausages once.
It was a nightmare, they're a terrible bunch.
Amongst their weaponry was fear and supplies, it's a horrific chapter in my life, I lost count of the times I was dragged out of bed screaming in the middle of the night.
It'll be a sad day when they decide to move into motor racing.
H

You can moan, but what about poor old PM? It's one thing being cruelly ditched during an affair, but having some b*stard from the Ministry set fire to your lover(s) before you can say your goodbyes is in a different league altogether.
The love that dare not speak its name.
H

Of course I can find them for you...
... you also have a grape of 40 little crackers all exploding simultaneously and some others stuffs.

Do I have to add it to your shopping list ?

Is the location of this shop added onto the MAp ??

I thought you were over budget Robbo??  ???

Or is the Pyromaniac in you still trying to break free??  ;D

No it's not on the map.

For crackers and basic fireworks you have a dozen of stores to buy it.

Gilles , would the place you origionally posted up have the bangers and stuff. Or is there one near the Carrefour ??

Jp - i am over budget , but that happens every year  :o

I should hope so too!!  Don't want you being sensible now do we!!  ;D

Both have bangers...
... even if I've absolutely no idea of the store near Carrefour you're talking about !!!

If you're not over budget, you're not trying hard enough.

Gilles

I'm a bit confused now that we have all this information!

Given that I only want bangers (sausage sized!) which would be the best place? - if it's not on the map, can you give me rough directions or tell me where it's near...

We have had too many near misses with rockets at Beermountain and the rest of CA seem to cover that job pretty well - I just want to wake up my fellow team members when they fail to make my breakfast!

How many bangers would you need?

That's something I can supply in my CA local logistic platform like gazebos and BBQs

Gilles

I don't know how much they cost (approximately). What would I get for around £50?

Gilles - Toad probably means around €70. Smokie