due to the high winds all of the uk seemed to be experiencing on new year's eve, the fireworks in liverpool - which were also celebrating the city's 800th birthday - were postponed to this past friday.
after a nice meal at the blackburne arms with sam, val and davoud, we headed towards the walker to watch the spectacle from just in front of lime street station. i always like big public events like this that bring the whole community together for one purpose that has nothing to do with politics, religion, or even opinion for that matter.
*everyone* loves a good fireworks display and i was looking forward to be suitably impressed after the bismal display last bonfire night at sefton park.
the fireworks were great, but they made one colossal mistake. about half way through the show some brainless idiot thought it would be a good idea to sound an air raid siren and start setting off fireworks like bombs. not to mention the light sheets on front of the gallery that were illuminated with cartoon-like images of warheads falling to the earth.
i know the war years are a significant part of the city's history, but so is the transatlantic slave trade, the toxteth riots, the largest workhouse in the uk, and the most orange people this side of willy wonka's chocolate factory.
the night was a celebration, not a commemoration, and the mood of the crowd afterwards marked it as perhaps the worst decision so far this year by any event organiser.
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It was like watching a train wreck happen in front of your eyes; you know you're not supposed to look but you couldn't help it. Mood definitely went downhill after that.
Are you saying that Oompa-Loompas actually come from Liverpool? I know the Scouse accent is strong and strange but I thought they originated from some other place, the one near the thing...
I agree.... I definitely could not have said that better myself. :-)It was a very strange decision.
Val
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