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Old 07-15-23, 03:43 PM   #4802
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15 July 1940, The British Home Office banned fireworks, flying kites, and flying balloons.


I wonder if that ban was officially rescinded or people just eventually started using them again?
....who needed fireworks anyway?!! The Luftwaffe provided those sufficintly, hitting even Windsor Castle enabling Queen mother Elizabeth to quip: "I'm glad we were bombed. We can look the 'East(London) End' in the eye!"
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