Sunday, January 15, 2012

The Day After the Night Before

What a relief, with both displays behind us it is a huge achievement to to be able to say that we fired the two largest displays in the country on the same night, congratulations to both our teams in Edinburgh and London. Both displays have been hailed a success and London certainly seems to have lived up to expectation, heralding the start of an important year for London and the Country with the Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympic Games.


Firing from Big Ben seemed to have created the desired reaction, it was a complete surprise which we are very proud of. To be the first to bring gun powder into the Palace of Westminster since Guy Fawkes in 1605 will go down as a momentous achievement which can never be repeated, we are grateful to the staff of the Clock Tower who assisted us in making history.
The media have been generous with their praise and assessment of the display, below is how the BBC decided to describe the event.

London's new year fireworks dazzled their way into 2012 in an "awesome" display that has been widely hailed by both the media and public as a stunning success.

Newspapers described the capital as "the best in the world at putting on a show to celebrate the new year", while noting the "distinctly Olympian theme... with fireworks launched in the shape and colours of the Olympic rings" and there was also praise on social networking site Twitter.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16391068


We have received a few images from our photographers which we would like to share, we hope that everyone who watched the display enjoyed it, we would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy New Year, 2012 will be a significant year for events generally and for the Country as a whole.


With a display of any kind comes the clear up, our very hard working crew managed to get a few hours sleep, finishing at 4am, before starting again at 10am to clear up the tackle and equipment before returning home to their families for a well earned rest. We would like to offer all our staff both in Edinburgh and London all the best and a very big thank you for all their hard work, commitment and professionalism.




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