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Martine fusing cakes and shells

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Setting the cakes out.

Martine rigging the shells.

A bit close to the camera person here (Martine) :)

Spinning wheels or Girandolas

Lift off and fly in the sky

Lots of spinning wheels here.

These were used in a resent show in Liverpool UK.

Girandola, these are basically rocket motors

Fastened to a frame they then spin and lift off the ground to around 100ft then glide back to earth

ST Helens

Clearing up after the show, at least it was dry.

Waterfall on the Wellington tower in Liverpool

We made the tower look like a Christmas tree

Guy Fawkes, Cliffe bonfire society in Lewes

Bonfire, Roundhay park, Leeds

Pyro Dog likes working in the shop

Only thing is these cakes dont have any meat in them GGRR

The tower is around 135 feet high

Liverpool Christmas light switch on

Rigged to fire all at once

Just lighting up

Notice the fountins on the top

Now it looks like a Christmas tree

Pyromate is a simple electronic firing system

Used for firing firework displays electrically

Rigging a few shells

Leeds Christmas light switch on

Lots of shells in this shot

Liverpool Nov5 show. rigging in dock

Very wet+cold, firing from 3 barges on the River Mersey

A bit dark I know

Discussing tactics

Me and a fellow firer, Im the one on the right

Nervous time 10 minutes before the show

Dont think this needs a heading.

St Georges Hall, Liverpool

The guys are standing on a 3ft ledge rigging pyro, theres a 120 ft drop behind them.

Look Down

You can see the streets of Liverpool below here.

Fire Dance or Flame Dance

New year display at Liverpools ST Georges Hall, Start of the flame dancing

Flames and Fountins

In full flow fire and fireworks, lazers and music

This is a Chinese fire cracker

One of my favourites the pen is to give you an idea of the size, 2000 bangs in this one :)

Fire crackers unrolled ready to fire

Not as big as the one in the picture above but still a nice one.

Bengal blinkers in different colours

These are cool, they blink like a strobe light for around 1 minute

30 ft Skeleton in fire rope being made for a halloween show

Finished standing tall

I couldnt photograph it on fire as I was too busy firing the show :(

Paul

Cought nicking tools from my toolbox :)

Pyro Dog loves his rockets

Just try and take it from him GGRR