I AM moved to write for the first time ever concerning Guy Fawkes commemoration this year, which was celebrated with deafening noise not only on November 5 but also on November 3 and to a lesser extent on Friday November 2 and Sunday November 4.
I had obtained from the vet some tranquillisers for my dog but the sheer intensity of the noise of the fireworks and their duration made these of little effect. He was reduced to uncontrollable trembling. Frankly at one stage I felt I'd been transported to Afghanistan — it was as though bombs were exploding at the end of the street.
As a child I experienced some of the Plymouth bombing so I do not write from ignorance.
Fireworks should be for visual enjoyment, not to simulate a war game.
Commercial exploitation is partly to blame for much louder explosions than once existed. Can we somehow persuade young folk that it is more enjoyable to see the shapes and colours than to scare the wits out of many animals in the vicinity?
Perhaps next year we can use your columns to an even greater extent than this year and also persuade our councillors to take some action so that next year the celebration is a civilised one.
Mrs Margaret Davey
Whitham Park
Tavistock