Fires in your garden
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Paul H
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Used to have bonfires all the time to get rid of garden waste when I was a nipper. My old man would let me light them, supervised of course.
I heard it was illegal to burn stuff now or is that an urban myth?
I heard it was illegal to burn stuff now or is that an urban myth?
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Chairman BAZ (Angel of the North)
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I burn lots of garden rubbish and have smokey bonfires, I think the law is that you have to be 500 yds away from a main road, it used to be anyway.
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Bob Watson
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The "law" round here is, tell your neighbours to get the washing in, no tyres and share the copper ;-)
Jim Bowdrey
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The local by-laws where I am say no bonfires b4 6pm or sundown - which ever is the earliest - not that any bugger took any notice
It should be an English man's right to have a small fire in his garden. Providing you make sure there's no washing out and the smokes not toxic, then there's no harm.
Let's start national garden fire week - there no worse than the BBQ's all summer long.
Let's start national garden fire week - there no worse than the BBQ's all summer long.
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The law in question is the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (which overarches all local byelaws). I won't bore you with the anorak details, but you're allowed to have a bonfire if a) you're not causing a nuisance to your neighbours, and b) you're not in a smoke control area, commonly called a smokeless zone. I know, I know, I should get out more.....
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Wolfman Woody
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When we first moved to Lincolnshire 30 years ago, there was so much rubbish to get rid of I used to have fires every night at the bottom of the garden. Old fencing the previous owners had taken down and left, packing from the move etc. etc..
One day the posh peeps from next door said sarcasticly to the wife "You're husband likes a good fire in the garden, doesn't he?"
She repied "Well, I suppose it's the Gypsy blood in him. Seventh son of a seventh son and all."
We never saw them for another 6 months.
One day the posh peeps from next door said sarcasticly to the wife "You're husband likes a good fire in the garden, doesn't he?"
She repied "Well, I suppose it's the Gypsy blood in him. Seventh son of a seventh son and all."
We never saw them for another 6 months.
There is something theraputic about standing in front of a good garden bonfire giving it the ocassional poke with a thick stick - not sure what good the poking does but it just seems like the right thing to do.
Some of my best ideas have be born watching the last of the autumn leaves go up in smoke.
Note to self: must have a good 'burn' at the weekend ;-)
Some of my best ideas have be born watching the last of the autumn leaves go up in smoke.
Note to self: must have a good 'burn' at the weekend ;-)
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Danny Lancaster
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Now come on, how many of you have tried the "Ray Mears" way of lighting your fires???
Either by using a "fiddle" or rubbing sticks??
I managed the rubbing sticks method but cant quite get to grips with the fiddle...requires a little more perci..per..perciv.......patience!
Either by using a "fiddle" or rubbing sticks??
I managed the rubbing sticks method but cant quite get to grips with the fiddle...requires a little more perci..per..perciv.......patience!
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Chairman BAZ (Angel of the North)
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Iv'e lit a fire with a magnifying glass, dried grass and birch bark.
I would have thought the fiddle method would have been eaier than the rubbing sticks.
I must give it a go sometime.
A nice piece of green oak will keep the fire in all night
I would have thought the fiddle method would have been eaier than the rubbing sticks.
I must give it a go sometime.
A nice piece of green oak will keep the fire in all night
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Danny Lancaster
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Try it Baz, its a bloody nightmare. Trying to keep everything stable while you work the bow is harder than it looks.