Quite interestingly, there are calls to reinstate the event. What do you think?
Source: Anon. 1986. "'Take greatest care this cracker night': Specialist warns of eye injury," The St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, June 3: 5.
Saturday, 7 June 2014
1986: NSW's last ever cracker night
Normally we wouldn't have two entries in one day, but this one has come about because of a conversation on Sydney's 2GB radio station yesterday afternoon. Fill in drive presenter Glenn Wheeler bought up cracker night, which was a long-standing custom in NSW for many years as we mark the Queens Birthday long weekend. The last such night happened to be on this exact day in 1986. Believe it or not, I had a clipping from The St George and Sutherland Shire Leader warning people to be careful but also the fact it could be the last one. In fact, it was the last such night. The sale of fireworks is now banned in NSW to the general public.
Quite interestingly, there are calls to reinstate the event. What do you think?
Source: Anon. 1986. "'Take greatest care this cracker night': Specialist warns of eye injury," The St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, June 3: 5.
Quite interestingly, there are calls to reinstate the event. What do you think?
Source: Anon. 1986. "'Take greatest care this cracker night': Specialist warns of eye injury," The St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, June 3: 5.
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reinstate it. some of my best memories are of cracker nights growing up on the north shore. it was like a second Christmas - trawling Uncle Pete's catalogues salivating over big bags of recreational explosives, terrorising local cats and elderly alike with throwdowns from the milk bar (20c a pack) in the weeks leading up, sighing with disappointment at the inevitable duds that failed to fire on the night.
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