<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 3/4/02 5:09:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, dhughes@globalnet.co.uk writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Those were the days, eh? Building your own fireworks meant grinding up a mixture
<BR>of salt petre and sugar in small quantities with a motar and pessle. Man, did
<BR>they go bang or what?</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>Small quantities? I used to buy it 5 pounds at a time. Found some photos of them going off while looking through some old stuff of mine yesterday..
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<BR>-Chris</FONT></HTML>