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Emrys

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24. The same thing happened in Oban in the west of Scotland in 2011

Reply to haele (Reply #12)

Sun Jul 5, 2026, 11:03 PM

Sunday

Free show after Oban fireworks fiasco

The company behind a fireworks display in Oban which lasted just 50 seconds has offered to provide another show free of charge later in the month.

A technical hitch meant that all £6,000 worth of fireworks at the bonfire night display went off within a minute instead of the scheduled 20 minutes.

Councillor Roddy McCuish, who helped to organise the show, said the public had been "absolutely brilliant".
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Mr McCuish said: "It was like daylight. It was absolutely fantastic."

He said when the display stopped after a minute he thought it had "got out of synch" with the music.

"When I did announce 'that was it', people thought I was joking," he said.

"The operative explained to me there had been a terrible malfunction."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15616697

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The National Mall fireworks were so poorly planned that you couldn't even view the finale through the smoke 💀💀💀 [View all] riversedge Sunday OP

Is DC okay? This looks more like an attack than a fireworks show. riversedge Sunday #1

As said last week..... Lovie777 Sunday #2

Compare that to Macy's excellent display. Ritabert Sunday #3

You mean... PJMcK Sunday #14

Ignorant, simple-minded, unsophisticated, classless gluttony. 100% Trump Brand. RockRaven Sunday #4

Pics in The Guardian looked like Mordor orthoclad Sunday #5

Good rule of thumb: Everything Donny touches turns to shit! flashman13 Sunday #6

These sorts of things are to be expected in an Idiocracy. slumcamper Sunday #7

Get rid of Republicans ! dave99 Sunday #9

It was Trump's "More Cowbell" fireworks show ToxMarz Sunday #8

it was also drizzling Kali Sunday #10

That probably more like what a war looks like. BradBo Sunday #11

Tried to recreate San Diego's Big Bay Boom 8 x.... haele Sunday #12

Never heard of it until your post! Here's a video LeftInTX Sunday #17

The same thing happened in Oban in the west of Scotland in 2011 Emrys Sunday #24

Doesn't look any different Manatee Sunday #13

Yes it does. Kingofalldems Sunday #16

Actually, no. As I said, Manatee Sunday #19

So he didn't speak until 11 pm, had pictures Botany Sunday #15

It wasn't bad, but too many fireworks were going off simultaneously and at the same height. LeftInTX Sunday #18

Will be certified by Guinness as the largest fireworks display Melon Sunday #20

I believe that record is held by the Philipines. They were discussing it on Agenda Free TV last night. LeftInTX Sunday #21

Isn't that special. Kingofalldems Sunday #22

to be fair, it depended on where you were watching from relative to the wind direction. onenote Sunday #23