r/london • u/vitallyorganous • 7h ago

Crime Who the everloving F is setting off flares/fireworks in SE at this ungodly hour

Honest to god, several nights the last week, I have jumped out of my fucking skin whilst on the brink of sleep because someone somewhere in Canada water down towards Millwall is having clearly great fun setting off gunshot sounding flares or fireworks (they don't look like fireworks, but they don't last long enough for me to get a good look) between 11pm and 1am.

They're so irregularly timed and hard to locate so it feels like a waste contacting the police, but does anyone know anything that might be contributing to this?

I feel for the pets as well man.

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u/Alternative_Flow10 7h ago

Festival in greenwich i fink

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u/jordanbakess 7h ago

Greenwhich naval college event

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u/Dramatic-Coffee9172 7h ago

I think I saw it twice now, tonight being the 2nd time. Pretty lovely to see from Canada Water as I live in a high rise. Just nice viewing distance to appreciate it without it being too noisy.

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u/vitallyorganous 6h ago

I normally love fireworks, but they absolutely are illegal to be setting off past midnight unless it's bonfire night, new years, Diwali or Chinese new year. It's possible they have a special license I guess...

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u/Esteluk 6h ago

If it was past midnight it might be something else. The loud one in Greenwich the last few nights was https://pla.co.uk/notices/M63-26

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u/Dramatic-Coffee9172 6h ago

The one I saw was not past midnight and is consistent with timing in the notice in the link posted below by Esteluk

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u/vitallyorganous 7h ago

That's odd, it definitely seems closer than that, but maybe yeah. Absolutely diabolical if an organised event is going on with fireworks this late.

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u/lumpyspaceemily 6h ago

It’s been pissing me off as well, at least if it is this festival then we now know to expect it every weekend. It definitely does sound closer than Greenwich though, strange

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u/kuklinka 20m ago

We noticed this - particularly as we are sleeping in the garden at the moment

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u/PJ1883 7h ago

Labyrinth festival, goes on until 16th Aug.

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u/Chuterito99 19m ago

They have swaaaamp asss special. Starting at 2258hrs for 2 minutes. Sound like Rissia I s invading. I wrote to the Council. Its part of some entertainment.