No-one's quashing it but it may simply be fading. There still seem plenty of large public events but far fewer back garden ones, as fewer shops sell fireworks and they are expensive.

There were some very loud rockets somewhere near me earlier this evening (Sunday), and a few 'whizz-bangs' yesterday and on Friday, but certainly not as many as in past years.

Just as I typed that I heard another!

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I used to know of a public bonfire night in a village in Somerset, and visited it a few times with friends living in the area. It had a huge fire, professional fireworks, refreshments (but not alcohol sales), the lot. It started to attract a lot of people from quite a radius but with little problem apart from some local traffic congestion and some danger to pedestrians walking along the unlit roads in the area.

Then Somerset Police appointed a new Chief Constable. He, intent on showing his authority, immediately started clamping down on all sorts of communal events. He did not seek to ban them (he had no power for that) but wanted tickets-only and other things just not possible for small village-hall committees to apply, so the organisers could only close the annual Fireworks night down.

This was the same Chief Constable who tried to make life very difficult for the Carnival Clubs that tour Bridgewater, Wells and a few other towns in that region at this time of year, but they were strong enough to oppose, put up with or even work with, this bureaucrat.

Let me guess... you're going to blame mass migration.

Well I'd like to say it's because fireworks are very expensive and cause a lot of unnecessary distress to domestic animals and damage to the environment, but as the air outside my backdoor is thick with sulphur and I can hardly hear myself think, this is perhaps not the case.

If you're looking for a really offensive 'traditional' British display, get yourself down to Lewes on the south coast and help to burn an effigy of the prime minister.

Where I am fireworks have been going off all weekend... There are lots of bonfire parties around...

@durinsBane1983 it is part of our british history with guy fawkes trying too blow up the houses of parliament the centre of british democracy. where i am fireworks are going off as we speak a british tradition in our country as fish and chips lol

Probably in case someone gets offended

Pretty noisy and fireworky here!