Blackcat and Standard Fireworks Blog

Standard and Black Cat Fireworks were presented with this official certificate by Kirkwood Hospice for our fundraising in 2010 Bonfire Season.

Standard and Black Cat Fireworks have supported Kirkwood Hospice for 2 years now by selling a firework in the firework Factory Shop at Bonfire Night. Read the coverage from the Huddersfield Examiner below.

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Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Thursday 23^rd 2010

Sales cracker for fireworks – Black Cat’s bumper figures for New Year - Image, Festival of Light taken earlier this month by Gareth Mitchell. New Years celebrations are now second only to Bonfire Night for firework sales.

Article reads: “Firework sellers in Huddersfield have reported bumper sales in the run-up to New Year 2011. Helen Ashton, Marketing Manager for the Standard and Black Cat Fireworks factory in Crosland Hill, said the British will let off a predicted £2.5m of fire crackers this New Year. Read the rest of this entry »

Standard Fireworks and Black Cat Fireworks are proud to announce they are supporting a local event and excellent cause – Help for Heroes. Tomorrow there will be a Charity Bonfire & Firework Display at the ‘Rovers Return Inn’ Taylor Hill (formerly The Bluebell). The advert below is from the Huddersfield Examiner, everyone is welcome – bring the family and enjoy an evening of fun and fireworks, admission is free for all and the Bonfire is lit at 6pm. Read the rest of this entry »

For the second consecutive year Black Cat Fireworks and Standard Fireworks are selling the ‘Golden Bees’ firework for £1 and donating ALL sales to Kirkwood Hospice. Last year we raised £4,500 for the charity and this year we hope to do the same or more!

See below an article from the Huddersfield Examiner: Pictured Kate Leadbeater from Kirkwood Hospice with Helen Ashton, Bob Hryndyj and Debbie Coates from Black Cat and Standard Fireworks.

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Black Cat and Standard Fireworks are proud to have raised almost £4,500 for local charity, Kirkwood Hospice by donating 100% of all sales of the charity firework “Golden Bees” which was on sale at our Factory Shop over the Bonfire Night period.

Austin Brown, Commercial Manager from Black Cat and Standard Fireworks said:
“We would like to thank everyone who supported us and bought the charity firework and the sales staff in the Factory Shop for all their hard work. We are proud to support Kirkwood Hospice – the care and support they offer to people within the Kirklees area is invaluable.”

On receipt of the cheque at our factory shop, Kate Leadbeater, Community Fundraiser at Kirkwood Hospice added: “We are very grateful to Black Cat and Standard Fireworks for their support and it is rare to receive such a large donation. Thanks to everyone who bought the firework, every penny of their purchase will help the Hospice care for local people with life threatening illness.”

Victor Watson- Huddersfield Town Crier

Black Cat and Standard Fireworks were pleased to support Huddersfield’s official Town Crier, Victor Watson.  Victor was arranging to host a fireworks display for a group of elderly ladies in his area and wanted our help to add a few extra surprises.  Victor visited our factory Shop to collect his donation for a display at the weekend and stated:

“I thought putting on a firework display would be a nice treat for ladies in my area and this donation will help make it extra special.”

Black Cat and Standard Firework’s charity item was yesterday featured in Huddersfield’s Daily Examiner. All proceeds from the charity item, Golden Bees priced at just £1 will be donated to Huddersfield based charity, Kirkwood Hospice. The featured photograph was taken at our Crosland Hill Factory Shop where the product is on sale, and we are all hoping that the feature will help boost sales of the item and bring us closer to the estimated £7000 donation.

Black Cat and Standard Fireworks are aiming to donate more than £7,000 to the Dalton based charity, Kirkwood Hospice by donating 100% of all sales of the charity item “ Golden Bees” which goes on sale at 10am on Friday 23rd October in the Factory Shop. The product, Golden Bees is a hummer mine that throws out spinning gold whistles and will be on sale from the 23rd of October to the 7th of November, priced at £1 each at the Standard Fireworks Factory Shop. For shop opening times see the Factory Shop tab on the homepage.

Fantastic firework offers, with up to 70% off

Come along from Friday the 23rd of October until Saturday 7th November, to get everything you need to make your Bonfire Night go with a bang!

For several years now we have been running an on-site factory shop offering great fireworks at amazingly low prices.  We have everything you need for a great display including a wide variety of Black Cat and Standard Fireworks and our in house staff members are always on hand to offer advice and assistance to ensure you make the right purchase.

But remember, with such notoriously low prices stock won’t last! So make a note in your diary now, to avoid disappointment!

For opening times and directions see the “Factory shop” link on the website