Blackcat and Standard Fireworks Blog

Radio Scotland – November 2010

Helen Ashton, Marketing Manager at Black Cat and Fireworks is a guest on Radio Scotland’s radio show feature, ‘Call Kay’ with Kay Adams talking about Bonfire Night and fireworks and how to stay safe with fireworks and enjoy Bonfire Night. Let us know your views about fireworks after reading below. Read the rest of this entry »

Radio Northampton – November 2010

Helen Ashton, Marketing Manager at Black Cat and Standard Fireworks is a guest on Radio Northampton’s radio show feature, talking about Bonfire Night and fireworks and how to stay safe with fireworks and enjoy Bonfire Night. Let us know your views about fireworks after reading below. Read the rest of this entry »

Radio Leeds – 4^th November 2010

Helen Ashton, Marketing Manager at Black Cat and Standard Fireworks is a guest on Radio Leeds’s radio show feature ‘The big question’ with Liz Green, talking about Bonfire Night and fireworks and how to stay safe with fireworks and enjoy Bonfire Night. Let us know your views about fireworks after reading below. Read the rest of this entry »

Radio Leeds – 5^th November 2010

John Woodhead, former chairman of the British Fireworks Association, is a guest on Radio Leeds’s radio show along with a West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue representative and a West Yorkshire MP talking about Bonfire Night and fireworks and how to stay safe with fireworks and enjoy Bonfire Night. Let us know your views about fireworks after reading below. Read the rest of this entry »

The Weekend Examiner, November 6^th 2010

Below – image of Jennie McAlpine (plays Fiz Brown in Coronation Street), event organiser Stuart Smith and serviceman Lee Midgley. Two children watching the fireworks and enjoying the firework display, below, the Bonfire.

The article reads, “Hundreds of screaming fans turned up at one Huddersfield bonfire party to catch a glimpse of red-haired Coronation Street actress Jennie McAlpine. 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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We’ve taken the hassle out of choosing and buying fireworks with our new Bonfire Selection Boxes which provide everything you need for a fantastic display – including Read the rest of this entry »

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.”