Abergavenny fireworks display

The Abergavenny fireworks display is an annual organized fireworks display[1][2][3][4] held each year on 5 November, Guy Fawkes Night in Abergavenny, Wales. The event takes place in Belgrave Park, at the Nevill Hall Hospital end of town (not at the hospital itself). It has been running each year since 1968.

The event is run and organized by the local social networking club Abergavenny and District Round Table,[5] which is one of the hundreds of branches in the UK of the Round Table. It is a non profit event with all proceeds being distributed to charities and good causes, primarily in and around the Abergavenny area. Some of those to have benefited from monies raised from the Abergavenny fireworks display include: Abergavenny Scouts, Crickhowell Scouts, Jigsaw community project, Llanbedr Village Thai Boxing, Mardy Juniors Football, RTB Ebbw Vale Junior AFC Club,[6][7] a fuller list is on the Abergavenny and District Round Table website.[8]

History

The Abergavenny fireworks display was originally started to provide a display for the children's home in 1965 it moved to its current location of Belgrave Park in 1968 as the fireworks could be seen from the nearby Nevill Hall Hospital, the fireworks display has been put on every year since, up to the present.

Poster competition

A competition is held with the help of the local schools to design a poster for the Abergavenny fireworks display. The posters are used as part of the advertising of the event. The winners and their classmates will receive child entrance tickets to the fireworks display, and the school will receive a donation[9].

References
  1. Abergavenny Chronicle – 2011
  2. Abergavenny Chronicle Archived 17 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine – 2004
  3. Abergavenny Chronicle Archived 21 August 2004 at the Wayback Machine – 2003
  4. Abergavenny Chronicle Archived 15 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine – 2002
  5. Abergavenny and District Round Table
  6. "Press cuttings". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  7. Gwent Gazette 21 October 2010
  8. Abergavenny and District Round Table Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine - Donations
  9. "Thousands set to pack Belgrave Park for firework display this weekend". Abergavenny Chronicle. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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