Bonfire Night, probably. Used to be bonfires lighted all over the country, now it seems to be fireworks.
FAWKES’ FAULT.
Utter nonsense. Just part of the war on November 5th celebrations.
As a kid we use to hide down the embankment of a road and toss smoke bombs up onto the street, then run back into the woods to watch the excitement as drivers would slow down, swerve around the smoke, etc. Luckily it was 30 mph or so with good visibility otherwise so folks had time to slow down, etc.
Of course we weren’t thinking of that at the time. Glad there wasn’t a highway nearby or we would have tossed them onto it just as easily! (Stupid kids).