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i had abook (Boy's Own?) that had heaps of firecracker recipes.
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Lucky :-P
Where did you live at the time? I live in MA so firecrackers are illegal.
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These days teachers are too scared to let kids take risks "duty of care" etc becomes stifling. Most interesting chemicals- that do things- are banned from schools.
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And if a teacher wants to get any sort of material that can be used as combustables are greatly restricted to teachers. I remember watching that material (I forget what its called I think its something that is usually not in solid form) burn in water. The teacher only had just enough to show it to all of her classes once. :-(
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