A mum has issued a rallying call to the Arbroath community to rekindle its Bonfire Night display.
The organised fireworks event at Victoria Park ran its course last year, and Angus residents have voiced concern over the lack of a large-scale event in the county this year.
Last year’s Arbroath Seafront Fireworks Spectacular was Arbroath Events’ sign-off and they decided to pour their remaining funds into a display to remember, delivered by the team from 21CC Fireworks.
The seafront was packed as people from across Angus watched the finale light up the skies in a £30,000 display of pyrotechnics.
Now Karren Cuthill has called for people who were disappointed by this year’s lack of events to put their energy to good use.
She has organised a public meeting next Monday at 7pm in the bar at Coast.
“There were a lot of people on the likes of Facebook complaining about it and no one was doing anything about it,” she said. “So I thought I’d do something about it.
“I’ve been to the displays before and I’d like there to be something to take my wee boy to. I’m just one person and I don’t know anything but something needed to be done.
“I’m not after any credit. I just want to help people get together and do something that will be good for all of us.”
Mrs Cuthill set up a Facebook group entitled Fireworks for Arbroath to garner interest from the community and there were more than 400 members within a day.
Although displays such as Edzell and Dundee offer spectacular events, the mother-of-one believes families would far prefer to have an event run by their own community.
Of the meeting she added: “On Monday it’s a case of meeting everyone and seeing what their interest is, then trying to form a committee.
“There are 42 people confirmed coming to the event, and I know there are others coming so I’m pretty sure we’ll have around 50. There’s also people who can’t come.
“There are a lot of people who are quite knowledgeable about it. People from the lifeboat and the likes of the Round Table have come to me and said that they’d like to offer their experience, even if they can’t get directly involved themselves.
“People say the council should organise it but then why not organise a fireworks night everywhere, and that’s not going to happen with money as tight as it is.”