'Drunk neighbour had own firework show at 4 am - it woke the whole street up'

04 November 2023 , 18:34

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The sound from his garden was said to be 'ungodly loud' (Stock Photo) (Image: Getty Images)

Although some people absolutely love the sights and sounds of Bonfire Night, there are many who wish they could just skip it altogether, especially those with less-than-considerate neighbours. One individual, who says they've so far usually been quite lucky when it comes to neighbours, was in for a bit of a surprise this week when a man on his street began drunkenly setting fireworks off at 4am on Wednesday morning - slap bang in the middle of the working week.

This amazed person, who lives approximately seven or eight houses down from the inebriated man, says the sound of the surprise display was "ungodly loud", and couldn't imagine how ear-splitting it must have been for those on either side.

Taking to Reddit, the baffled individual wrote: "This guy was drunker than a bridesmaid at a hen party, singing and laughing loudly to himself in between lighting over a dozen fireworks, one after the other. Someone must have called the police on him because, by the time I was leaving for work at 7, there was a police car outside his house. I later found out that when the police had arrived for the noise disturbance he got louder, aggressive, and refused to stop lighting more fireworks and was arrested."

They went on to remark that the incident made them feel rather fortunate to be flanked by such "lovely neighbours" on either side. It also made them rather curious about whether anyone else had stories of "colourful neighbours" to share. The tales quickly started pouring in, and they didn't disappoint.

One fellow Reddit user commented: "Lived on the top floor in a house split into six flats (two per floor). The couple next to us worked at a casino and would come home at 3am to 4am in the morning and have SPECTACULAR rows. The funniest was him screaming 'not my golf trophy!!' before a loud thud as it hit our bedroom wall."

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Another shared: "Had a neighbour in a semi-detached who worked shifts. She would come home at 1 am or so and then start playing music…. through one of those s***** boom box players that had a karaoke function. The more drunk she got, the louder she got. She fancied herself as Barbara Streisand, caterwauling her way through her greatest hits."

Julia Banim