"I'm happy for them to hold sparklers because basically that's what I would do growing up as a child. But I won't let them touch or hold anything else."
Janice Bullen saw her grandmother hit in the leg and a friend struck in the eye with sky rockets when she was a child, but she still enjoys celebrating Halloween and Guy Fawkes, with safety measures in place.
Mrs Bullen grew up in Dublin, where most of October was marked
with fireworks and bonfire displays as well as Halloween celebrations.
Now the Hamilton mother of two said dressing up with her children and going trick or treating and attending fireworks parties was a tradition she intended to keep, despite the two childhood accidents.
Mrs Bullen said she would watch her children, Lachlan, 5, and Aoife, 3, carefully around fireworks.
"I'm happy for them to hold sparklers because basically that's what I would do growing up as a child. But I won't let them touch or hold anything else.
