Fireworks
Wilf's career in the fireworks industry:
- Partner with Tim Hunkin in Phlegathon Fireworks
- Director of Festival Fireworks
- Freelance
- Director of Le Maitre Fireworks
- Director of Pyrovision
- Semi-retired Freelance
View some highlights by clicking on the headings below:
Early Fireworks
Preparing to fight dragons with flame throwers at Pickett's Lock...getting fried in the process.
Middle East
Oman
10 years of shows in Oman for tattoos, national days, Sultan's wedding, Queen's visit.
Fort Jalali in Oman.
Fort Mirani in Oman, lancework on Lift Tower of Sultan.
Mutrah.
Abu Dhabi
Goats eating quick match in Abu Dhabi.
Bahrain
Firework barge off causeway for national day.
Mobile mortar battery for Emir of Bahrain flag shells.
Rock 'n' Roll
Pink Floyd "Animals" Tour
Sheep shell.
Preparing pig for detonation at the end of show in America and the waterfall back stage.
Rolling Stones early 80s
Napalm and dye shells.
Urban Jungle.
Rotterdam, early 80s.
Others
Tubular Bells 2, Mike Oldfield.
Lisdoon Varna Festival, Ireland late 70s.
Wham the Final, Wembley Stadium roof rig and money shot.
Valencia
20 years working on Fallas and Mascleta.
UK Shows
Edinburgh
27 years of "End of Festival" show, the largest pyro-musical show with a live orchestra in Europe.
Early Edinburgh rig
Waterfall
Flare sequence
Others
P&O 150 years at Greenwich
Thames Day, Festival Hall
Floating pontoons for André Previn concert, Hyde Park.
Forth Bridge centenary
Brocade at the Albert Memorial reopening after restoration.
G7 Buckingham Palace
Stage pyro, VE Day
Queen's Golden Jubilee
Image on right © Louise Stickland, courtesy Unusual Services Ltd
Ships
Container ship in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong - first show for ship naming
"Arcadia", Southampton naming
Festivals
Eiffel Tower, guest designer on Bastille Day
Hong Kong, Chinese New Year