Astra Fireworks, firework manufacturer: display poster and firework labels

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Scope and Content

Firework labels including price and size details (ca. 1950 - 1990); promotional display poster (undated)

Administrative / Biographical History

Astra Fireworks, based at Sandwich, Kent, produced a wide range of British fireworks. In the 1980s the company's output was reduced and the production ranges limited to its most popular lines of fireworks and other pyrotechnic products.

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Acquisition Information

Given by Larry Oliver, 1990.