Plenty of companies working in the events sector can claim a rich heritage, but when it comes to history, there can’t be many that date back further than Pains Fireworks. The Pains name can be traced back hundreds of years and even ties its original founder to Guy Fawkes’ planned ‘display’ at the Houses of Parliament. With documentation of the name cropping up over the centuries as a commercial seller of fireworks to the public, in more modern times, the company became one of the world leaders in large-scale firework displays and, as more keen-eyed readers will know, Pains Fireworks also recently supplied Ed Sheeran’s monumental +–=÷x Tour.
This article originally appeared in issue #271 of TPi, which you can read here.
