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| Spectators who turned up to watch a fireworks world record attempt at a Dorset festival said they were disappointed it lasted only seconds. | Spectators who turned up to watch a fireworks world record attempt at a Dorset festival said they were disappointed it lasted only seconds. |
| About 175,000 people saw the Roar on the Shore display, which marked the start of the four-day Bournemouth Air Festival on Thursday. | About 175,000 people saw the Roar on the Shore display, which marked the start of the four-day Bournemouth Air Festival on Thursday. |
| Organisers were "confident" they had set a new record by setting off 110,000 fireworks in under a minute. | Organisers were "confident" they had set a new record by setting off 110,000 fireworks in under a minute. |
| The display lasted six minutes, and the record attempt just six seconds. | |
| Ali Robertson, from the display team, said people were disappointed because they had been expecting a different type of display. | Ali Robertson, from the display team, said people were disappointed because they had been expecting a different type of display. |
| The record attempt was made using rockets which explode shortly after ignition and therefore do not travel far up into the air. | The record attempt was made using rockets which explode shortly after ignition and therefore do not travel far up into the air. |
| The devices most people associate with a fireworks display are "aerial display shells", which have a time-delay and only explode once they have reached high into the sky. | The devices most people associate with a fireworks display are "aerial display shells", which have a time-delay and only explode once they have reached high into the sky. |
| Maybe they were expecting 110,000 very, very high shells going up in sky at the same time Ali Robertson, organiser | Maybe they were expecting 110,000 very, very high shells going up in sky at the same time Ali Robertson, organiser |
| Visitors also faced delays of up to three hours to get out of the town car parks. Police said it was down to the "sheer volume of traffic". | Visitors also faced delays of up to three hours to get out of the town car parks. Police said it was down to the "sheer volume of traffic". |
| The rockets were launched from a barge, which then caught fire, between Bournemouth and Boscombe piers at about 2130 BST. | The rockets were launched from a barge, which then caught fire, between Bournemouth and Boscombe piers at about 2130 BST. |
| Jerry Egerton, from Hedge End, Hampshire, said the fireworks were "spectacular". | Jerry Egerton, from Hedge End, Hampshire, said the fireworks were "spectacular". |
| And he added: "If more people used the park and ride there would be fewer traffic problems." | And he added: "If more people used the park and ride there would be fewer traffic problems." |
| But many onlookers said they were disappointed and described the event as looking "more like a bonfire on a barge" than a fireworks display. | |
| Lesley Maya, from Poole, said: "It was rubbish. It was just a fire in the sea." | Lesley Maya, from Poole, said: "It was rubbish. It was just a fire in the sea." |
| Michael Osbaldeston took this picture of the Roar on the Shore | Michael Osbaldeston took this picture of the Roar on the Shore |
| Derity Robins said: "The fireworks weren't up to what they should have been. | Derity Robins said: "The fireworks weren't up to what they should have been. |
| "In comparison to what they are every week around Poole Quay or Sandbanks they are actually better down there than what they were tonight. | "In comparison to what they are every week around Poole Quay or Sandbanks they are actually better down there than what they were tonight. |
| "It's now 12 o'clock and we're still stuck in the car park. It's stupid, we've got two children in the car fast asleep." | "It's now 12 o'clock and we're still stuck in the car park. It's stupid, we've got two children in the car fast asleep." |
| Wayne Freemantle, from Poole, said: "It's just a waste of time. I wish I'd stayed at home instead." | Wayne Freemantle, from Poole, said: "It's just a waste of time. I wish I'd stayed at home instead." |
| Ms Robertson defended the display: "Maybe they were expecting 110,000 very, very high shells going up in sky at the same time but that's not what we were doing. | Ms Robertson defended the display: "Maybe they were expecting 110,000 very, very high shells going up in sky at the same time but that's not what we were doing. |
| "They were just rockets going off. There were no shells. | "They were just rockets going off. There were no shells. |
| "We weren't aiming to get up five, six hundred foot. It should have just been a huge mass of these rockets going off simultaneously. | "We weren't aiming to get up five, six hundred foot. It should have just been a huge mass of these rockets going off simultaneously. |
| "We couldn't do it [the record attempt] over a period of time because it had to be done as an instantaneous hit." | "We couldn't do it [the record attempt] over a period of time because it had to be done as an instantaneous hit." |
| She said they were waiting for the record to be verified by Guinness World Records officials. | She said they were waiting for the record to be verified by Guinness World Records officials. |
| The previous record of 56,645 fireworks was set in Plymouth in 2006. | The previous record of 56,645 fireworks was set in Plymouth in 2006. |
| During the festival a number of air displays will take place across Bournemouth's seven miles (11.3km) of beaches with events free for visitors. |