Transcription of the document:
The Burslem authorities get tough on firework and firearm abuse on Guy Fawkes' night, 1819


Fire-Works
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN,

THAT any Person or Persons making Bonfires, or
letting off Squibs, Crackers, Guns, Pistols, or other
Fire-Works, within the Town or Parish of Burslem,
will be prosecuted with the utmost severity of the
Law.

And on all Shopkeepers within the Town or Parish,
known to sell Fire-Works, the Penalties of the Law
will be enforced.

THOMAS BATHWELL, High Constable,

WILLIAM WALSH, Church wardens.
THOMAS WALKER,
JAMES TELLWRIGHT,
STEPHEN GODWIN,
Parish Office, 4th November, 1819.
Tregortha, printer.