Praise to Oxford Round Table for organising a spectacular evening of fireworks at South Park on Saturday night.

The burning wicker man provided a stunning finale with most of us managing to make it home, or into the pub, before the heavens opened.

Hopefully, the final tot-up from gate money will provide a healthy boost to the Round Table’s list of good causes.

What a shame hundreds – maybe thousands – chose to keep their cash firmly in their pockets and watch through the fence.

So, to anyone who gloats today about how they watched the display for nothing from the edge of the park, remind them: IT WAS FOR CHARITY!

Perhaps, next year a collector could go around with a tin and shame a few coppers out of the tight so-and-sos.