Putting the shutters down makes the room seem like being in some kind of air raid shelter or something. It's horrendous from the inside. I have every sympathy with people who are being disturbed by noise, but can we keep some kind of proportion? How often does this disturbance actually happen? We hold Goose gigs at DHFC once a month, and I would be mortified if I thought they were disturbing people living nearby in any way. We spent a summer looking for a suitable local venue after we were kicked out of the EDT without warning, we were lucky enough to find DHFC, and we've spent over two years building up the Goose. We started out because we really wanted to bring folk music back to East Dulwich, and we bring really top artists here. If we have to close the shutters we might as well give up.