timicom

Being very close to the two organisers of the Winter Green Fair, I know the amount of effort that went into it. This took up a lot of Monica and Marilyn's time, caused them a lot of stress, and brought them no material benefit. Their only aims were to publicise the SNUB campaign and to spread a little cheer this Christmas time. Sponsored by a few local shops and the Council, the event was free and accessible to all. Having seen Monica and Marilyn spend 6 months organising this, I?m shocked by some of the comments here... What, you had to leave your buggy/pram outside the tent? You had to carry your baby for 20 minutes? There were too many stalls? Admittedly, the organisation was not perfect. Yes, it would have been better if there had been more space.. But then it would have been better if they had had twice the budget, three times the publicity, etc. Please bear in mind that this was the first year of the event and resources were limited. Doing an event like this in Decemeber means having a marquee. If there had been no tent and it had rained on Saturday as it rained on Friday, there would have been no event no speak of.. Maybe some people would have preferred that? Ben Schiller