Sunday 11th May - ED festival fair - Goose Green - Free

[Michael Palaeologus]

Chilli Pepper Pete was there!

Good fun had by all, the EDF Blanket was well populated.

Next time - more food stalls needed. Blue Mountain seemed to have a monopoly and ran out of food quite quickly.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I'm with Bawdy-Nan, I think ED Market would have been a more accurate title.

[Michael Palaeologus]

True - not alot of entertainment really. Good live music, briefly and then a banging DJ that would have been great in a late night Club - but not on a warm Sunday afternoon on the Green.

[SimonM]

Maybe next Sunday in Dulwich Park will be more "fete-like"? Anyway the Rhododendrons are looking stunning just now...>:D

[Sue]

Michael Palaeologus Wrote:

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> Chilli Pepper Pete was there!

>

> Good fun had by all, the EDF Blanket was well

> populated.

>

> Next time - more food stalls needed. Blue Mountain

> seemed to have a monopoly and ran out of food

> quite quickly.

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Yes please, more food stalls, at 1.30pm we were looking for lunch and ended up trolling back up LL to find it, there being no jerk chicken left and nothing else around but cakes ... great, but not really what you fancy at Sunday lunchtime ....

Still, a nice bottle of Old Peculier (sic) made up for it, thanks Ray :)-D

[Cora]

Yes...really need more food options....and an ice cream stall!!

[bawdy-nan]

Yes - you're right - the fair in Dulwich Park usually has more of the fete / activity type thingees.

I do like the fair on goose green though but it could have a little bit more of a community feel. I don't know - maybe invite some of the community groups to host a stall as a fundraiser with a game or something. There's plenty of room.

[Festival Fair]

As always you can't please everybody all of the time. Anyone who has any bright ideas for next year and is willing to volunteer to help make them happen should get in touch. I ran the event as a volunteer without any funding so there is a limit to what one person can produce on the day. So if you are willing to give up some of your free time and help, do get in touch.

Angela

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[Sue]

Well congratulations, it was great.

I can't help with having more food stalls, but the Goose would be happy to organise some folkie stuff for next year's festival - not just music - Morris dancers anyone?

xx

:)-D

[*Bob*]

It was (as someone said earlier) more of a trinket market than anything else.

Homemade jewellery, hemp bags and fudge are all very well, but what the people really want is a coconut shy, guess the weight of the pumpkin, crockery smashing, the stocks (Foxtons staff, obviously) and a tombola.

[Sue]

If there were ferret racing, like the last country fete I went to, my cup would runneth over.

I won 20p :))

:)-D

[SimonM]

.....or perhaps the putting-a-ferret-down-your-trousers contests could be revived? Gosh they used to be exciting to watch....:)

[bawdy-nan]

Angela

I'm sorry. I can see that a massive amount of effort went into organising the event and I think you and whoever else was involved did brilliantly. As I said I think its just my taste which is, in any case, better served in other bits of the festival.

What I was clumsily trying to say was that the bits I enjoyed most were the things like the donkeys, the singers and even the police - who dressed my small children up in riot gear (without batons...).

Really well done and thank you for doing it.

[Floating Onion]

Here's (somewhat edited) photo that Lady Onion took of the green. Spot the Forumites!

[Sue]

Crikey, where was this taken from, up a tree?? :)) Or is she very very very tall? :))

[georgia]

It's a great photo! I spotted our crowd.(Taken from a flat window over the road Sue!)

[Sue]

georgia Wrote:

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> It's a great photo! I spotted our crowd.(Taken

> from a flat window over the road Sue!)

xxxxxx

That's not nearly as much fun :)):)):))

[Michael Palaeologus]

I had a great time. People's comments are aimed at making it even better next year.

Well done, all concerned!

[monica]

Angela i was in italy but i heard it was a great day, congrats and hopefully you will have more volunteers for next year.>:D