sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Fuck that, boot in the face is the way forward.
I learnt the very first festival I ever went to aged just 15, I had my bag with literally everything stolen on the first night at glastonbury
Boomtown 2014 - new plans
- Thread starter The Mayor
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Fuck that, boot in the face is the way forward.
I learnt the very first festival I ever went to aged just 15, I had my bag with literally everything stolen on the first night at glastonbury
tbtommyb
Well-Known Member
Someone did that in mine, being kindly/gullible I believed they'd actually got the wrong one.
ferrelhadley
There is no love between us anymore.
I should be able to afford a shower this year. Here is for some good weather.
The Mayor
Town Info Point!!
Tent thieving is still a problem across the whole country, it certainly isn't unique to Winchester ! it unfortinatly has been the case since festivals began and now it appears to be the same gangs, we know this as a gang of eastern Europeans were caught by a police operation last year after Bestival, the same gang had been spotted at other events! the main problem being is they actually bought tickets to many of the events they hit last year, so it doesn't matter how good fence boundaries are in some cases ....
sooo what can be done ?
- much better lit campsites
- increased undercover policing in the campsites
- bigger security presence on watch towers looking over campsites
None ideal as it looses the privacy and escapism of what festivals are all about, my advice is get to know your neighbours around you, note where the nearest campsite hub is, report anyone that is suspicious (they do stand out) to the campsite hub, use the lockers,
thankfully thefts at Boomtown were down quite a bit last year, (I can't comment on other events) but after thursday night there were practically none and the police are really working together across the country to help nail the problem.
We are confident that with the publics awareness we can really make a difference to what appears to be one of the UK festival scenes biggest down falls
sooo what can be done ?
- much better lit campsites
- increased undercover policing in the campsites
- bigger security presence on watch towers looking over campsites
None ideal as it looses the privacy and escapism of what festivals are all about, my advice is get to know your neighbours around you, note where the nearest campsite hub is, report anyone that is suspicious (they do stand out) to the campsite hub, use the lockers,
thankfully thefts at Boomtown were down quite a bit last year, (I can't comment on other events) but after thursday night there were practically none and the police are really working together across the country to help nail the problem.
We are confident that with the publics awareness we can really make a difference to what appears to be one of the UK festival scenes biggest down falls
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Beyond re-iterating repeatedly, use lockers & dont leave valuables in your tent..... there's not really much you can tell people.
The only things I've ever had nicked at boomtown so far were one shoe, and a pair of trousers. That was the year I got punched whilst working a gate, found a man skinning a deer and found someone had planted a carrot in an overflowing portaloo.
That was a weird year
The only things I've ever had nicked at boomtown so far were one shoe, and a pair of trousers. That was the year I got punched whilst working a gate, found a man skinning a deer and found someone had planted a carrot in an overflowing portaloo.
That was a weird year
tbtommyb
Well-Known Member
Can you get those fake tents they use at Glastonbury? If they actually work?
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
More of this sort of thing.................................
Not stoked on that Idea either. Id rather have the tent thefts and inflict a bit of mob justice rather than have undercover pigs swarming about everywhere.
That said undercover pigs do stick out like a sore thumb
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
they had them a couple of years ago when i went iirc
or one near the entrance all labelled up with warnings etc
tbtommyb
Well-Known Member
to be fair to festivals i'm not sure how it's possible to crack down on one illegal activity in campsites while leaving another, unless police/security choose to turn a blind eye.
yeah its difficult enough trying to do a fat line off the ground with a breeze swirling around without some copper trying to get in on the action.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
They're drawn in by the loud sniffing and hocking up.
Save the hassle and just lie on your back whilst a freind pours it in
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Get the Hells Angels in. What could go wrong?
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Tbf most security guards are ex military or failed coppers..... so the hells angels would probably be more understanding.
Really? I always assumed they were a mixture of bouncers, ex-cons and obvious frauds working a free ticket.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Security guards get paid pretty well normally, or are on training schmemes for their SIA's. There may be bouncers and ex cons in the mix aswell I guess.
I know stuart security tend to use a lot of ex military and ex cons, I have always found stuart security to be predominantly cunts when I've come across them. Infact I'm not even sure they're around as a company any more.
edit: I found Stuart leisure security, not sure if a. they rebranded, b. is entirely different company.
Infact I just found this post, I thought I'd read about them on urban
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hiraethified
"Acts" then, if you will.
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
This is utter tosh IMO.
And how many festivals have you worked in close proximity to Stuart Security (particularly the higher echelons)?
My own thoughts about tent thefts at Boomtown are: if you had three times as many toilets, esp in the campsites, then people would be gone a shorter time. Many thefts are opportunistic - if you are going out for a few hours you either take all your stuff with you or you hide it, if you are just nipping to the loo you are more likely to leave stuff lying around.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Never had the displeasure of working in close proximity to stuart security...... Had the displeasure of being on the receiving end of them a number of times including waking up to find them in my tent with no real explanation, being woken up by them and told to go home at 5.30am on glastonbury (they were doing it to the entire field), had them offering to sell me stuff they'd confiscated, and getting a pretty stern kicking myself (whilst I was on the floor I might add).
Theiving fucking cunts is my experience of them and if their "higher echelons" aren't the same, then they need to get the people working for them in order. Ive had mates who have been caught fence jumping (fair play they are fence jumping), they've been put in 4x4's and driven to the middle of nowhere, en route having been beat up a bit, had their money and phones/wallets nicked, and in one case they even took the guys shoes.
Im sure you've got plenty of reasons to disagree with me, but I can only refer to my experiences.
Theiving fucking cunts is my experience of them and if their "higher echelons" aren't the same, then they need to get the people working for them in order. Ive had mates who have been caught fence jumping (fair play they are fence jumping), they've been put in 4x4's and driven to the middle of nowhere, en route having been beat up a bit, had their money and phones/wallets nicked, and in one case they even took the guys shoes.
Im sure you've got plenty of reasons to disagree with me, but I can only refer to my experiences.
Do Stuart even do boomtown though? This is probs a bit off topic tbh - putting in spoiler tags because of that.
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sleaterkinney
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Afro Celt sound system?. Glad I'm not going.
