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Happily it's still free and they're nowt asking traders and performers to apply:
Lambeth Country Show 2018 invites performers and traders to get involved
Perimeter fence, bag searches and no booze to be brought in for 2018.
Perimeter fence for Lambeth Country Show with CCTV and alcohol searches at 2018 festival
Building a fence around the entire site for the first time suggests that they're getting heavier with 'security.'Don’t they say you can’t bring booze in every year, and fail to enforce the rule?
Building a fence around the entire site for the first time suggests that they're getting heavier with 'security.'
No doubt the vastly increased security and fence costs will eventually lead to Lambeth telling us that charging for entry is the only way the show can survive (see: Brockwell Fireworks).
After the 'Love Box' rejection, Lambeth Council were always going to be looking for a way to hurt those that protested.
I think that’s a fairly ludicrous assertion.
That's brilliantMy April Fools went better than I hoped as it managed to flush out a lurking Tory policy:
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With a fence around the Country Show it's only one step away from being a ticketed event. Look what happened to the fireworks.
Do you would be in favour of sponsorship then?Exactly, the beginning of the end of the Lambeth Country Show as we know it. Part of the beauty of it all is to be able to freely walk into the park with a big cool box of beers and settle down for the day and get hammered at your leisure, not going to a bar every half hour and paying a fiver a pint.
Actually quite annoyed at this, i cant really see any greater reason for the need for the fence, apart from the council being able to charge ludicrous amounts for bar pitches, knowing that punters wont have any booze on them so will be forced to go to the bar all day.![]()
Where does his post even suggest sponsorship?Do you would be in favour of sponsorship then?
Do you would be in favour of sponsorship then?
Sponsorship won't take away fences and bag checks. Being able to offer a booze-free environment means they can charge more for drink pitches.Since you have asked the question, and having thought about it, i probably would prefer it to be sponsored in some way yes. If i had to choose between being able to freely bring in whatever food and drink i want and not have to be searched on entry but have a few corporate logos dotted around the mainstage, or scenario it looks like we are having this year, then id go for the former. Although i believe that we shouldn't need to have sponsorship or perimeter fences at all, and regardless of all of the above, it should always be free which at least, thankfully, this year will again be the case.
It will be a shame if people are refused from bringing their own picnics and drinks.
It really prices people out of enjoying the weekend. Food and drink is really expensive at the show, especially for larger families.
I usually take a bit of my own booze (4 cans) along and then buy on site when that has run out f I want more. I usually do buy something to eat on site, but have also taken my own in the past.
I don't want the country show to vanish, but I also don't want it to become a fenced off, corporate event either.
Not the end of the world thenThing is, corporate sponsorship these days usually comes at a price. So if the show was sponsored by a beer company, they'd probably insist on being the main supplier. Or they get their fingers in the pie in all sorts of other ways.
A heavily enforced 'no outside booze' ban along with advertising everywhere would substantially change the character of the show and make it a lot less enjoyable for people who can't afford to pay the inflated 'approved' booze prices.Not the end of the world then![]()