Sat 19th/Sunday 20th July 2014 - 40th Anniversary Lambeth Country Show at Brockwell Park

[el-ahrairah]

"quite well known bands"

damned with faint praise

 

[Badgers]

"quite well known bands"

damned with faint praise

Aswad

 

[Pickman's model]

"quite well known bands"

damned with faint praise

"with faint praise" should have been one of the damned's albums

 

[el-ahrairah]

*applause*

very good.

 

[ska invita]

nobody liked my jocelyn brown joke

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I thought Max Romeo was fantastic last year. Gonna be hard to beat.

 

[nagapie]

I think I'm not getting a few of the in house jokes on the thread but years where both Horace Andy and Johnny Clarke were on the line up and Max Romeo last year are not comparable to what's on offer this year imo anyway.

 

[Orang Utan]

There are jokes about Aswad being late cos they once did just that and the council wouldn't let them play

 

[editor]

We tried really hard to get the Brixton Buzz beer sold at the Country Show - with all the profits going back to local community groups you might have thought that the Council would have welcomed the offer, but it seems that it's impossible to get a look in as the bars are run by an effective monopoly (with Chucklehead being the exception - and they came close to being priced out last year).

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Its beyond me why anyone would use the bars anyway when you are free to bring as much of and as big a variety of your own booze anyway. £4 per pint vs £1 a can, no brainer.

I wonder when the time will come when the council decide to take lots of money from a bar company such a Peppermint, fence it all off and search everyone for booze at the gate, then force us all to pay £4.30 for a flat pint of Tuborg

 

[editor]

Its beyond me why anyone would use the bars anyway when you are free to bring as much of and as big a variety of your own booze anyway. £4 per pint vs £1 a can, no brainer.

Except you cant get Chucklehead anywhere else!

I wonder when the time will come when the council decide to take lots of money from a bar company such a Peppermint, fence it all off and search everyone for booze at the gate, then force us all to pay £4.30 for a flat pint of Tuborg

It is currently run by a fairly large "local" franchise.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

yeah fair enough if there is some kind of bespoke ale going around that wouldn't cut the mustard out of a bottle or be available from 'Free off license' on Water Lane.

 

[editor]

yeah fair enough if there is some kind of bespoke ale going around that wouldn't cut the mustard out of a bottle or be available from 'Free off license' on Water Lane.

We wanted to sell the Brixton Buzz beer there because (a) we thought it would be a great way to raise money for local good causes and (b) it's lovely beer that you can't get many places. Oh well.

 

[Rushy]

We wanted to sell the Brixton Buzz beer there because (a) we thought it would be a great way to raise money for local good causes and (b) it's lovely beer that you can't get many places. Oh well.

Have you tried the company who got the rights to sell?

 

[editor]

Have you tried the company who got the rights to sell?

We tried everything - including getting someone in with a lot of experience of putting on bars at big events - but we pretty much hit a brick wall.

 

[Onket]

Take that massive bucket on wheels thingy you've got, fill with ice and sell them anyway on the sly.

 

[Rushy]

We tried everything - including getting someone in with a lot of experience of putting on bars at big events - but we pretty much hit a brick wall.

I mean asking the company who won the the rights if they would consider stocking BB? Or did you mean that you have already tried that?

 

[SarfLondoner]

i feel like shes always there

 

[ska invita]

thanks for laughing SL

 

[SarfLondoner]

I think I'm not getting a few of the in house jokes on the thread but years where both Horace Andy and Johnny Clarke were on the line up and Max Romeo last year are not comparable to what's on offer this year imo anyway.

I agree and Aswad aint all that when it comes to reggae.

 

[Rushy]

Take that massive bucket on wheels thingy you've got, fill with ice and sell them anyway on the sly.

Are you suggesting blatant disregard of the licensing rules?

 

[SarfLondoner]

Are you suggesting blatant disregard of the licensing rules?

Its a good earner if you dont get caught, Me and a mate made a packet last summer in Battersea park and Clapham common with a wheelie bin full of cold drinks.

 

[Orang Utan]

I agree and Aswad aint all that when it comes to reggae.

For every Warrior Change, there's ten Don't Turn Arounds

 

[SarfLondoner]

thanks for laughing SL

I got it straight away too!

 

[Rushy]

Its a good earner if you dont get caught, Me and a mate made a packet last summer in Battersea park and Clapham common with a wheelie bin full of cold drinks.

Any HMRC on here?

 

[Onket]

Are you suggesting blatant disregard of the licensing rules?

Its a good earner if you dont get caught, Me and a mate made a packet last summer in Battersea park and Clapham common with a wheelie bin full of cold drinks.

I think the problem would be getting them into the park. I spose they could set up just around the corner to catch people before they go in.

 

[SarfLondoner]

Any HMRC on here?

all down the pub hopefully.

 

[SarfLondoner]

I think the problem would be getting them into the park. I spose they could set up just around the corner to catch people before they go in.

Yes, Brockwell isn't the best place to do it as we found out 2 summers ago

 

[editor]

I mean asking the company who won the the rights if they would consider stocking BB? Or did you mean that you have already tried that?

Yes.

 

[Winot]

Its a good earner if you dont get caught, Me and a mate made a packet last summer in Battersea park and Clapham common with a wheelie bin full of cold drinks.