Sat 19th/Sunday 20th July 2014 - 40th Anniversary Lambeth Country Show at Brockwell Park
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gaijingirl
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of course now I want a roti.. right now...
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
So I got the flower show regulations in the post as a previous entrant. I'm not planning to enter the knitting competition this year but thought I might possibly do a vegetable figure. HOWEVER the category is REALLY disappointing this year as it's just "a vegetable sea creature" for both the adults' and kids' categories. 
We are not going to be seeing an aubergine Charles Saatchi strangling a cabbage Nigella Lawson again.
We are not going to be seeing an aubergine Charles Saatchi strangling a cabbage Nigella Lawson again.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Clearly a separate gazebo is now needed for the Vegetable Animal Artist 'Salon des Refusés'So I got the flower show regulations in the post as a previous entrant. I'm not planning to enter the knitting competition this year but thought I might possibly do a vegetable figure. HOWEVER the category is REALLY disappointing this year as it's just "a vegetable sea creature" for both the adults' and kids' categories.
We are not going to be seeing an aubergine Charles Saatchi strangling a cabbage Nigella Lawson again.
jimbarkanoodle
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I read the following in the FAQs for the country show:
"You are welcome to bring food in to the show. However, there will be an abundance of caterers offering a huge array of food from all over the world.
Soft drinks are allowed, but alcohol is strictly prohibited. There will be seven bars across site offering craft beer, ale, wine, cider, cocktails and more!"
I assume this is nonsense, as last year this was not the case and they are hardly going to search everyone for booze going in to the park?
"You are welcome to bring food in to the show. However, there will be an abundance of caterers offering a huge array of food from all over the world.
Soft drinks are allowed, but alcohol is strictly prohibited. There will be seven bars across site offering craft beer, ale, wine, cider, cocktails and more!"
I assume this is nonsense, as last year this was not the case and they are hardly going to search everyone for booze going in to the park?
jimbarkanoodle
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yes, not sure how they will enforce the strict prohibition of alcohol. they must do it in the hope people don't bother turning up with their own and get rinsed at the bars when they cant be bothered to walk to the shop when they realise no one is stopping you bringing in booze.
Not sure its cool to write that on the website though.
Not sure its cool to write that on the website though.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
Has that always been the rule? Good luck to them in trying to make that one work.
jimbarkanoodle
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Even if they are serious about this, booze can easily be passed over the fence or through the railings at the Herne Hill side.
snowy_again
Slush
Portaloos have arrived. Hundreds of 'em.
What colour are they?
snowy_again
Slush
Green with a white roof.
Good good
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
What's the forecast looking like, anyone?
Too lazy to look.
Too lazy to look.
Tricky Skills
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Has that always been the rule? Good luck to them in trying to make that one work.
Banning smoking in Lambeth parks is the next possibility.
Yeah, right.
sparkybird
ask the bird...
Not too clever...
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Yes. Ignore the forecast. Expected three days of thunderstorms for our camping trip this last weekend. But was dry.
Tricky Skills
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Not really. There has been a few attempts over recent years to make the Country Show a little more corporate, but they haven't really taken hold. A number of slick Council stalls seemed to dominate over the village society type stalls a few years ago but they were empty. Last year there was a push on bucket shaking to help 'sustain' the Show, but it wasn't exactly V Festival.
Given the comparison with how other festivals such as Glasto are almost completely unrecognisable to 15 years ago, the Country Show has done remarkably well to keep an identity. The crowds are getting bigger, but that's part of the attraction, right? You want Brockwell Park to have an atmosphere over the weekend and not be half empty.
I seriously think that Chuklehead is the glue that holds all of this together.
I've got some pictures taken last summer of this side of Brockwell Park (the slope up to the housing estates on Tulse Hill) during the country show. The country show may have been busier than ever, but the park over this side was almost empty.
The event should be enjoyed, but not at the expense of people who need to be able to use the park for what they usually do there.gaijingirl
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we always camp at the same time it seems! We did get a little wet though on the Friday night.
