The stately home at Thornbridge Hall is an absolutely outstanding venue for any event. After attending a successful summer Fayre their we were asked back with a smaller presentation for their Christmas event. Financially this one was a bit quieter than the summer event, but once again it was an enjoyable day out, nice people and stunning scenery.
Whilst chatting with Emma, one of the organisers, she mentioned that the Police had been to see her. evidently the event had brought an increase in traffic to the surrounding village, an elderly gentleman had to walk around a parked car and duly called the forces of the law to deal with it. Now the British have a long history of being explorers, inventors, warriors, diplomats, traders and so on. With miserable auld bleeders like this shuffling about this green and pleasant land our former history fades into the depths of time. What is it with people, they are unable to make allowances for any slight inconvenience no matter that many more people are deriving enjoyment from the day. The truly outstanding point however, is the fact that the Police actually sent 2 officers to investigate! Obviously on a Sunday there is not any muggings, burglaries, rapes, murders or other crimes to investigate, perhaps we should close Police stations down on Sundays and save the tax payer some money.
In fairness we come across this situation a lot, at one street fair we attend for some 4 days in the year, we stand all along the high street which is used for parking the rest of the time. Someone will drive up to their regular parking spot and suddenly stop dead, a look of sheer panic across their face that there is a ride occupying "their spot". After they calm their trembling limbs, they will drive around the block and back, only to once again suffer a bolt of panic, "the ride is still there!" I have seen people drive around like headless chickens four or five times, thinking that perhaps its a dream and when they drive up again the spot will have been magically vacated, meanwhile 50 yards away, the free multistorey car park remains totally empty.
At most fairs of this type, the council post notices the week before informing everyone that after a certain time the high street is out of bounds due to the fair arriving. At one North Yorkshire market town, we arrived with our attractions to find the entire high street empty, with the exception of a solitary car parked right where we were due to begin setting up. After waiting in vain for a couple of hours for the owner to arrive, we had a word with a local Police officer. He found out a home contact no for the car owner and rang it. A woman answered and the officer asked if she could give him a contact number for the car driver as he was parked awkwardly in this particular town. "No your mistaken", replied the woman, "my husband is in Peterborough on business", and wouldn't believe any evidence to the contrary.
The officer eventually had the car towed away for us and we discovered later that the gentleman in question had been having an affair with a local woman, and indeed should have been in Peterborough.
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Whilst chatting with Emma, one of the organisers, she mentioned that the Police had been to see her. evidently the event had brought an increase in traffic to the surrounding village, an elderly gentleman had to walk around a parked car and duly called the forces of the law to deal with it. Now the British have a long history of being explorers, inventors, warriors, diplomats, traders and so on. With miserable auld bleeders like this shuffling about this green and pleasant land our former history fades into the depths of time. What is it with people, they are unable to make allowances for any slight inconvenience no matter that many more people are deriving enjoyment from the day. The truly outstanding point however, is the fact that the Police actually sent 2 officers to investigate! Obviously on a Sunday there is not any muggings, burglaries, rapes, murders or other crimes to investigate, perhaps we should close Police stations down on Sundays and save the tax payer some money.
In fairness we come across this situation a lot, at one street fair we attend for some 4 days in the year, we stand all along the high street which is used for parking the rest of the time. Someone will drive up to their regular parking spot and suddenly stop dead, a look of sheer panic across their face that there is a ride occupying "their spot". After they calm their trembling limbs, they will drive around the block and back, only to once again suffer a bolt of panic, "the ride is still there!" I have seen people drive around like headless chickens four or five times, thinking that perhaps its a dream and when they drive up again the spot will have been magically vacated, meanwhile 50 yards away, the free multistorey car park remains totally empty.
At most fairs of this type, the council post notices the week before informing everyone that after a certain time the high street is out of bounds due to the fair arriving. At one North Yorkshire market town, we arrived with our attractions to find the entire high street empty, with the exception of a solitary car parked right where we were due to begin setting up. After waiting in vain for a couple of hours for the owner to arrive, we had a word with a local Police officer. He found out a home contact no for the car owner and rang it. A woman answered and the officer asked if she could give him a contact number for the car driver as he was parked awkwardly in this particular town. "No your mistaken", replied the woman, "my husband is in Peterborough on business", and wouldn't believe any evidence to the contrary.
The officer eventually had the car towed away for us and we discovered later that the gentleman in question had been having an affair with a local woman, and indeed should have been in Peterborough.
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