Sunshine & 18 degrees max today. Stalls: 116. More food. More live music. Two stages. Kids crafts. Open 12 noon - 6pm.
9 months in the planning.
The people making it happen and street scene 8am Sunday 18th Sept 2011 (click on images for detail if you want);
[ NOTE: Now other post festival chat & photos being added as well ]
Rob Chau; event organiser (Harringay Traders)
Shef Mehmet; event organiser (Harringay Traders)
Andy Newman; event organiser (Garden Residents Assoc or GRA)
' V ' = volunteer (ie. no pay!) Some are council employees
Rob Chau's sister, helping out (with list of 116 stalls). Rob's wife and son were also helping out this morning.
Local resident (of 35 years!) Pemberton Rd
Looking North (outside Railway Fields)
Salisbury stage; programme of events
Old Ale Emporium stage; programme of events
There's a 'green' angle to this year's festival (as well as food and music). Hand prints from local school children. School choir singing Salisbury stage later.
paddy
very funny. shouldn't they go through the tyres
on Green Lanes they're eaten with fries
A point I would make is: that when comparing to my local festivals.. it looks as if the organisers didn't really have that much time 'on the street' beforehand to set everything up..Therefore it looks as if they did very well..
Perhaps there might be more local businesses willing to invest more into the festival if it were a 'weekend thing' rather than just a one day occasion.
I actually think two days traffic closure every two years isn't very much for the community to ask. Especially from those who cause noise and pollution by driving 'through' the area on a regular basis...
Little did I suspect as I slurped that smoothie what I was really hungering and thirsting for. Little did David Lammy suspect that his casual little excuse before moving on meant he was confessing to anything. I'm sure there are things he would like to confess to, like his part in the Gambling Act's free passage.
Con and Ciaran, the gauntlet is thrown down. Next time the CWs must pitch for 24 stalls. Better still, campaign to have the Festival on a Saturday (they'll be otherwise engaged).
btw was that Backstage Blog a crypto-adventist effort? And how many of the police, PCSOs, stewards, marshalls, other traders, camera people, councillors, GLSG front(wo)men and Mayor really missionaries in mufti? I think we should be told.
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