This was my 1st Sweeps Festival and I throughly enjoyed it.
5.30 Sunday evening
The Alcohol fueled drunken Mob that had assembled on the High Street Sunday evening was a very disturbing sight indeed and I think if a large Police presence was to have moved into the area all Hell would have broken loose , Clearly this was what the Mob were waiting for.

How can I on this thread make a sensible suggestion to the improvement of the above.
When the police seem powerless to do anything about it?
Send in a column of soldiers Fire a volley over there heads ,This indeed was a scene from the Mobs of the past ? Its bad for tourists who come to see the event, Its bad for locals and shopkeepers . Its a ugly Carbuncle on the neck of the whole festival.
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The Morris dancers were a fantastic sight for me to see such color and the costumes.
Its took me several strolls of the High street Saturday to take it all in. By 1pm it was Jam packed to the point where it was hard to make way because the Morris dancers take over the whole road leaving a mere slipstream on the left and right pavements for folk to pass on route. Then when the Morris have stopped performing the crowd are reluctant to move for they are not sure if the performance is over?

To limit the congestion with Morris troops dancing perhaps it could be announced by one of the Morris team to make it clear to the crowd assembled that the performance is over and to "MOVE ON Please or words to that effect?
Ease the congestion.
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That place at the top of the high street blasting out Drum and Bass that was the only place on the high street Saturday where I saw the first signs of out of order public drunkenness.
If its is a night club then it should not be open during the day when the Sweeps is in full swing because it attracts exactly the type of person that is clearly NOT WANTED.
The music blasting out is nothing whatsoever to do with The Sweeps Festival so close them down during the Daylight hours.
Kind regards Pierre.