Steve Harris. If you are one of the people behind Sidmouth 2005 then small wonder the festival is in such trouble. You're just sooooooo negative and critical of anyone who expresses an honest opinion you don't like. If the traders who put so little money into past festivals are happy to manage without my hard-earned cash next August then fine. Whether "they failed to notice it going through their tills" I know not. What I do know is that my money won't be going through their tills again until we have a full festival once more, hopefully this time with more support from both traders and council.

BTW I find the responses on mudcat from the supposed organisers of Sidmouth 2005 profoundly depressing. If you really want to persuade people to return to Sidmouth then lighten-up and think about the criticisms and concerns from longtime festival patrons instead of dismissing us all out-of-hand. We just want the REAL Sidmouth festival back. We shouldn't be criticised for that.