"As for snide comments about "toy train shows" perhaps some of you should go to the Model Engineering and Steam Shows that they run.
Oh that we could have festivals as good"

This is where the confusion starts. As I understand it these very successful shows were run up until now by Events Office not by the new company. If this is the case then no comparisons can be made as we don't know what they'll be like at running them for the first time this year. If they have retained the staff from Events Office then that's a whole different ballgame and a certain amount of clarification is in order.

Steve