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Subject: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 25 Jan 10 - 04:49 PM Thought I'd start this thread since I'm doing the (unofficial) Sweeps MySpace and Facebook sites. The fun is over the May Day Holiday (first weekend in May). Musicians booked so far include: BELLOWHEAD, CARA DILLON, WHEELER STREET, THE CEREMONY OF MAY, BILLY CHILDISH, SUR LES DOCKS, THE CHIMNEY BOYS, HOT RATS, THE FABULOUS FEZHEADS, MOVEABLE FEAST, LUPEN CROOK & THE MURDERBIRDS, THE BOUNTY HOUNDS, MORENA, JANETTE GERI, GREEN DIESEL, CALICO STREET RIOTS, MIKE NICHOLSON, PHOENIX, ROCAS, LUKE JACKSON, JUMBO GUMBO, HOBO JONES & THE JUNKYARD DOGS, LUKE DORMAN & THE DARK HORSES, SKINNERS RATS, JUNK & DISORDERLY, JOHN BARDEN, PIGS EAR, WHISTLE STOP TOUR There are also great singarounds at pubs including the Good Intent. Morris sides booked will be publicised soon. I'll post more info here as I get it, but feel free to update this thread if you have any information. So - who will be there??? Jen |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: growler Date: 25 Jan 10 - 04:53 PM Dal from the Good Intent, is planing on putting on a minimum of thirty ales |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Richard Bridge Date: 25 Jan 10 - 07:09 PM A thumbnail sketch of the booked artists would be handy. It was once a feature of the programme, but vanished many ears ago. In the absence of a good reason to be elsewhere (and I am no longer playing for BG) I will very probably be in the GI all weekend (hic). |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 26 Jan 10 - 10:29 AM richard, are you looking for short bios on the booked artists? jen |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Richard Bridge Date: 26 Jan 10 - 11:30 AM Yes. They used to go into the programme 10 years ago but recently they haven't. It helps to decide if I want to go to see a guest. If they play bluegrass or snigger snogwriter I probably won't bother. If it says walls of harmony inspired by the Young Tradition woven into traditional song I'll probably be in the front row. And since guests are often on at the same time as each other it helps prioritise. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 26 Jan 10 - 01:35 PM ok, will see what i can find (in between the day job), but...start with this one: JUMBO GUMBO: walls of harmony inspired by the Young Tradition woven into traditional song :) Jen |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: growler Date: 26 Jan 10 - 04:27 PM There is nothing trditional in Kevin, from ' Jumbo Gumbo's shirts |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 26 Jan 10 - 05:00 PM or harmonious |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Richard Bridge Date: 26 Jan 10 - 06:33 PM Actually, Kevin the Shirt Murderer does lead some traditional English songs, although the odd verse or two from Quadrophenia slips in. And Ruff -n- Reddy have been heard to sing different notes from each other, sometimes in the same scale. I think you'll find Jumbo Gumbo feature walls of nasal corrupt French sung traditionally a fraction sharp - unless that's the exceptionally wide tuning on a cajun accordion confusing me (as Jon Loomes used to say "Give me an A. No, only one") |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Girl Friday Date: 27 Jan 10 - 06:16 PM Great job Jen- went on to sign up s friends, but see that you already have us. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: VirginiaTam Date: 28 Jan 10 - 02:20 AM fantastic. as Medway council takes its own sweet time getting a brochure up, I will watch your spaces Jen. I need to book the B&B near the Good Intent too. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 28 Jan 10 - 10:51 AM I will be booking usual B&B, at Andy,s Cafe. Looking forward to the event it was great last year. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 28 Jan 10 - 04:22 PM I have made a start at putting the band bios on myspace. This info is gathered from the musician's own web-sites so may or may not be the type of information that you are looking for, but should give an idea of what they are about. I have emailed the bands that still need info and will update myspace with the info as i get it. There are also links to their web-sites which often provide more info/photos/videos/music clips. Please note that the myspace/facebook/mudcat info is unofficial and is not anything to do with Medway Council. Hope this helps Jen |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: growler Date: 28 Jan 10 - 04:49 PM SCUSE ME!! Jen, Ruff,n,Reddy have NEVER sung in the same scale |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: DeanofRochester Date: 08 Mar 10 - 01:07 PM Border Crossing will be at the GI for part of the weekend, but anyone know if its's too late to get a gig somewhere, and who to ring? Dean |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: VirginiaTam Date: 08 Mar 10 - 03:44 PM there maybe some information on this thread. Perhaps someone can put you in touch with Doug H. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Girl Friday Date: 09 Mar 10 - 01:30 PM Have p.m.d. the Dean with Mr H's number. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: fisheye Date: 09 Mar 10 - 04:27 PM hopefully myself and TFMON will be there again this year, enjoying the pleasant company of many friends. fisheye |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 13 Mar 10 - 07:00 AM Here is the official but draft program... Rochester Sweeps Festival 2010 The History Imagine a world 400 years ago where children were used as chimney sweeps. There was little pay, it was a dirty trade and there was little reward for the men who did the job and even less for children. Medway's annual Sweeps Festival recreates the joy and laughter enjoyed by the chimney sweeps at their traditional holiday. It was the one time of year that the sweeps could leave the soot behind and have some fun. The Sweeps holiday was traditionally held on 1 May. Locally, they used to mark the occasion by staging a procession through the streets of Rochester. Their fun continued with the Jack-in-the-Green ceremony. Jack was a seven-foot character who they used to awaken at dawn on Bluebell Hill, Chatham. Jack-in-the-Green would walk with the chimney sweeps in their parade. In 1868 the Climbing Boys' Act made it illegal to employ young boys to carry out the trade, so the traditional procession gradually began to fade. The final May celebration was held in the early 1900s. Local businessman Gordon Newton, a keen historian, revived the festival in 1981. He decided it was time to bring it back and over the years he has helped develop the festival into what it is today – an extravaganza of traditional Britain. Gordon researched the sweeps tradition and organised a parade, involving local Morris teams. Today he is festival producer and plays melodeon for several Morris teams. Meanwhile Doug Hudson is the festival's music director, a role he has held for many years. Doug is well known on the local and national folk scene. He was involved in a folk club at Medway Little Theatre in the 1970's and now arranges a programme for Medway Folk Cellar and Folk at the Brook, two local clubs. He is also lead singer with the Hot Rats. Through Gordon's vision and hard work, Doug's musical ability and Medway Council's assistance with organisation, Rochester's Sweeps Festival is in its 30th year and is the largest May Day celebration of its kind in the country. Festival Highlights Festival Concerts Rochester Castle Gardens Concert Marquee ================ Friday 30 April 8pm Medway Rocks Lupen Crook, The Lovedays, The Flowing Some of Medway's leading music makers take the stage in a special concert celebrating the diverse and innovative local music scene. Tickets £6 see box office for booking details ================ Saturday 1 May 8pm Bellowhead Wild, joyous, perverse, bold, crazed, full-blooded, intricate, fearless, funny, epic and mostly BIG. The mighty 11-piece Bellowhead are quite possibly, the best thing to have happened to English music for a very long time. Blending folk, jazz, classical, rock, disco and world music influences with English Music Hall and cabaret, they are Kurt Weill, Arcade Fire, Lotte Lenya and Tom Waits, all rolled into one. Between them, the 11 musicians play more than 20 instruments and six of them sing. The horn section includes a helicon, reeds and a bass clarinet. There's a frying pan amidst the percussion, and a cello in the strings. Add to that melodeon, fiddle and vocals and you have a heady brew that defies categorization. Voted 'Best Live Act of the Year' at this year's BBC Folk Awards. LUPEN CROOK will open. Tickets £20 see box office for booking details ================ Sunday 2 May 7.30pm Cara Dillon Cara Dillon has a rare talent that you only come across a handful times in your whole life. Her staggeringly beautiful voice has the ability to reach inside the soul of a song and imbue material with not only profound sweetness but also poignancy and depth. Her album 'Hill of Thieves' was voted 'Best Album' at this year's BBC Folk Awards. Harmony group HEX will provide the support. Tickets £18 see box office for booking details ================ Monday 3 May 12.30pm The Dealers in Concert The Dealers won the first ever Folk Factor four years ago and developed into one of the best acoustic/roots folk duos in England. Pierre is now joined by Gemma and Martin Gayner to add violin, percussion and vocals to the original songs. Free of charge ================ Sweeps Festival Special Fort Pitt Grammar School, Rochester Saturday 1 May 8pm –11pm Festival Special – Ceremony of May (followed by Sweeps Ball) NEW Tickets £6 Box Office Tickets can be purchased in advance from Medway Visitor Information Centre, 95 High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1LX. Telephone 01634 843666. ================ Programme of Activities Friday 30 April (pre festival entertainment) 8pm Concert Marquee – Lupen Crook, The Lovedays, The Flowing NEW 8.45pm – 11pm Jolly Knight – A pre festival music session Prince of Wales, Strood – Sur Les Docks Good Intent – Singaround session with John Barden Gordon Hotel – A pre festival music session Coopers Arms – A pre festival playalong with P.J. NEW ================ Throughout the Festival High Street – Morris Sides from around the Country will perform throughout the day Corn Exchange - Princes Hall Traditional Musical Instrument Fair Rochester Castle Gardens – Children's traditional fun fair, real ale tent, stalls, Dutch traditional herring smoking by Rene Godlivet, acoustic tent and festival concert marquee. NEW ================ St. Margaret's Church, St. Margaret's Street, Rochester Saturday 1 May 10am – 5pm Sunday 2 May 1pm – 5pm The church will be open between the above times to visitors who wish to come and look round. Light refreshments will be available as well as a display of photographs of local interest. ================ Saturday 1 May 5.32am (Dawn) Bluebell Hill Picnic Area Jack-in-the-Green Awakening Ceremony Dance teams and sweeps bring Jack to life at the crack of Dawn. Everybody is invited to this traditional welcome of May Day. 10.45am Guildhall Museum Forecourt – High Street The Mayor of Medway will officially open the festival, which will be followed by a dance showcase. City Wall Wine Bar, Stage 11.30am – 5pm Music hosted by Pigs Ear accompanied by guests, Mike Nicholson, Valenciennes, Suntrap, Missouri Gutts 11am – 6pm Corn Exchange (bar) – Singaround session with Bob & Kathy Drage and Mark Lawson (Mike Nicholson 4.30-5pm) Castle Gardens Concert Marquee 11am-12 noon SUR LES DOCKS (FRENCH FOLK/ROCK) Free of charge 12.30 - 2.30pm The Crown Inn – Happy Trails The Eagle Tavern – Junk & Disorderly Gordon House Hotel – Suntrap Two Brewers – The Dealers Prince of Wales, Strood – Phoenix Expectations – The Chimney Boys Kings Head – Atlantic Currants Good Intent – Singaround with Ruff N'Reddy Boley Hill Dance Stage 1 – 5pm - McManigan Academy of Irish Dancers, Morena Slovakian Dancers, Fabulous Fezheads, Motley, English Miscellany, Jack in the Green, Chinese Dragon Dancers NEW 1 - 3pm: Ye Arrow – Ian Petrie Band 2 – 4pm: Man of Kent Alehouse – Heretique Acoustic Tent, Castle Gardens 1 – 5pm – Hosted by Lee Charles, guest artists and open spots available NEW 2.15pm Outside Medway Visitor Information Centre Guided walking tour of Rochester led by the City of Rochester Society. The tour will last for approx. 90 minutes. Free of charge although donations to the society are very welcome. 3 – 5pm Coopers Arms – Chris Taylor (Irish Music Session) NEW Gordon House Hotel – McManigan Academy of Irish Dancers (till 3.30pm) 3pm – 6pm Expectations – Roy Golding 4pm – 6pm The Crown Inn – The Chimney Boys Eagle Tavern – Moveable Feast Ye Arrow – Atlantic Currants King's Head – Perfect Strangers Gordon House Hotel – Tanglefoot Appalachian (till 5.30pm) 6pm – 8pm Expectations – The Bounty Hounds 8.45pm – 11pm Gordon House Hotel – Calico Street Riots and Moveable Feast Heretique Acoustic (11.30-12.30am) Man of Kent Alehouse – Sur Les Docks Prince of Wales, Strood – Happy Trails Good Intent – Singaround with John Barden (Guest Mike Nicholson) Two Brewers – Phoenix Coopers Arms – Playalong session with P.J. NEW ================ Sunday 2 May 11.30am – 5pm City Wall Wine Bar, Stage Music hosted by Pigs Ear accompanied by guests Janette Geri, Valenciennes, Luke Jackson 11am – 6pm Corn Exchange (bar) – Singaround session with Bob & Kathy Drage plus Mark Lawson Castle Gardens Concert Marquee 12.30-1.30pm: The Fabulous Fezheads 12.30pm – 2.30pm The Crown Inn – Luke Dorman & The Dark Horses The Eagle Tavern – Sur Les Docks Gordon House Hotel – Morena Two Brewers – Skinners Rats Prince of Wales, Strood – The Biggin Hillbillies Expectations – Green Diesel Kings Head – Jumbo Gumbo Good Intent – Singaround with John Barden 1pm – 5pm Boley Hill Dance Stage – The Singing Loins, English Miscellany, Gutersloh, Morena Slovakian Dancers, The Hot Rats NEW Acoustic Tent, Castle Gardens 1 – 5pm – Hosted by Lee Charles, guest artists and open spots available NEW 1pm – 3pm Ye Arrow – Open Harp Surgery 2pm – 4pm Man of Kent Alehouse – Kay Hurdley & Alex Percy 2.15pm Outside Medway Visitor Information Centre Guided walking tour of Rochester led by the City of Rochester Society. The tour will last for approx. 90minutes. Free of charge although donations to the society are very welcome. Castle Gardens Concert Marquee 2.45 – 4.15pm Concert with Wheeler Street (free of charge)) 3pm – 5pm Coopers Arms – Irish Music Session with Chris Taylor NEW 3 – 7pm Expectations – Roy Golding Good Intent – Gastove Special (Celebration of the Guitar with Shaun Murray, Davey Slater, Roger Allen and Pete Weller) 4pm – 6pm The Crown Inn – Green Diesel The Eagle Tavern – Skinners Rats King's Head – Hobo Jones & The Junkyard Dogs Gordon House Hotel – Tanglefoot Appalachian (till 5.30pm) 4.15 – 5pm Boley Hill Stage – The Hot Rats 6 – 6.30pm Gordon House Hotel – Luke Jackson 7.30pm -10pm Coopers Arms – Playalong session with P.J. NEW 8pm -11pm Gordon Hotel – Sur Les Docks and the Singing Loins Kat Hurdley & Alex Percy Acoustic (11.30-12.30am) 8.45pm – 11pm Expectations – Phoenix Man of Kent Alehouse – Morena Prince of Wales, Strood – Jumbo Gumbo Good Intent – Singaround with John Barden Two Brewers – Open Harp Surgery ================ Monday 3 May 11.30am – 2.30pm City Wall Wine Bar, Stage Music hosted by Pigs Ear accompanied by guests Missouri Gutts and others 11am – 2.30pm Corn Exchange (bar) – Singaround session with Bob & Kathy Drage 1pm – 5pm Boley Hill Dance Stage – Morena, Jugnu Bhangra, Sur Les Docks NEW 12.30pm – 2.30pm Concert Marquee, Castle Gardens – The Dealers in Concert Ticklish Allsorts Farewell Show (4-5pm) The Crown Inn – Kat Hurdley & Alex Percy Eagle Tavern – The Bounty Hounds Gordon House Hotel – The Hot Rats Prince of Wales, Strood – Junk & Disorderly Expectations – Luke Dorman & The Dark Horses Man of Kent Alehouse – Janette Geri Kings Head – Phoenix Good Intent – Singaround with Ruff 'n' Reddy Ye Arrow – Happy Trails 2.15pm Outside Medway Visitor Information Centre Guided walking tour of Rochester led by the City of Rochester Society. The tour will last for approx. 90minutes. Free of charge although donations to the society are very welcome. 2.45pm Rochester Sweeps Festival's traditional Bank Holiday Procession The finale to the sweeps Festival 2010 will involve many Morris Sides, chimney sweeps and Jack-in-the-Green. The procession will start in Rochester Castle Gardens and process through The Esplanade, Rochester High Street, Crow Lane, Vines Lane, St. Margaret's Street, Boley Hill, Epaul Lane and back into the Castle Gardens. 3 – 7pm Expectations – Roy Golding 4 – 6pm Eagle Tavern – Thee Waltons Boley Hill Stage – Sur Les Docks (till 5pm) ================ Rochester Cathedral Service Times Sat 5 8am Mattins 8.30am Holy Communion (crypt) 3.15pm Evensong Sun 6 8am Holy Communion 9.45am Mattins 10.30am Sung Eucharist 3.15pm Evensong 8pm Taize Prayer Mon 7.30am Mattins 8am Holy Communion (Lady Chapel) 3.15pm Evensong ================ Travel Information Train Rochester station is only a five-minute walk from Rochester High Street and has excellent links between London and the coast. For information on planning your journey visit: www.setrains.co.uk Car and coach parking Limited car parking is available near the centre of Rochester. Public car parks are indicated on the festival map. Normal car parking restrictions will apply and information is available at all car parks. Free car parking is available at the Civic Centre, Strood, throughout the festival and is only a short walk away. Coach parking is free and shown on the festival map. Coaches may use the drop-off and pick-up point also shown on the map. For Further Information Medway Visitor Information Centre, 95 High Street, Rochester, Kent ME1 1LX Tel: 01634 843666 Email: visitor.centre@medway.gov.uk ================ MUSICAL BIOGS WHEELER STREET – Success story of the NEW Brat pack of folkies. One of the best live acts you could wish to see. SUR LES DOCKS – Dynamic Dunkerque based French folk/rock seven piece band. CALICO STREET RIOTS – A young festival band who aim to leave an indelible impression! HOT RATS - Festival favourites feature Ian Cutler's world class fiddle playing. MIKE NICHOLSON – Simply an excellent singer and purveyor of songs. A singers' singer. CHIMNEY BOYS – Six middle class youngsters from Canterbury currently taking the folk scene by storm. GREEN DIESEL – Folk, funk, klezmer, jazz and morris dancing from another young band of Kentish songsters. KAT HURDLEY & ALEX PERCY – Brilliant young musicians at the heart of the NEW revival. Kat plays sax, flute and whistles and is an accomplished dancer and Alex plays fiddle. THE BOUNTY HOUNDS – Suffolk based folk/rock band. SUNTRAP – Three girls and one guy with an array of instruments and harmonies. JOHN BARDEN – Singaround supremo and charismatic figure who encourages others to play. JANETTE GERI – Touring Australian singer/songwriter with Celtic influences. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: VirginiaTam Date: 13 Mar 10 - 09:04 AM What happened to the other singarounds? One in the function room back of what is the pub on corner of high street and Boley Hill? And the one in corn exchange? Where are Bob and Kathy Drage? |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: GUEST,Linda Dix of 'hex' Date: 13 Mar 10 - 12:56 PM Hi Richsrd, if you are into trad unaccompanied folk, hex will be singing support for Cara Dillon at 7.30pm on the Sunday night at the Castle marquee. www.myspace.com/hexunaccompanied No publicity for this yet - hey ho! |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Girl Friday Date: 13 Mar 10 - 06:44 PM Tam Bob and Kathy are in the Corn Exchange Saturday afternoon and same on Sunday. In the programme. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 15 Mar 10 - 03:41 AM linda dix, if you want to let me know details on your gigs, i would be happy to add it to the line-up i am publishing. jen |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: VirginiaTam Date: 15 Mar 10 - 06:11 PM thanx Sue... so they are... pardon my brain fart |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Girl Friday Date: 18 Mar 10 - 03:20 PM Tam- that's ok... you need a day out.... sse ya and TSO on Sunday. Sue |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 22 Mar 10 - 05:53 AM just bought my bellowhead ticket on-line they are selling fast so if you want tickets for cara dillon, bellowhead, or the ceremony of may, dont be a dilly dally-er! go to the medway festivals, sweeps link from here |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 22 Mar 10 - 08:13 AM linking up the good intent thread for the best (sshhhh, did i say that out loud?) sessions during the sweeps |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Bounty Hound Date: 22 Mar 10 - 07:05 PM Footstomping folk/rock from Suffolk with the Bounty Hounds: 1st May, Expectations, 6-8pm 3rd May, Eagle Tavern, 12.30-2.20pm Mainly traditional based, with some original songs and a smattering of folk/rock classics. Come and give us a look! http://www.bountyhounds.co.uk/ |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: GUEST,Andrew Date: 23 Mar 10 - 03:01 AM I special plea to anybody attending this festival. Keep an eye out for my plectrum! |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: melodeonboy Date: 23 Mar 10 - 03:23 PM If I find your bloody plectrum, Andrew, you know where I'm going to stick it, don't you? :) |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 23 Mar 10 - 04:09 PM Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Yeah Stick it up his arse he can make a note of that? |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 23 Mar 10 - 04:10 PM Whata Parlava? |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Richard Bridge Date: 23 Mar 10 - 05:52 PM I think he's a plucking nuisance. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: GUEST,Mark Stevens Date: 23 Mar 10 - 10:34 PM Not been to 'Sweeps for a few years , might go for a recce and sample the Beer Festival |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: GUEST, Poxicat Date: 24 Mar 10 - 03:42 AM Are you the Mark Stevens who supports the BNP? If so, I would prefer you to stay away. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 24 Mar 10 - 05:39 PM it goes without saying that some things are better left unsaid |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: GUEST,Galley Beggar Date: 25 Mar 10 - 07:16 AM We have also just been booked to play at the Rochester Sweeps Festival 2010. We will be playing at the Man of Kent on Sat 1st May form 2pm until 4pm. For more info visit www.myspace.com/galleybeggar 6 piece folk band from London/Kent. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 25 Mar 10 - 04:21 PM here's the blue clicky |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 26 Mar 10 - 08:58 AM Hi Folks My friends wanna come this year and they have a VW Camper van is there a camp site or shall I tell them to park up in the road that adjoins the Good Intent It will only be for two nights. Or will the old bill move em on? Regards Pierre. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: GUEST,The Barden of England Date: 26 Mar 10 - 09:16 AM Theh should be fine up at the campsite, but theh may well not be bothered by the Police in the road, but the locals may. John on his phone! |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 26 Mar 10 - 09:41 AM Thanks John. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: GUEST,Mark Stevens Date: 26 Mar 10 - 04:25 PM Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: GUEST, Poxicat Date: 24 Mar 10 - 03:42 AM Are you the Mark Stevens who supports the BNP? If so, I would prefer you to stay away. In that case I will definately be coming, AND wearing my BNP tee-shirts !! LoL, ha-ha. ;-) |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: broadstairs-jen Date: 01 Apr 10 - 03:07 AM just one month to go |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: GUEST,Tomcat Date: 01 Apr 10 - 05:59 AM I'm sick of these narrow minded Nazi types who constantly slag off people who have a different political opinion to theirs! If somebody is a nationalist and wants to attend the sweeps, as far as I am concerned they have the right to do so, as long as they are not using the event to spread racial hatred or canvas / recruit for their preferred political party. The control freaks who want to conduct witch hunts are the real nazis here! |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Richard Bridge Date: 01 Apr 10 - 06:48 AM Go and buy a dictionary. Shouldn't you be threatening to beat up Mark Collett or something? |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 03 Apr 10 - 04:53 AM This kind of stuff ruined Knocvkholts build up last year must it spoil Sweeps has well. I mean for christ sakes any one think these Nazi ,s were coming up the Medway on the fucking Bismarck? the way folk carry on and if they did we would send the buggers packing like we did last time. Im more concerned about youth behavior in the town spoiling events. Tolerance in politics. I agree with Tomcat somewhat |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 03 Apr 10 - 08:16 AM I think the Medway police took a back seat last year in regards to the horde of drink fueled louts that were causing upset and braying at ordinary folk going about there day out. Blocking the high street so no one could get past. They even had there pit-bulls sizing each other up being held back inches apart by there moronic owners? A mother with child in tow was knocked over by a band of drunken teenagers who took not the slightest bit of notice of the child streaked with tears and when I went to the aid of this poor young mum I was called a Wanker by some boss-eyed Monkey brained half-wit . careless I say to the BMP lets focus on what actually happens at around 4oclock in Rochester High street. My sister and her Kids are not returning this year not because of one or two political insignificant's but due to the above. Saturday and Sunday were great. Monday was the put off and these aint local lads these are idiots who has usual travel in from other area,s Kind regards to all Pierre. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Richard Bridge Date: 03 Apr 10 - 09:08 AM There are measures in place this year to restrict drinking in the streets after a certain time and generally to promote order. I wonder what the grunts' favourite political party is? |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: GUEST,Errol Fling Date: 04 Apr 10 - 12:00 AM I doubt if the w****rs that I saw grunting in the High Street last year, with their "weapon dogs" in tow, even know what the word politics means or would be able to spell X in a polling booth! And I for one wouldn't waste time "wondering" but get onto the organisers/police and sort out some proper protection for the ordinary folk who want to enjoy the otherwise great festival. |
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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent From: Richard Bridge Date: 04 Apr 10 - 03:49 AM Well, you may be right Errol, but I have a suspicion that the word "British" might figure in their preferences... |
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