Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 Apr 10 - 01:45 PM

I agree Errol flung,
but last year the police presence was a thin blue line Saturday and Sunday which is good. I was stopped by two W.P.C,S who enquired of me the contents of my Tankard. late afternoon on the Sunday I quote"
                                                          Excuse me Sir 'Is that beer in that Mug.
                                                          Beer it is not I said with a wide gesture of the arm.
                                                          Its Mead. I,ll drink it up forth with I said.
                                                          Yes Please do . Which I did.
So the police were clamping down late Sunday on people drinking openly in the town.
I was also stopped on the way back to my B&B has routine by a patrol car but I explained where I been that I was ok and heading back to bed whereby they took me upon me word and went on there way. So the Medway Police are about.

I understand though the event is policed by cost so the presence is rather a thin police presence clearly by what we witnessed on he Monday .
regards Pierre.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: growler
Date: 04 Apr 10 - 05:21 PM

What about 'Folk against fizzy beer'

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 Apr 10 - 07:25 PM

Well Growler,
We could always put a banner up in the G I.
Regards Pierre

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Bounty Hound
Date: 04 Apr 10 - 07:49 PM

Wasn't all drunken hoardes last year, we had fires to contend with, you can find the full story here.

http://www.bountyhounds.co.uk/?cat=6

Looking forward to a fire free year this year, we will be at Expectations on Saturday 1st May, 6-8pm and the Eagle Tavern on Monday 3rd, 12.30-2.30pm

Can't wait!

John

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: broadstairs-jen
Date: 05 Apr 10 - 04:48 AM

blimey john! am glad you are revisiting the sweeps after that adventure... looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks!
jen

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: melodeonboy
Date: 05 Apr 10 - 06:37 AM

There are, apparently, some unkind people who would like to see a rerun of the fire! :)

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 05 Apr 10 - 10:51 AM

What Fire ?

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 05 Apr 10 - 11:03 AM

It's a shame that to have to bring some civilisation to Rochester it looks likely to be necessary to destroy a building (but I can see the argument).

It's a bit like the below the line thread about getting rid of rats.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: GUEST,Pied piper of Eltham Twiined with Hamil
Date: 05 Apr 10 - 05:10 PM

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Mr Fox
Date: 05 Apr 10 - 06:04 PM

What Fire?

The Casino Rooms caught fire on the Sunday last year. Sadly, it was put out before too much damage was done.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: GUEST,Pierre Le Chapeau. on a different planet.
Date: 05 Apr 10 - 06:16 PM

Hi Fox
Yes I saw The Casino Rooms being (damped down) on the Bank Holiday Monday when I left Rochester on the train early evening ?

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 05 Apr 10 - 06:29 PM

The building is blameless. But the rats who own it and frequent it are quite otherwise.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Girl Friday
Date: 06 Apr 10 - 11:42 AM

Were these rats grilled on the subject? If the fire had not been quenched, they could have got a roasting! Anyway, however it's cooked, it all ends up tasting of chicken.....

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 06 Apr 10 - 11:55 AM

Do Leopards eat chicken?

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 07 Apr 10 - 07:55 AM

I knew a Chicken once who ate a Leopard

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Girl Friday
Date: 07 Apr 10 - 02:12 PM

I couldn't speak for every leopard, but we don't generally eat chicken. I believe that chickens and leopards live in totally different habitats. We spotty ones know however that carrots were originally purple. (See other thread). Plectrums come in many colours, but do not taste of chicken.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 07 Apr 10 - 03:22 PM

But when Andrew's is retrieved from where it will be put if various people re-unite him and it, will it SMELL of chicken?

This is now plucking ridiculous on two fronts.

Fronts.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: GUEST,hans christian andersen
Date: 07 Apr 10 - 04:44 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen and Andrew

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Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 07 Apr 10 - 09:47 PM

My Giddy Aunt what next?

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: GUEST,abdul , a week to go.
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 02:18 AM

how does she do them?

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:03 AM

over easy....


LOL

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: GUEST,Danny Woodhouse
Date: 08 Apr 10 - 03:46 PM

I supply money bags / aprons to the markets, local businesses, funfairs and to make them cheaper for you we recycle your old ones. Have a look at our facebook page here

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=702285285#!/pages/London-United-Kingdom/Dannys-money-bags/108628369166205?ref=ts

Let us know if you want one,

email [e-mail] or use the facebook page

i'll most likely be in Rochester for one day of the festival

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 10 Apr 10 - 05:49 PM

I supply all sorts but not on Mudcat.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 04:54 AM

Message from Doug Hudson:

"I hope to have some Sweeps Festival programmes next week. This year the council have produced a flyer but have decided to distribute fewer programmes before the event itself. They want to have a large number of giveaways during the festival.
It is available online in PDF form for anyone who wants to download in the meantime:

"The Sweeps Festival programme has gone to print and will be back this Friday. 2,000 copies will be delivered to the VIC, with 1,000 coming here to me for mailing list (any left over from this will go to Corn Exchange). The balance of 13,000 will be delivered to the Corn Exchange for use at the festival itself.

If anyone wants to download copies of the programme it is available here:.

URL is http://www.whatsonmedway.co.uk/site/whats-on-search/rochester-sweeps-festival-p454521

There will also be a link from Medway Council's main site to this page.""

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: GUEST,Andrew
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 10:02 AM

Is that right?

According to the official programme John Barden is Hosting Sing - arounds in the Good Intent on Friday, Saturday & Sunday 8.45 - 11pm what happened to the afternoon singaround? Why has it been moved to later at night, many of us have to get public transport home, so will not now be able to attend! And why no Ruff 'n Reddy?

And where's my plectrum?

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 11:10 AM

There are sing a rounds at the Good Intent lunchtime to 2:30 Saturday, Sunday and Monday.   But usually lasts longer on Sat and Mon.

Sunday Gastove's show will e in da house from 3 to 7.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: The Barden of England
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 03:13 PM

I posted this on the other thread, but just in case Andrew the Plectrumless doesn't see it:-

Andrew Sans Plectrum (or is that Andrew lack plectrum)? - - - Any old how the programme was posted earlier on the site - but to reiterate

Friday 30/04/2010 from about 20:45 to close singaround/session with John Barden
Saturday 01/05/2010 from 12:30 to 14:30 (but it WILL continue, bet your boots) and 20:45 to close as above with John Barden.
Sunday 02/05/2010 from 12:30 to 14:30 singaround/session with Ruff & Reddy. 15:00 to 20:00 - floor spots and guests with Gastove and then 20:45 to close singaround/session with John Barden including a few songs from festival guest Mike Nicholson (a good mate and fabulous player and singer).
Monday 03/05/2010 from 12:30 to falling over singaround/session with Ruff and Reddy.

John Barden

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 13 Apr 10 - 03:41 PM

I think "Lackpick" has a nice ring, like "John Lackland" but it does also resonate of "lackwit".

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Girl Friday
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 05:01 PM

Agreed....what is so special about the damn thing? I find plectrums everywhere. I know they come in different thicknesses, but otherwise, surely a plectrum is a plectrum innit?

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: melodeonboy
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 06:13 PM

"I know they come in different thicknesses, but otherwise, surely a plectrum is a plectrum innit?"

I always thought that size did matter! I can never get the right rhythm with a floppy one!

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: GUEST,Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 10:58 PM

Theres no need for that Melodeon boy........ Really?

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 15 Apr 10 - 08:50 AM

yes really PlC!   now I am trying to come up with a good joke about viagra for floppy plectrums

snork.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 15 Apr 10 - 11:10 AM

If you do not swallow Viagra quickly you get a hell of a stiff neck? Ha Ha

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 15 Apr 10 - 11:14 AM

There bring a new birth pill out for women?
It weighs 5 tons you put against the bed door and no one can get in?

There is a new birth pill out for men Too.
One puts it in his shoe and it makes you limp?

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 15 Apr 10 - 11:15 AM

Im off.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 15 Apr 10 - 11:36 AM

Apparently so

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: fisheye
Date: 16 Apr 10 - 01:39 PM

I have three little steel plectrums, and they always seems to return if i leave them (nice little toys) must be my dainty fingers?
fisheye

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: growler
Date: 16 Apr 10 - 04:24 PM

From what I've heard, Kevin has no problem with his plectrum

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 17 Apr 10 - 04:09 PM

Now That I wouldn't Know?

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Girl Friday
Date: 17 Apr 10 - 05:31 PM

Playing with a plectrum prevents prolonged plucking !
Try saying that after several pints!

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: broadstairs-jen
Date: 25 Apr 10 - 04:31 PM

ahem...only 5 more sleeps until the sweeps

weather looking promising

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Girl Friday
Date: 25 Apr 10 - 04:56 PM

Just looked at your weather Jen- don't like the look of the rain cloud!

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 25 Apr 10 - 05:02 PM

Looking damp-ish on Metcheck right now.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: broadstairs-jen
Date: 26 Apr 10 - 02:57 AM

GF - must have missed the clouds on bbc - looking good again now, I'll take sunny intervals :)

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 26 Apr 10 - 04:58 AM

On the face of it metcheck seems to be down right now.

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: melodeonboy
Date: 26 Apr 10 - 05:57 AM

Where's Michael Fish? (I think Woodsie knows!)

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 26 Apr 10 - 08:15 AM

Metcheck still saying soggy

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: broadstairs-jen
Date: 26 Apr 10 - 08:24 AM

ah well, there's always a good pub to hide in :)

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 26 Apr 10 - 08:45 AM

Im back on line have you all missed me?
My phones been down and so in turn my internet and it only took me to throw away my 2 telephones and buy new ones upon BTs advice. that they reluctantly sent out a engineer who found the fault when he got a ladder and started parading about on the bloody roof.

BT will now give me credit on the perfectly good 2 phones I threw away.
BLOODY PAR-LAVA

Subject: RE: Sweeps Festival 2010 - Rochester, Kent
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 26 Apr 10 - 09:38 AM

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