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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Liz the Squeak Date: 19 Aug 02 - 01:52 PM See you there chaps - and the way to avoid the cost? Volunteer to be a steward!!! Done it for 5 years now, and it sure makes life a lot cheaper - I don't pay for my tickets, I get free camping, I don't drink a great deal (trying to stay hangover free, not really a problem for me) and I take my own food. I worked out that I spent as much on food as I did on a ticket, so now I take it all with me. Now all I have to do is work out how to stop spending money in the craft fair and market and I'll be laughing! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Dave Bryant Date: 19 Aug 02 - 10:54 AM Linda and I will probably be at Towersey - well at the sessions in the "Three Horseshoes" anyway. Last year we put the caravan on a CL (Caravan Club Certified Location) site nearby and only bought the odd day ticket - mainly to visit the market stalls including SHS. I can remember the days before the first festival when there was a club in the "Three Horseshoes" last Sunday of every month (Dartford FC used to turn up en mass). There were guests like "The Yetties" and a northern a cappella group called "The Valley Folk" which consisted of a chap called John Dickenson, two Caruthers sisters and a certain character called Steve Heap ...... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: GUEST,Sandra S Date: 10 Aug 02 - 06:42 AM I think you all know who's keeping Alan in place. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: The Shambles Date: 09 Aug 02 - 04:09 PM Which ever one you attend, will you help spread the word there? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Hamish Date: 07 Aug 02 - 07:48 AM Well... I'm going to Bridgnorth, 'cos they booked me! Come and say "hullo", fellow 'catters, if you see me around. I have a total of seven engagements over the weekend. Tally ho! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: GUEST Date: 07 Aug 02 - 02:59 AM I'm sure we'll all enjoy whichever festivals we go to - can't fail really. I'd always heard that phrase as "you pays yer money & takes yer choice" - makes much more sense your way round though!!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: John J Date: 06 Aug 02 - 02:08 PM Guest, I wasn't being anti-Towersey, my comments are only my opinion. It's a very good festival indeed. You can carry your own beer around with you certainly if you prefer, although I prefer £1.09 / pint (often less at the Tap & Spile in Whitby)of well kept cask beer rather than cans of 'draught' stuff. The festival is indeed run from Thursday evening until late on Monday, but so are others. I just find it hard to justify £70 for Towersey when I can go to Bridgenorth for £44 both prices include camping). You quite rightly point out that travel costs come into it, but that is variable and dependent on mode of transport / distance travelled and so on. That is something the individual must decide on. Hardly under the control of the festival organisers. I'm sure if I lived in Thame I'd go to Towersey rather than more distant festivals. Having said that I'm going to Wadebridge Festival in Cornwall: a VERY low cost festival, but with high transport costs. At the end of the day you takes yer choice and pays yer money! I hope you enjoy whichever festival you end up at. Cheers, John
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Micca Date: 06 Aug 02 - 12:49 PM And I will be at Towersey too!! anyone interesteed in a Mudcatgather like we had last year???? Sunday after the Lunchtime sing? in the Barn at the 3 Horsehoes?? about 3 ? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: GUEST Date: 06 Aug 02 - 04:48 AM Towersey is wonderful. Lovely atmosphere. Excellent stewarding. Loads to do & see. I wouldn't avoid it!!! Its great value for money considering it runs thursday eve to mon night. You can carry your own beer so that's not a consideration. How much cheaper are the others?? And anyway, travel costs come into it too. This thread seems a bit anti-Towersey - which seems unfair to a nice well-run festival that a lot of people return to year after year. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: John J Date: 06 Aug 02 - 04:34 AM I would avoid Towersea and Sidmouth in favour of others, not because of the quality of the festivals (they're both very well run festivals) but because they are prohibitively expensive. Festivals like Bridgenorth and Whitby are equally well run and with similar quality of artists, but they are MUCH cheaper. This is only my opinion, others may not agree. The beer is cheaper in the north too! John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Dave4Guild Date: 05 Aug 02 - 04:03 PM I think Sheila might have something to do with that side of things, ColK !! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Col K Date: 05 Aug 02 - 03:53 PM But who keeps Alan in line? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Folkie Date: 05 Aug 02 - 08:48 AM Keep well away from Towersey Alan, there'll be plenty for you to do at Bridgnorth keeping the rest of us in line. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Caz Date: 05 Aug 02 - 02:01 AM Alan if I were you I'd go to Bridgnorth because OUTSIDER are performing there Sat and Sun and Mary is doing a bodhràn workshop! Hope to see you! Carole - OUTSIDER |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Liz the Squeak Date: 04 Aug 02 - 05:19 PM And our very own Sam Pirt with 422.... LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Liz the Squeak Date: 04 Aug 02 - 05:18 PM Towersey has a plethora of guests and ceilidhs too - lots of morris teams.... Kate Rusby, Last Night's Fun, Mr Fox, John Kirkpatrick, Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham, that enough for you?? LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: the lemonade lady Date: 04 Aug 02 - 05:09 PM Welcome aboard Alan - good to see you, will you become fully fledged? I'm glad you'll be at Bridgnorth, we need you!! Hugs and kisses Sal |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: The Shambles Date: 03 Aug 02 - 12:58 PM Having read the above, I still am not sure if Towersey is worth a visit just to take part in some informal music making, apart that is, from singing in the pub's barn? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: SussexCarole Date: 03 Aug 02 - 05:13 AM Will be Towersey again this year for one or two days - but only for the barn etc - can't afford a ticket. There is an excellent camping site at Radnage which is high on the hills overlooking beautiful countryside approx 5 miles away. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Col K Date: 02 Aug 02 - 02:55 PM I should hope you are Alan, see you there |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: GUEST,Alan Surtees Date: 02 Aug 02 - 10:11 AM I am definately going to Bridgnorth. I have just found this site, VERY INTERESTING. You are right camping at Bridgnorth will be restricted to Weekend Ticket holders in future but there are many other sites around Bridgnorth. Bridgnorth's Tourist Information Centre can advise. Loads of singing at Bridgnorth this year in a new venue (for the festival) CASTLE HALL. I hope you enjoy the acoustics. Try the Black Horse in Low Town for five hour sessions at lunchtime until teatime with Ian & Fi Carter. Whichever festival you choose (If I wasn't going to Bridgnorth I would certianly be going to Towersey) have a great August Bank Holiday. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: alanww Date: 24 Jul 02 - 11:07 AM Yes, certainly looking forward to seeing you again, Mary.
The life of a shepherd is a life of great care ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Noreen Date: 23 Jul 02 - 09:22 PM I rang to find out about the camping situation for Bridgnorth, Mary: you don't need a full season ticket but must have bought some sort of ticket (1 day or evening) in order to be allowed to camp. Camping is then £5, I think. They are considering changing this for next year, camping to be just for weekend ticket holders, as it gets full. Look forward to seeing you again. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: vectis Date: 23 Jul 02 - 08:49 PM Might even get to Bridgnorth this year. I'm intending to go and catch the tail end of Whitby. Where do you camp, how much, do you NEED a season, where are the sessions? I like to tune and song swap. May even see Alan and Noreen among others up there. I won't catch the start of Whitby I'll be recovering from a week of Broadstairs. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: alanww Date: 23 Jul 02 - 10:52 AM Refreshhhhhhh ......... I'm sure they will both be great festivals and, assuming I do finally get to Bridgnorth, I will certainly miss the singarounds in the Barn at the Three Horseshoes at Towersey, as run by Pearl and Tony O'Neill. Pity!
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Folkie Date: 05 Jul 02 - 08:26 AM If Janey is looking for sessions/folk clubs at Bridgnorth I hope she'll come to the ones I'll be running. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Noreen Date: 05 Jul 02 - 06:31 AM Ah- my sister lives in Bridgnorth so I learned the spelling some time ago :0) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Trevor Date: 05 Jul 02 - 04:17 AM Well done all those who spelled Bridgnorth correctly! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Liz the Squeak Date: 05 Jul 02 - 02:48 AM Being physically nearer a place doesn't always make it easier to get to... many people living in the south east/west will know that on public transport it's cheaper and easier to go via London. Example; from Weymouth to London to Oxford/Thame to get to Towersey, is easy and half the price of trying to get from Weymouth to Oxford/Thame directly. Even with a car, the quicker roads go to/from London and the major cities... so it's often easier to go to London first and start from there! My manager takes less time getting to work if she takes the train from Upminster to Fenchurch St and then underground to Euston, than if she got on the underground at Upminster and travelled to Euston with a change at Barking or Aldgate, on the same tracks! LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Noreen Date: 04 Jul 02 - 08:09 PM Don't think your geography argument holds water/beer, Col (to mix my metaphors/drinks), but I'll give Bridgnorth a go this year too, I think. The singing in the barn at Towersey will take some beating though! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Emma B Date: 04 Jul 02 - 06:44 PM This will be my first year at Bridgenorth - looks like it will be a real 'home from home' Mrs Lemon's remarks explains why I got stung by a wasp at Alcester this year (you weren't there!) See you all there |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Col K Date: 04 Jul 02 - 05:13 PM Only one winner BRIDGNORTH Fresh lemonadefrom Sal, steam train, good campsite, great company well organised and nearer to Whitby for those who like to kill themselves by doing all week and the weekend SEE YOU THERE |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Mr Red Date: 04 Jul 02 - 04:24 PM Straight choice - commercial versus homely. Both big. SAR and song clubs are more fragmented at bridgnorth (not been to Towersey for 10 years) but make no mistake - they are both biggies. If it's dancing you want there is probably more at Towersey but not automatically better. Guess where I'll be. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: the lemonade lady Date: 04 Jul 02 - 09:37 AM it'll be great to see you there. I hear you may be going to Squilver Fest also as well!! 'Summertime and the livin' is easy.....' |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: alanww Date: 04 Jul 02 - 09:00 AM Thanks for the ideas and comments everyone - it looks like it will be Bridgnorth for me this year!
On Monday morning as we set sail ... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Gillie Date: 03 Jul 02 - 05:37 PM Bridgnorth is great. Recommend the ride on the steam train, it is called folk, rattle and roll. Great to have just about everything on one site. There are sessions in the town which can be very good. The Three Horse Shoes being one of the main ones. Accomodating landlord, he usually has sessions outside the folk season. Lemonade fantastic, Mrs Lemon!! Folk festival aside it is worth a visit just to have a look at Hogh Town and Low Town, very picturesque. Reccomend with a ****** Gillie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: janey Date: 03 Jul 02 - 04:40 PM We haven't been to Towersey but did go to Bridgnorth three years ago. We don't go to Concerts but the campsite was very nice, very big and with a more kind of cool atmosphere than most folky campsites (veggy food tent, circus performers, woman with a strange type of bus wagon thingy for kids). It is a nice walk down to the town; i remember we went down on the Friday night and didn't find any music but had a very civilised evening around the pubs amongst pleasant company. On the Saturday I seem to remember there was something going on in the Railway Station Bar...and we sat in the back garden of a pub and had a good afternoon in the sun with a good singaround type thingy. Unless it has changed alot though, or there is stuff going on at the school site, the singaround side of things was very low key and I wouldn't bank on finding loads of sessions around the town. Heck why not save all the heartache and worry and get yourself up to Whitby where you won't fail but have a good time! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Liz the Squeak Date: 03 Jul 02 - 01:57 PM The way round the camping fees? Become a steward!!! I did it several years ago when my poor lean purse would cope no longer. For a few hours standing talking to people and being bossy (something I'm really no good at.... *BG*) with motorists, I get to camp for free, see all the acts I want to for free, and if I do the morning campsite shifts (which people don't seem to want to do for some reason, they all want to do the concert/dance tents and sit on the desk), I have the whole day free for my own nefarious delights. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Linda Kelly Date: 03 Jul 02 - 12:57 PM I did find Towersey very well organised, but I have to say that as someone who usually spends a festival in a singaround rather than watching a guest _ I have started to question the cost of the tickets, when all I am going to use is the camping facilities. I won't be back at Towersey this year, but may return in the future. When you add the cost of the travel and the prices charged for food then you are looking at £200 for the weekend, and there comes a point when my purse says no! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: the lemonade lady Date: 03 Jul 02 - 12:10 PM There's only one way to sell 'em - tell 'em! tee hee!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Trevor Date: 03 Jul 02 - 12:03 PM Not that Sal's into blatant self-promotion of course...! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: the lemonade lady Date: 03 Jul 02 - 12:02 PM I think B/north is a great Festival AND you can get freshly squeezed lemonade there as well. I've made some discoveries about my competition which can be seen at 'The Festival on the south coast'I use one whole lemon in my drinks AND I only charge £1.00 AND I don't get plagued by wasps and niether do my customers. See you all at B/north?? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: GUEST,MC Fat Date: 03 Jul 02 - 09:29 AM No personal slur intended Steve, however I feel over the years Towersey has become more PLC. I have run events, concerts , clubs over many years and I think my judgement on artists has been fairly sound. I also booked heavily through you Steve, accepting your judgement on artists however that was never reciprocated when I offered any tour dates to you , your 'business head' went on. I feel that whilst I can appreciate the 'professional' manner that you run your organisation. The human touch has become slightly lacking. Nver the less you do make a considerable contribution to the festival scene as we know it and unlike some of us mange to make a living out of it. Jim |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Noreen Date: 03 Jul 02 - 09:13 AM Now there's a thought, Trevor... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Trevor Date: 03 Jul 02 - 08:28 AM Alan, why don't you just move to Salop and have done with it?! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Trevor Date: 03 Jul 02 - 08:27 AM This could be fun!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: GUEST,Steve Heap Date: 03 Jul 02 - 08:26 AM MC Fat Could you please clarify your reasons for making a personal slur against me? Steve |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: GUEST,MC Fat Date: 03 Jul 02 - 08:22 AM I have worked as an MC at Toweresy but have never been to Bridgnorth as it's just after Whitby and I'm usually knackered however for what it's worth I'd plump for Bridgenorth mainly because Steve Heap runs Towersey |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Noreen Date: 03 Jul 02 - 08:08 AM Thanks! :0) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bridgnorth v Towersey FFs - 23 to 26 Aug From: Watson Date: 03 Jul 02 - 08:05 AM The booking form says camping £5.00 as a separate item, so I assume you don't need a festival ticket, but to make sure you could phone Sandra Surtees on 01746 768813. |