View Full Version : is that county fair gonna be on again in brockwell park
mccliche
08-03-2007, 16:30
2 of the best days i had last year
lying in the sun, drinking, smokin, lsitening to tunes and all within 15 mins walk from my house!
anyone know if it is def on...i know it is stillearly but this weather has me plotting ahead :)
OpalFruit
08-03-2007, 16:45
It's been held every year for the past zillion years, so unless anyone has heard rumours that it has been cut, there's no reason to think not. It's usually the second weekend in July.
gaijingirl
08-03-2007, 16:45
Yes it's definitely on. July 14/15th. :)
mccliche
08-03-2007, 16:46
thanks for that, i knew it was on for the last 2 years but wasn't sure how mainstay it was...
is it always like it was last year?
Dubversion
08-03-2007, 16:49
thanks for that, i knew it was on for the last 2 years but wasn't sure how mainstay it was...
is it always like it was last year?
there's a myriad of smarty pants answers to that, but..
if you mean, is it always over two days with bands on the mainstage both days, and lots of other lovely weird and wonderful attractions, then yeh
Mrs Magpie
08-03-2007, 16:49
It's called the Country Show (the slogan used to be, 'when the country comes to the town' but I don't think they've used it for years). There was only one year it wasn't on but Lambeth won't be making that mistake again....
OpalFruit
08-03-2007, 16:59
It's traditional attractions haven't changed in years - owls, the village green, sheepdogs, fruit'n'veg -modelling, the year before last there was a disply of marines in tight black pants demonstrating to the youth of Brixton how to kill someone in unarmed combat, but I think that was diverted off the programme last year!
christonabike
08-03-2007, 17:05
It was weird, they did it to thumping dance music
I thought they had been diverted from Love Muscle at The Fridge
:)
gaijingirl
08-03-2007, 17:59
That was hilarious... as was spotting a 9(ish) year old pushing his brother out of the way with a "get out of the fucking way, I want to see" in order to get a closer look at a sheep being shaved!
gaijingirl
08-03-2007, 17:59
ooh ooh ooh - and the sheep dogs herding first ducks and then small children from the audience...
brilliant!
dogmatique
08-03-2007, 19:41
Not forgetting the wonderous vegatable animals...
One of the highlights of the Lambeth society calendar... :D
Tricky Skills
08-03-2007, 19:59
The 14th is also the date for Ken's Rise festival on Clap'ham Common.
Mrs Magpie
08-03-2007, 20:02
Every year there's something at the country show that makes me so excited and happy that I weep....and that's before I reach the cider. I don't mean blubbing, just tears rolling down my cheeks. I always blame it on the straw bales but really it's not.
Mrs Magpie
08-03-2007, 20:04
One year it was the Magyar horsemen, another year it was the Peregrine falcon plummetting back to earth, another year it was a singer whose voice was so clear, pure and beautiful, another year seeing someone I'd lost touch with 20 years previously.
lang rabbie
08-03-2007, 20:20
Yes it's definitely on. July 14/15th. :)
Who are you trying to confuse:confused:
The show organisers are sending out booking forms for the 21st/22nd July.
http://www.ubiqueleisure.co.uk/lambeth.php
Mrs Magpie
08-03-2007, 20:25
Who are you trying to confuse:confused:
The show organisers are sending out booking forms for the 21st/22nd July.
http://www.ubiqueleisure.co.uk/lambeth.php
To be fair, Lambeth have done this before (telling people different dates I mean).
I really loved the kids on motorbikes doing stunts last year - they were amazing!
And that cyder - it was practically hallucinogenic :D
Mrs Magpie
08-03-2007, 20:35
I always gorge myself on Kentish cherries.
lang rabbie
08-03-2007, 21:33
[pseud's corner]The extrordinary variety of people in the long queue for that cider always reminds me of one of those panoramic Victorian paintings by William Powell Frith like Derby Day (http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=4672)or The Railway Station (http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/3B80BB4A-320D-47AC-ABB8-A82CAC55DE81/0/railway.jpg)in which rich and poor are shown for a rare moment side by side. [/pseud's corner]
dogmatique
08-03-2007, 21:54
More Hogarth surely?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/15/GinLane.jpg/438px-GinLane.jpg
Actually, that's the after picture.
Mrs Magpie
08-03-2007, 21:58
I prefer the Beer Alley pic....
http://www.adnax.com/images/views/400beeralley.jpg
quimcunx
08-03-2007, 23:21
I might go to that again. I went once. People were looking at a cow in a tent. But I'm from the country so have seen cows many times... :-)
gaijingirl
09-03-2007, 00:49
Who are you trying to confuse:confused:
The show organisers are sending out booking forms for the 21st/22nd July.
http://www.ubiqueleisure.co.uk/lambeth.php
Sorry - you're absolutely right - I got confuddled - no intention to confuse anyone. :)
And that cyder - it was practically hallucinogenic :D
Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that.
Yay I cant wait for this years :cool:
Bring on the summer!! :)
poster342002
09-03-2007, 13:07
I'm old enough to remember the old Brixton Festivals held in Max Roach Park! Whatever happened to those, by the way? They seemed to be an annual feature for many years and then they just seemed to ... stop. :confused:
Mrs Magpie
09-03-2007, 13:08
iirc they were organised by a loose coalition of squatters on Villa Rd, who are now all gone......
Mrs Magpie
09-03-2007, 13:09
Shippy will probably know if I'm correct about this or not...
poster342002
09-03-2007, 13:14
Is that the case? I always assumed they were some kind of official event - a sort of Brixton version of the Notting Hill Carnival. I certainly remember at least one of them as being very large - hundreds of people in attendance. :confused:
Mrs Magpie
09-03-2007, 13:24
Well, I think I'm right but not entirely sure....if Shippou-Chan doesn't know, I bet newbie will...
poster342002
09-03-2007, 13:29
I think I'll start a seperate thread - that'll probably draw more of a response if anyone knows more.
Minnie_the_Minx
09-03-2007, 13:55
I really loved the kids on motorbikes doing stunts last year - they were amazing!
Noisy fuckers they were :mad:
Honda Imps were waaaay better :D
once someone knows the date for def, please make sure it is brought to my attention. dont wanna miss out due to poor diary management skills this year!!!!
gaijingirl
09-03-2007, 20:33
It is the weekend of the 21st - I have that in my lido notes but wrote it wrong in my diary... :o
ViolentPanda
09-03-2007, 20:49
It's called the Country Show (the slogan used to be, 'when the country comes to the town' but I don't think they've used it for years). There was only one year it wasn't on but Lambeth won't be making that mistake again....
Why do I get a mental image of a dignified-looking middle-aged lady holding a cosh and smacking it menacingly into the palm of her free hand? :eek: :eek:
RaverDrew
09-03-2007, 21:01
Why do I get a mental image of a dignified-looking middle-aged lady holding a cosh and smacking it menacingly into the palm of her free hand? :eek: :eek:
because you're a pervert :p
<scarpers>
Mrs Magpie
09-03-2007, 22:06
Nah, it wasn't a cosh....I took a mob of drug-crazed urbanites with me.....
once someone knows the date for def, please make sure it is brought to my attention. dont wanna miss out due to poor diary management skills this year!!!!
Don't we have a resident festographer for this?
<shout>
Oi, William! Get your festography in gear!
</shout>
guinnessdrinker
11-03-2007, 12:03
And that cyder - it was practically hallucinogenic :D
it is indeed the opening to the meaning of life and universe.
piff diddly
14-03-2007, 12:07
And that cyder - it was practically hallucinogenic :D
damn right about the cider, felt a peculiar stoney drunkeness after consuming only 2 pints,, too many stalls selling raw jerk chicken and rice n pea with no fuckin pea, best advice eat before you go,
damn right about the cider, felt a peculiar stoney drunkeness after consuming only 2 pints,, too many stalls selling raw jerk chicken and rice n pea with no fuckin pea, best advice eat before you go,
Don't bother it's shite food in shite Brixtin in shite south London. It's all shite. It is. All of it all. All all all. Shite.
guinnessdrinker
14-03-2007, 21:38
Don't bother it's shite food in shite Brixtin in shite south London. It's all shite. It is. All of it all. All all all. Shite.
what do you think of these boards?
bluestreak
14-03-2007, 21:45
i think ol nick was mocking piff's pathetic attempts to criticise everything brixton.
William of Walworth
14-03-2007, 23:59
I prefer the Beer one too Mrs M :cool:
The show organisers are sending out booking forms for the 21st/22nd July.
If that's true (is it?? :confused: ), my out of town guests can visit on the Saturday, they're off to the cricket at Lords on the Sunday, but guess where I'll be. Clue : CHUCKLEHEAD!! :D
William of Walworth
15-03-2007, 00:00
And that cyder - it was practically hallucinogenic :D
:cool: :cool: :) :p
Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that.
Thirded.
I love that Snakecatcher! I mean Chucklehead, duh!
piff diddly
15-03-2007, 15:38
brixton is pish you sad twats, have any of you ever left your keyboards long enough to do some travelling,
brixton is pish
Only since you left, piff. It's not been the same since :(
I went to Camberwell once. :(
ViolentPanda
15-03-2007, 16:30
brixton is pish you sad twats, have any of you ever left your keyboards long enough to do some travelling,
Sure they have.
Long enough to go travel and buy an hour of your mother's services, anyway. :)
ViolentPanda
15-03-2007, 16:30
I went to Camberwell once. :(
DUDE! :eek: :eek:
William of Walworth
17-03-2007, 21:54
Don't we have a resident festographer for this?
<shout>
Oi, William! Get your festography in gear!
</shout>
Missed this last time ...
Only managed to defrag my PC today, it was getting ever more snail like over at least the past week.
Not much of an excuse, and I am very cponscious of the well overdue need for my usual 'Festival Season 2007 -- some dates and details' thread.
In the meantime, can anyone confirm whether Lambeth Country Fair will be on 14/15 July, or 21/22 July? :confused:
William of Walworth
17-03-2007, 21:55
I went to Camberwell once. :(
Surely :cool:
:mad:
;)
gaijingirl
17-03-2007, 22:44
It's the 21/22 July.
William of Walworth
18-03-2007, 12:31
If that's definite, I'll put it in the diary. My out of town friends will love the first day, but I'm going to be hardcore and do both :) :cool:
gaijingirl
18-03-2007, 12:48
That's the date I have from my Lido 70th birthday committee notes - as the working group is planning to have an exhibition at the country show and a poetry event at the show (which should be really great and I hope lots of people take a gander!). If it turns out to not be that date it won't just be your diary that is inconvenienced - there'll be a large number of marquees with nowhere to set them up!! :)
timothysutton1
22-03-2007, 17:58
Who are you trying to confuse:confused ... 21st/22nd July.
Thanks Lang Rabbie. I was busy organising our Urban Art event for the wrong weekend until I saw your message!
I have spoken to the organisers and the way they work out the date is by making it the third weekend of July. The 1st of July is a Sunday and therefore does not count as a full weekend, hence the seemingly week later dates.
lang rabbie
22-03-2007, 23:01
I have spoken to the organisers and the way they work out the date is by making it the third weekend of July. The 1st of July is a Sunday and therefore does not count as a full weekend, hence the seemingly week later dates.
The date has been so random that I'd begun to assume it was a moveable feast for which your require a Table of Computus to calculate the date from the Epact and Golden Day.
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