Re: EPIC show report
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MALCOME READE SAID
RON1
In all of the years that we attended the shows at the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, we always dealt directly with the Museum itself (Christine Parker) with regards to space allocation, stand fees etc.
To be honest, we weren't even aware that there WAS a Committee, other than that Keith Crabtree was a member of one, until the Boat Museum shows were a thing of the past and you guys started the shows at Birchwood.
Did the Committee ever actually have any authority/remit as far as the traders at the Boat Museum was concerned, or was it just to organise the clubs? It's a new one on me if they did?
Malc
From the sounds of it you came as a trader at least 11 years after we started the show,
Annete Franks was the traders contact, she married one of the commitee, after they and Tony Hurst the Museum Directore left and the water ways company took over the show went in to decline,
The commitee organised the clubs and stands, annete looked after the traders.
The commitee came from the clubs in the area
New brighton
Liverpool
Runcorn
Haigh hall
The boat club from the museum.
WE did 14 meetings a year, at the museum, for 11 years, we never took a penny for our troubles, we enjoyed doing it.
We very rearly got any acknoledgement, thats why very few people had any idea.
As for birchwood, I have no connection with the organising commitee, I attend with The model ship society.