Big Screen

[Andy]

"negligable"? Oh, ok. You're absolutely right.

[martin driver]

The idea of having more than one bar is seriously flawed in my view.
How often do you hear the parting words of a relaxed and possibly confused Cropredy goer say to his or her partner, or friend. "I'm just going for a tiddle, see you at the bar in five minutes"
Try to imagine the utter confusion and the extent of the extra work load that would be thrust upon the already overstretched lost persons dept.at the festival.
Imagine the pathetic scene, " Which bar did he/she say, was it bar 5 in two minutes, or was it bar 2 in five minutes." I think by now you get my drift.
It is my view that one bar is enough, in fact in the past, one bar has proved to be more than enough for some..........

[Nick]

There are already two bars 

There's the main one and there's a little one at the end of the ticket queue by the entrance

Cheers

Nick

[James SftBH]

There are already two bars 

There's the main one and there's a little one at the end of the ticket queue by the entrance

Cheers

Nick

I reckon two bars is plenty..I mean, you can always get a drink and pretty swiftly too. I am against big screens, extra bars and anything else newfangled. Blimey, they'll be after astroturf next! 

[Goaty]

There's the main one and there's a little one at the end of the ticket queue by the entrance

This one ?

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[Goaty]

That's done it 
I'm now sat here with a bottle of 6X Speckled Hen with Capers on full tilt grinning like it's next August already 

[tarda (Gill)]

There are already two bars 

There's the main one and there's a little one at the end of the ticket queue by the entrance

Cheers

Nick

The one they kindly put next to my tent - I thought it was a personal favour. 

[bcfc dave]

Not at all - you'll sell a negligable extra amount of beer, for a higher cost basically, including staff (who do get paid!) and materials (lots of wood, etc...)

Do you mean negligugble? Glug a lug and all that...

Bet this gets taken off too....ta, mods.

[Dubai Danny]

OOooo K,  seems pretty decisive

Would be interesting to find out what the wider Cropredy audience thinks of the idea. 74 votes means we've canvassed the opinions of about 0.4% of the typical Cropredy gate.

Still, governments have been elected on less!

[Keith]

OOooo K,  seems pretty decisive

Would be interesting to find out what the wider Cropredy audience thinks of the idea. 74 votes means we've canvassed the opinions of about 0.4% of the typical Cropredy gate.

Yeah, but we're great 

[Nuthouse]

OOooo K,  seems pretty decisive

Would be interesting to find out what the wider Cropredy audience thinks of the idea. 74 votes means we've canvassed the opinions of about 0.4% of the typical Cropredy gate.

Yeah, but we're great 

Nicely put, Mr F.......nicely put !

[Chris]

Would be interesting to find out what the wider Cropredy audience thinks of the idea. 74 votes means we've canvassed the opinions of about 0.4% of the typical Cropredy gate.

But it's a good, representative 0.4%. And less than 33% thought it a good idea.

[PLW (Peter)]

Without wishing to get too controversial - wasn't the phrasing of the vote a mite loaded, m'lud? "No thank you -  I prefer Cropredy the way it is."  Leading the witness, there, I think. A simple "Yes" "No" "Don't Know" might have provided a slightly different return.

And, yes, we are a self-selecting group on here - so not representative of the wider audience.

And I'm very glad the "I prefer Cropredy the way it is" mentality hasn't prevailed in the past - otherwise we'd be stuck with terrible loos, inadequate camping and not very good sound.

[Speleologist (Robin)]

Without wishing to get too controversial - wasn't the phrasing of the vote a mite loaded, m'lud? "No thank you -  I prefer Cropredy the way it is."  Leading the witness, there, I think. A simple "Yes" "No" "Don't Know" might have provided a slightly different return.

And, yes, we are a self-selecting group on here - so not representative of the wider audience.

And I'm very glad the "I prefer Cropredy the way it is" mentality hasn't prevailed in the past - otherwise we'd be stuck with terrible loos, inadequate camping and not very good sound.

You may be right, but going back over the thread, it seems that people have thought through the issues rather than just respond to the question, so I doubt if it made much difference.

Agree with you about the loos though!

[Nick]

And I'm very glad the "I prefer Cropredy the way it is" mentality hasn't prevailed in the past - otherwise we'd be stuck with terrible loos, inadequate camping and not very good sound.

Ironically, I think exactly the opposite on all three of those.

I reckon first that the loos have actually got slightly worse over the years. I remember in the late 80s/early 90s the quality of the loos being commented on in revews in the national press. They're still streets ahead of the other major festivals though.

And with the exception of the bad weather years I also think the camping has remained pretty constant. I do remember the days when it was more of a free-for-all with parking and pitching but that was sorted out in the very early 90s. Apart from the addition of the marquee between fields 1, 2 and 3 (which was missing this year - a change for the worse) I can't think of any other change that's happened to the camping since then.

Oh, and the sound? I can recall only one year in the last 20 when the sound was not absolutely brilliant and that was 2004! Last year the sound seemed to get lost at the sides of the arena, particularly around the bar area. It was back to normal this year.

Keep Cropredy the way it is!

Contraversial? moi?

Cheers

Nick

[PLW (Peter)]

All I'm saying, Nick, is that it's important to be striving for improvement all the time. I'm sorry, but I was at Cropredy in 79 and there is absolutely no way it was exactly the same as it is now: change happens - and quite often for the better.

[Chris]

Without wishing to get too controversial - wasn't the phrasing of the vote a mite loaded, m'lud? "No thank you -  I prefer Cropredy the way it is."  Leading the witness, there, I think. A simple "Yes" "No" "Don't Know" might have provided a slightly different return.

Hmmm - I thought it only fair to mention what the probable outcome of putting a screen up behind the sound tower would be - and this figure was based on sensible costings, with a member of this board obtaining a quote from a supplier or two.

That way, people could vote with all the info available to them. Voting blind, without knowing that there would be a cost implication to them, could have led to accusations of bias on my part. I think it's fair.