Ideal, if it’s not raining.
It's exactly what teenagers, and kids in their twenties, full of adrenaline, hormones and alcohol should do
I marched with commercial for about 10 years, can't be arsed now
I always said that I'd never go there as it was dangerous etc from what I heard when my older sister went in the 80's but then I went & I want to go back & take Jnr. I know it's a rabbit warren but I've never heard of crushing there. Squeezes yes, but we're not talking train queue at the Amex the other week due to the fact it is so spread out. I do agree that it got really big at one stage but surely us that don't live that far away should be allowed to attend?I was going regularly to Lewes bonfire night when I was at school in Lewes over 45 years ago. It was crowded then but still localised.
It’s just got out of hand in recent years so I don’t think there’s anything untoward in the police encouraging people not to travel to the area for public health and safety reasons- it was never supposed to be the biggest bonfire night in the World which is what it turned into.
Its not like policing a 30,000 crowd of relatively sober fans at the Amex - Lewes is a warren of small streets so bottle necks and crowd crushing can happen - the event is spread over a wide area much of which is in darkness away from the main drag.
Lewes bonfire night has always been highly politicised too and in the current environment, it probably does come with an element of risk of terrorist related activity.
- I’m with the police on this - stay at home - have a beer in the garden and make hotdogs on the barbi.
I did see a 'fire cracker event' outside a pub on route back to the car beside the snail tunnel. There were 2 lines either side & it looked strangely organised (in hindsight) as they weren't trying to hit each other. At the time I couldn't work out what they were doing & it didn't look organised, so just shouted at them to stop while we went past & they did stop.
But you can’t get too much of a good thing.
Well they don't go putting it on the posters, do they
Of course there are contingency plans for terrorist incidents for Lewes, and for Pride, and, yes, for Albion games. I'm blown away that you think the police wouldn't consider that scenario when planning. Pride in particular attracts up to 100,000 people, and the very nature of it means it's an obvious potential target for certain groups, so, I can assure you there are loads of measures in place to protect people.
I just checked back as I was sure my memory wasn't playing tricks back in 2015 the Pride parade was delayed for a while due to a suspicious package near the route. Having sat on the committee of a Lewes bonfire society for some years the safety advisory group very much brief on the risks of potential attack and I'm sure all major events have that contingencyWell they don't go putting it on the posters, do they
Granted, attacks are- hopefully- not that likely, but then you'd have thought it even less likely that somebody with terrorist ideologies would attack a group of 8yr old girls at a Taylor Swift themed party in Southport wouldn't you, and yet here we are. Continental Europe has seen plenty of incidents at crowded events, whether large scale group attacks or those carried out by lone wolves. The police are obliged to risk assess every big event and to have plans in place to cater for all sorts of eventualities. Luckily for you, you never hear about those plans, and fingers crossed you never have cause to think about them in future either.
Having attended Pride several times I noticed a LOT of suspicious packages.
I don’t know about being crowded but Lewis is a hell of trek to get to in the Hebrides, not sure about price of accommodation either. Lewes on the other hand . . . . .
PendantI don’t know about being crowded but Lewis is a hell of trek to get to in the Hebrides, not sure about price of accommodation either. Lewes on the other hand . . . . .
Lewes
Indeed, swing when I’m winning.
I think you got the wrong idea of my postWell they don't go putting it on the posters, do they
Granted, attacks are- hopefully- not that likely, but then you'd have thought it even less likely that somebody with terrorist ideologies would attack a group of 8yr old girls at a Taylor Swift themed party in Southport wouldn't you, and yet here we are. Continental Europe has seen plenty of incidents at crowded events, whether large scale group attacks or those carried out by lone wolves. The police are obliged to risk assess every big event and to have plans in place to cater for all sorts of eventualities. Luckily for you, you never hear about those plans, and fingers crossed you never have cause to think about them in future either.