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Originally posted by dougiebarder
on that line do any other non biased posters have an opinion on this?
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dougiebarder,
I have only been to
the Beltring show for the past five years, and have seen nothing change, but the entry price. For those that have been attending the show for a longer period, I can understand they have seen changing the show more fundamentally. Especially this year, when the entry fees were raised considerably "due to safety, health and environment regulations", not much had changed really compared to the year before. A forum member who in daily life is a safety, health and environment officer ensured me the only thing W&P had done was placing crush barriers over the bridge and near the toilet/shower building to separate traffic from the pedestrians. Frankly, the showers have been appalling ever since I visited the show (or was this all part of the living history experience of life in a WW2 prison camp
: ) and I have no doubt facilities like this would be closed down in my home country. So to get rid of the Beltring dust I have relied on McStolly's gas-fired portable shower, a tight fit for my 6'6" frame but a major improvement over the showers I paid for.
I have known FV623, a.k.a. McStolly or Richard Notton, for many years and what he objects to mainly is that W&P does not tell the true story and does not deliver. Visitor/vehicle numbers are exaggerated, entry fees are constantly raised with no real countervalue, etc. etc.
I feel the W&P show is deliberately steering away from what started it all - displaying historic military vehicles - especially now I hear you saying "reenactors get in free"(!). Now what about vehicle owners, they really make the show, don't they?!?
Regards,
Hanno