Police called to illegal rave 'raid' parish council cinema (From The Argus)
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Police called to illegal rave 'raid' parish council cinema
8:50am Wednesday 5th September 2012 in News By Bill Gardner
POLICE IS THE WORD: "Ravers" at the open air cinema
When Sussex Police received a report of an illegal rave on Saturday evening, a squad car with flashing blue lights was scrambled to the scene.
The officer arrived expecting to find revellers dancing to pumping music - and was ready to shut the wild party down.
But instead of a hedonistic rave, the bemused police officer found a group of elderly villagers and families quietly watching an open air showing of Grease.
The event, organised by Forest Row Parish Council, took place in a car park behind the Foresters pub.
Rodabe Rudin, Forest Row parish clerk, said the surprise police visit had been “surreal”.
She said: “We were all sitting watching the film when suddenly the police officer turned up out of the blue. He looked a bit baffled and asked if we were having a rave so we told him we weren’t.
“Everyone was very confused, not least the police officer himself.
“I suppose we had a popcorn machine and a few hot dogs but I could hardly describe it as a wild party.”
Mrs Rudin said organisers had sent letters to neighbours warning them about the event.
She said: “Everyone seemed quite happy so we can’t understand why someone would call the police. It was a bit of a waste of their time, to be honest.
“There were some teenagers hanging around at the back but I don’t believe they were raving.
“The next film we’ll show will be Dirty Dancing, but there will certainly be no raving. I’m far too old for that.”
Inspector Lee Lyons, who gave the order to investigate the ‘rave’, said the officer had seen the funny side.
He said: “He certainly got a shock - but he thought it was pretty amusing.
“Obviously no one was breaking the law so we left them in peace to enjoy their night.
“We do always respond to reports of illegal raves, even if they don’t always turn out to be accurate.”
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Comments(17)
still waiting
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8:57am Wed 5 Sep 12
Crystal Ball
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8:59am Wed 5 Sep 12
GIVE UP
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9:11am Wed 5 Sep 12
AmboGuy
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9:43am Wed 5 Sep 12
BEVIE33 wrote:Because noisy neighbours isn't a police matter. Speak to your local council noise team.
im losing the will too live, how is this NEWS?? if people want to enjoy themselves and all that, they say they notified the neighbours! what bothers me is that we have a Very noisy neighbour that partys until 4am with loud music n heavy bass and i have a little boy in bed that cant sleep but the police dont want to know about that!
frowmarket
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10:13am Wed 5 Sep 12
market.org.uk for more details.
inadaptado
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10:16am Wed 5 Sep 12
BEVIE33 wrote:Now you know the trick: call the Police and tell them your neighbour is holding an illegal rave or he is a squatter. Even better, tell them he is a squatter holding a rave. They will send an army without thinking twice.
im losing the will too live, how is this NEWS?? if people want to enjoy themselves and all that, they say they notified the neighbours! what bothers me is that we have a Very noisy neighbour that partys until 4am with loud music n heavy bass and i have a little boy in bed that cant sleep but the police dont want to know about that!
cvs
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10:34am Wed 5 Sep 12
inadaptado wrote:Or if you want an even quicker response report an incident of racial abuse
BEVIE33 wrote:Now you know the trick: call the Police and tell them your neighbour is holding an illegal rave or he is a squatter. Even better, tell them he is a squatter holding a rave. They will send an army without thinking twice.
im losing the will too live, how is this NEWS?? if people want to enjoy themselves and all that, they say they notified the neighbours! what bothers me is that we have a Very noisy neighbour that partys until 4am with loud music n heavy bass and i have a little boy in bed that cant sleep but the police dont want to know about that!
kerryfee
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12:00pm Wed 5 Sep 12
F in L
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12:18pm Wed 5 Sep 12
bogs
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12:53pm Wed 5 Sep 12
GRUMPAH
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1:07pm Wed 5 Sep 12
bogs wrote:They'll respond quick enough if you tell them you've shot the intruder!!
Shame they can't respond when there's a break in.
Jo Wadsworth
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2:35pm Wed 5 Sep 12
kerryfee wrote:Hi Kerry,
The picture on this site is showing Dirty dancing not grease.
I thought that too, but I double checked and the film shown was definitely Grease. In the other pictures, the screen is showing much more familiar scenes from the film (but only the backs of viewers' heads are visible, sadly).
tonybee
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1:40am Thu 6 Sep 12
Mack Sennet must be turning in his grave.
frowmarket
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4:13pm Thu 6 Sep 12
Jo Wadsworth wrote:The dirty dancing pic was taken during the preview (trailer) section before the film started!
kerryfee wrote:Hi Kerry,
The picture on this site is showing Dirty dancing not grease.
I thought that too, but I double checked and the film shown was definitely Grease. In the other pictures, the screen is showing much more familiar scenes from the film (but only the backs of viewers' heads are visible, sadly).
Nathan_Adler
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3:43pm Fri 28 Sep 12
vogon1
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11:23am Thu 4 Oct 12
BEVIE33 says...
8:57am Wed 5 Sep 12