Shakedown Festival creates a mud-bath in Stanmer Park (From The Argus)
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Shakedown Festival creates a mud-bath in Stanmer Park
4:00pm Wednesday 10th October 2012 in News By Ben James
Shakedown Festival creates a mud-bath in Stanmer Park
This was the scene at Stanmer Park, Brighton, yesterday following the weekend’s Shakedown Festival.
More than 19,500 people flocked to the event to see the likes of Katy B and Dizzee Rascal performing.
However, concerns have been raised about the speed of the clear-up with rain over the past two days turning parts of the site into a mud-bath.
Festival bosses have said that they will be off site later today once groundworks have been carried out.
A spokesman for the festival said: “Unfortunately the weather wasn’t good during the set up of the festival and was not ideal at points during the day.
"We will be off site as of tomorrow and a road sweep is being conducted first thing Thursday morning. We’d ask for patience with the reinstatement of grass due to the time of year and the inclement weather.”
Comments(15)
spa301
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4:30pm Wed 10 Oct 12
BiggerH
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4:43pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Maxwell's Ghost
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5:32pm Wed 10 Oct 12
At the Pride fesitval this year, everyone was searched and bags searched.
I understand a number of weapons were seized.
This story happens to be about the grass which is a story in itself.
pwlr1966
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7:27pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Brightonlad86
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8:12pm Wed 10 Oct 12
I had no noticification about this event! Whilst I don't begrudge anyone a good day/night out it would have been nice to get a letter through the door explaining that local residents may have their lives disrupted over the weekend. I would have changes my day off.
Instead I had to listen to the music blasting from about 10am till midnight!!
Thanks for the heads up!
Hoarder12345444
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9:40pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Hoveactually63
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10:43pm Wed 10 Oct 12
Brightonlad86 wrote:Seeing as the licence for the park is only until 11pm, you can't have heard music until midnight, unless your neighbours were having a party! Furthermore, the sound checks were on Friday so no music was played until the event opened at 12:15pm.....
So, this is what I was hearing all day on my only day off last week!!
I had no noticification about this event! Whilst I don't begrudge anyone a good day/night out it would have been nice to get a letter through the door explaining that local residents may have their lives disrupted over the weekend. I would have changes my day off.
Instead I had to listen to the music blasting from about 10am till midnight!!
Thanks for the heads up!
Dealing with idiots
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7:57am Thu 11 Oct 12
Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit
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8:24am Thu 11 Oct 12
BiggerH wrote:I think the stabbing is already covered in another story. And event can spawn more than one story y'know.
absolutely shocking! - forget the guy who got stabbed - let's worry about the grass that'll grow back in the next few months
Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit
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8:26am Thu 11 Oct 12
Hoarder12345444 wrote:Well no, what about people who want to use the park before Spring? And yes, you've guessed, I'm one of them.
It was a mess by by spring it would have grown back so no harm done eh
F in L
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2:13pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit wrote:Are you a Traveler by any chance?
Hoarder12345444 wrote:Well no, what about people who want to use the park before Spring? And yes, you've guessed, I'm one of them.
It was a mess by by spring it would have grown back so no harm done eh
F in L
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2:13pm Thu 11 Oct 12
Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit wrote:Are you a Traveler by any chance?
Hoarder12345444 wrote:Well no, what about people who want to use the park before Spring? And yes, you've guessed, I'm one of them.
It was a mess by by spring it would have grown back so no harm done eh
TheCase
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5:49pm Thu 11 Oct 12
pwlr1966 wrote:what a knob
Build on this waste of space, more afoardable houses are needed in Brighton & Hove, If you want green open spaces use the South Downs.
AlbieEdward
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7:35am Fri 12 Oct 12
rayellerton says...
4:17pm Wed 10 Oct 12