The show has been running in the village anually for the last 150 years so how come its got into the hands of one family ?
Like the innocents we are Eck and I went to the AGM about 6 years ago, expecting it to be a well attended affair but apart from the office bearers we were the only bods there, needless to say we got recruited onto the committee.
It consists of the president (the father) , the secretary (the daughter) the treasurer ( the daughters male 'friend') the chairman ( nice guy but only interested in showing dahlias) the chief protaganist (the son) the silent majority ( the sons partner) and the whipping boy (Tim nice but dim).
For 4 years we put all sorts of ideas in front of the committee to raise more interest in the show but many were knocked back -noticeably by the son , a man of few words and scowling face, who always said 'tried it , waste of time'.
The show is really kept in the same format (ok not bad but could do with a bit of changing) because of this familys dominance so after 4 years we said bye bye . Anybody else on a committe like this ?