Saw the hot air balloon but it ran out of puff before we ran out of food.
Do we really want a funfair at huge expense or a 'fabulous' ball. If we want a fun fair, why not hold the ball at Alton Towers.
Economy of scale: several stations could go the same day to make the numbers up. Large stations could have their own day. Book successive Friday's and save the cost of putting up and taking down the marquee.
Maybe I am getting too old but the best ball I ever went to was in 1966 at Cottesmore when Jeff Grubb, frustrated artistic theatre designer and part-time Vulcan plotter, requested the whole of the mess to decorate. The theme, naturally, was a 900th anniversary, and all the livers in turned to at a will making the props.
Brilliant organisation (FOFLs only) and I can remember exactly 3 things
