Another incident - last Saturday I was flying out of Stapleford then doing aerobatics over northern Kent (the nearest I could find enough headroom!).
Crossing the route of the Queen's birthday flypast and subsequently, I had a Basic Service from Southend. I'd guesstimate that at-least half of the GA they were handling had to be specifically told that the flypast route airspace was closed to them, and on one occasion a pilot seemed to be asking the controller to read and interpret the NOTAM to him !
A very large proportion of GA pilots who should have known better!
(Incidentally, full marks to the staff at Stapleford who seemed to be reminding every pilot entering or leaving the door of the clubhouse about the flypast NOTAM.)
Thanks for the Griffin link by the way - quite useful.
G