Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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The Kent Miners Festival is well on its way and is being very well supported, even though it has not yet been announced in local media. That will happen very shortly now and I am sure it will grow even larger. The main focus of the festival will be the Mining Exhibitions. The National Coal Mining Museum for England is touring Kent in July & August 09 and will be on show at our Festival on the 31st August 09 Fowlmead Park. All the Mining areas will be putting on their own exhibitions and all TC's & PC's are welcome to have a stall or put on an exhibition for themselves, to show the people of Kent and beyond, what a lovely part of the country we live in and what we all have to offer these visitors.
It will be an educating day out but it will also be a fun day out for all the Family, along the lines of the old Mining Gala's. A list of displays and attractions will soon be forthcoming and you and your families are all welcome to come along and enjoy a day to remember, a day that we hope will be an annual event.
We very much want to involve the youth of our area to help and be involved in organising this event so, any person, or organisation, who wish to take part or help in anyway or just want some information, please contact me Gary on
movetheminer@sky.com or visit our new website
http://www.movetheminer.org
PS. Has any one got any large tents we can borrow for a day, or hire cheaply?
Thank You.
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Gary - I could not access the website.........can you help?
Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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Try copy/paste into address bar
www.movetheminer.org that should work. i might have done something wrong.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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sounds like a good event, the 3 weekends at the end of july and beginning of august are choc-a bloc with events.
this additional one should finish of the summer nicely.
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Gary have fixed that for you now...I think you were fiddling at it the same time as me !!lol
Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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Thanks for that PaulB
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Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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Gary I have tried to send you a message on your site,but it keeps rejecting it,just to let you know I wish you good luck with your festival and if I can help in anyway please let me know.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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Thanks JHG, the site is still being worked on, sorry, if you just send emails straight to me,not via site at moment, will get it fixed asap.
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Thank you - can now access the site. The Festival sounds good - we will be supporting it.
Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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i would like to inform those interested of a Festival progress report that i have added to our website, please use link below, if i can do it right this time
http://movetheminer.org/white-template.php?page=15"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum"
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Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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The Festival looks a definite date for my diary GaryC, thanks very much for the update, its a very informative site.
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We are very close now to announcing our Kent Miners Festival in the media, but here is a little taster, the festival will include all towns and villages in Kent, all councils being invited along to show the public what they have to offer, the East Kent Showbus & Vintage Bus Company will not only be on show but have already set out a timetable to pick up & return visitors from surrounding villages. The main events will be the Mining Exhibitions from all of Kent, with many attractions to keep the whole family entertained for a great day out, music from brass bands and choirs, local groups and singers, dancers and performers, tug-o-war, cycling, children's races and much more waiting to finalize, this is already big and is going to get bigger.
We have pledged to make this a success this year and to carry it on as an annual event, hopefully from next year on, as a two day Festival, with the first day continuing into the night for music and local entertainment and festivities.
We need local authorities support in making this a success to promote Kent, so come along Vic, set your River stall out at the festival, & show the people of Kent what you have that is special, I am sure you will have some connections to miners, all Towns & Villages in our lovely corner of this county have.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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all the best with your efforts gary and gang.
would be nice if it did become an annual event, like the old durham gala.
i bet the public liability insurance costs a small fortune though.