Giant insects are set to swarm through the streets of Newbury this July as legendary Spanish artists Sarruga present their spectacular night-time parade featuring incredible bicycle-powered giant insects, dramatic music and pyrotechnics. In the latest stunning outdoor event brought to you by Greenham Common Trust, Corn Exchange and Newbury Events, these huge creepy-crawlies will wind their way from outside the Methodist Chuch on Northbrook Street, through to the Market Place on an insect procession that you and your family will not believe.

This is it folks. The final chapter of the Cartergrad Project, where we find out that the powers that be are all lizards.

Funny really about the whole idea of lizards and insects. For quite a few years in the 90s under Labour, Islington would close the main A1 into the city for an Arts Festival. So there were daft projects a-plenty. The usual stilt walkers, clowns, Spiders abseiling down an ancient church. Often French performers.

The joke is that The French Government tried to reform the benefits paid to performers. If a fireater or juggler could prove he had performed for at least 8 weeks during a year,benefits were there for the takin'. So they all headed for Avignon and Robert est votre oncle!
Uproar..Aux Barricades etc. Never read what happened. As I mentioned it I probably should find out.

I am full of admiration for some performers of complicated tasks. Mesmerised by "War Horse" last year.
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All of the other outdoor events like this have been fantastic so looking forward to this.

Hope it all has a sense of fun. Enjoy..
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Don't forget a coat!

When will they learn? People and Giant Insects just don't mix. Just an accident waiting to happen.....

I enjoyed it !

Me too! It was great.

A great event spolit, for us, by the foul language and aggressive behaviour of some individuals who were drinking in and around the entrance of the Old Wagon & Horses on Market Square. This pub needs to clean up its act.

Just out of interest, how do you suggest a Pub stops the use of bad language by people not on the premises? ...and how far away from the front door would you say the pub's liabilty ends? In Imperial please. (metric seems to confuse some of our more elderly posters)


Threep.

The only criticism I have of this event was the fact that it was organised on a race day which meant the town centre was busier with a very drunk crowd who were not maybe in full appreciation of the event

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Just out of interest, how do you suggest a Pub stops the use of bad language by people not on the premises? ...and how far away from the front door would you say the pub's liabilty ends? In Imperial please. (metric seems to confuse some of our more elderly posters)


Threep.

Just to clarify:
They were in the entrance corridor, on and around the step and going in and out. They were clearly customers of the pub and some had glasses in in their hands. They were "on the premises". One of the loudest streams of abuse came from a fat man who was inside the entrance door. If you want some measurements - I was with a group of families about 10-15 metres away before having to move on.

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I was with a group of families about 10-15 metres

10.94-16.40 yards

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away before having to move on.

Sorry, my fault, you see, when you said "in and around the entrance" I though you meant "in and around the entrance", and not inside on the premises. My bad.

So, in order to sort this out, (and I'll pop in to see Lee later if you want) we need to set some rules. (Don't we)?

You would like all swearing in pubs banned? or just getting quieter the nearer you get to the door? Smokers outside should not swear under any circs I'm guessing.

So now we come to the most helpful part. What constitutes a swearing? Damn? Drat? Double Drat? Blast? Bum? Tit? Bugger? The 'F'' word? Could you sustitute two 'bums' for a 'arse' for instance?

Could someone get on the steps and whisper 'cock' under their breath, then say louder 'tits' followed by a bellowed 'twat'? Could one swap a 'bugger' shouted for two 'dick-heads' at normal volume if you weren't quite outside the pub?

Would it be ok to swear outside the Fox and Hounds at Donnington since Mickeys largest neighbour is the Mary Hare?

I'm sure Lee will be grateful for all help you could give. Should he have a swear-box to fine people if they use naughty words? How many would £2.50 buy? Could they be used on or off the premises?

Seriously, if he's got a pub with drinkers in and he decides not to serve one of them because they've had one 'prick', two 'knobs' and a 'fanny' do you think that this is  more or less likely increase the swearing from that person?

Swearing can be 'not nice' but moving away is easier.


Threep.