Possible Sheffield meet

[Steve_P]

Why not?

Cheers,

Steve P.

[Michaelr]

You can count me in.

Just a suggestion but there is the Sheffield Transport social club at Norton that I think would allow the event. It is much like Golborn in that there is good private parking .

Mike

[Joe]

I thought that myself when I passed last week.

However I don't think it will be happening as the BVWS were trying to get involved and make things too complicated for for my liking.

I may just declare an open house one day in early February as they can't dictate what I do on my own property. Anybody could drop in during the late morning and swap things, or leave them for onward transit, and after a few hours we can adjourn to a local hostelry. If nobody turns up there's nothing lost.

Cheers

Joe

[Michaelr]

I thought that myself when I passed last week.

However I don't think it will be happening as the BVWS were trying to get involved and make things too complicated for for my liking.

I may just declare an open house one day in early February as they can't dictate what I do on my own property. Anybody could drop in during the late morning and swap things, or leave them for onward transit, and after a few hours we can adjourn to a local hostelry. If nobody turns up there's nothing lost.

Cheers

Joe

Just my opinion Joe but the BVWS stockpile of radio's is a "honeypot" for many and a rare chance to get some very good bargains. Since my interest is Military stuff and their offerings are very good usually they would be sorely missed by me and maybe by others.

Mike

[Yorkie]

BVWS has long experience of organising swapmeets and auctions and is very aware of the pitfalls, responsiblties etc, so I think it's inevitable that if they were to be involved in any event at all, it would be on their terms, but Mark R would know better than anyone about this, from having organised the Golborne and former Lowton Swapmeets as BVWS events.

For non-BVWS events, Chas Miller has successfully organised his 'Radiophile' events for decades, often in locations which can only be described as odd, if not bizarre - for example, Cowbit, on the outskirts of Spalding. If you stuck a pin in the map and drew a forty mile radius, you'd count more cabbages than chimney pots, but still people travel many miles to be there. If you stick a pin in Sheffield and draw a 2-Hr travelling radius radius, it encompasses an area f high population density, which would include Barnsley, Rothermam, Doncaster, Nottingham, Derby, Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax etc etc. It's not for nothing that 'Medowhell' is where it is. It's because of this high population density that I beleive that the Peak National Park is the second most visited national park in the world, behind Mount Fuji in Japan.

So I don't think there would be any shortage of visitors to an event hosted in that locality - quite the reverse. The difficulty I think, would be gearing up with enough volunteers to cope, and meeting the expectations of visitors, who expect to be able to park ten yards from the door, to be fed and watered, and generally looked after. (Directions, SAT NAV info and so on). Then there are issues such as public liabilty insurance, tables for traders, bring and buy, disabled access, electricty supplies etc. There are financial risk involved too.

Such an event needs months of planning, and getting people to commit to taking tables, publicity etc. I don't wish to sound negative, but I think that the other option you suggest Joe - a more low key 'open house swapmeet' would be a wiser starting point and I'm sure that there are already enough forum members who've already expressed an interest to make such an event a resounding success! Maybe we should call it 'Joe's Jolly':-)

Even though it wouldn't be a BVWS event, maybe Mike Barker, BVWS Chairman, would at least agree to supply some of the BVWS stock of cheapo radios which he takes to places such as Golborne and gets rid of in very short order for prices between £2.00 - £5.00. BVWS is bursting at the seams with them.

I love these events, so from a purely selfish point of view, I hope that if you do firm up on this Joe, you try to avoid the weekend of 25/26 Feb as it's a rather special anniversary for this household!

[Mark R]

However I don't think it will be happening as the BVWS were trying to get involved and make things too complicated for for my liking.

I may just declare an open house one day in early February as they can't dictate what I do on my own property. Anybody could drop in during the late morning and swap things, or leave them for onward transit, and after a few hours we can adjourn to a local hostelry. If nobody turns up there's nothing lost.

Cheers

Joe

Joe
it is not a case of dictating, if the BVWS are going to support any event it has to be on their terms. They will pay the cost of the hall, which means their public liability insurance covers the event. That is why it is advertised as members only. The signing in book at Golborne is to cover non BVWS members as there is the opportunity to join on the day.
As for catering you could consider just sarnies from a local buffet firm and put a few pence on the cost to cover expenses.
The major headache is table holders and chasing them. Do not get me wrong it is hard work to get any event such as this off the ground, but it is worth the effort.
Maybe, if you want some numbers of the table holders from golborne I can pass them on, just to sound them out and see what they say, after all that is how Golborne/Lowton started.

cheers Mark

[Joe]

I suppose "Dictate" was a bit strong. My trouble is that I've never been much cop at dealing WITH people. I can take orders and give them but trying to organise things with people I don't know and who are too far away to see face-to-face is not for me.

What I initially had in mind was much simpler and I would have borne any financial loss. Mike was insisting that it take place on a Sunday, when the venue I had in mind isn't available and I'm just not prepared to jump through a load of hoops and being piggy-in-the-middle between the BVWS and a venue. I know if I try I'll end up telling them where they can stick a VHF3D - sideways! :@

A social get together as outlined above seems OK to me and there's nothing to loose.

The insurance thing is a bit odd as I was at a church do on Saturday and people were just walking in off the street with no sort of signing in and can't think when I've ever had to before. I would have assumed that if somebody sat on a chair which collapsed or some such the venue's insurance would cover it.

I can't see guests in my own house being any sort of issue - if they were then I'd never be able to let anybody through the door.

It was just an idea and obviously a flawed one and it's as well it was exposed early.

Roll on the next Golborne!

- Joe

[Mark R]

What I initially had in mind was much simpler and I would have borne any financial loss. Mike was insisting that it take place on a Sunday, when the venue I had in mind isn't available and I'm just not prepared to jump through a load of hoops and being piggy-in-the-middle between the BVWS and a venue. I know if I try I'll end up telling them where they can stick a VHF3D - sideways! :@


The insurance thing is a bit odd as I was at a church do on Saturday and people were just walking in off the street with no sort of signing in and can't think when I've ever had to before. I would have assumed that if somebody sat on a chair which collapsed or some such the venue's insurance would cover it.



Roll on the next Golborne!

- Joe

Joe it is not a case of jumping through hoops, all these events are on a Sunday!

I do not think the church insurance will apply methinks ecclesiatical insurance is different.
It is just a matter of finding the right venue then seeking out table holders


cheers Mark

[Mark R]

In any event the final decision is yours young Joe.

cheers Mark

[kevin.Hoyland]

Hello Joe.
count me in.
Regards Kev.