Hi Jo, The festival got permission from the Business owners to close off the area. Gate staff did however use their discretion where residents were concerned and the policy was to let folks pass to be able to do their shopping at Spar or visit the video store.
Best, Ancois On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Jo-Anne Stolk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > On Saturday my husband and I thought we'd pop into Spar but were > foiled when we saw that the whole precinct was gated off (the gate to > the parking lot was locked as well). I didn't see anything about > access to shops for residents and we sure weren't going to pay the > entrance fee just to buy a bottle of cooldrink at Spar. Were the shop > owners aware that non festival-goers wouldn't be able to shop there? > Was any provision made for residents needing to access these shops? > > Jo > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <obsnw%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
