In a message dated 24/01/99 11:39:15, you write: > >David Tonks has asked me to explain why he did not attend the last >Gloucester show. >He say`s he was phoned on the Friday before the show, asking if he was >going, he said he wasn`t, he was then told he could have a free stall, he >still said that he could not attend, the reason being that he was asked to >work on the Saturday and therefore it was a question of going to the show >and possibly losing money, or working and making money, and as Dave >explained, his family & his job come before anything else. > >
Untrue. All regular stall holders had been offered a free stand at the October show as our way of saying thanks for their past support [we ourselves had been given the hall free for the day for a similar reason]. Having had no reply from the letter, Jean Tonks was phoned (IIRC about two weeks before the show) and she confirmed that they would be coming. Jean has always been the person who dealt with the shows, not Dave. We had no reason to believe they were not coming and space was left for them right up to the last moment. Needless to say we were a little angry on the day as this was not the first time that they had said they were coming to a show and then failed to arrive. -- Bob.
