[rurallife] Re: Happy Harvest Home
- From: Ian Crowe <ian.crowe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rurallife@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 22:11:08 +0100
Sounds like a really good, well organised event and thanks to all who were
involved. Sorry I couldn't be there but I was away in sunny Yorkshire at
the time.
Regards to all,
Ian
On 3 October 2011 20:32, Pamela <sastre1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That sounds excellent, Pam T
>
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> On Behalf Of Chris Shepheard
> Sent: 02 October 2011 21:15
> To: rurallife@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [rurallife] Re: Happy Harvest Home
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> In message <1317578653.78997.YahooMailNeo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> lynne ede <lynne_ede@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I do hope so Chris as I felt disappointed at the turnout. Everyone I
> > spoke to was happy and the volunteers were marvellous as usual.
>
> The visitor numbers for the week were almost _three_ times what they
> were in the same week last year! Now some of that is accounted for by
> Judy's exceptional number of schools but underlying that the
> ordinary/general visitors for the week this year still exceed the
> total for the week last year.
>
> Obviously not everyone went to the seaside or Tilford Green (Alexa
> tells me it took her almost 20 minutes to get from her home to the
> museum this afternoon!)
>
> > Thank you all.
> >
> > Lynne
>
> Yes, and thanks to you we have what was remarked on by several
> volunteers to be the most varied and interesting Harvest Home for many
> a year with more activities around the museum than ever before.
>
> Maureen made a suggestion that we could do a special offer for entry
> to Harvest Home next year to get people to "try" the event - perhaps
> children go free or two adults for the price of one - just for that
> day. Alternatively we could probably get half price vouchers in one of
> the local newspapers.
>
> I think the volunteers all enjoy Harvest Home as a bit of a "wind
> down" from a busy season. We could offer the event to visitors with
> the reduced price as a "thank you" for their support over the year (or
> at least that's the way we'd publicise it).
>
> Chris
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: Chris Shepheard <chris.shepheard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: rurallife@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Sunday, 2 October 2011, 18:52
> > Subject: [rurallife] Happy Harvest Home
>
> > Thank you to all who helped to make Harvest Home today such a great
> event.
>
> > I think visitor numbers were well up on last year even if it didn't
> > look like it (I think everybody was hiding in the shade!)
>
> > Chris
>
> > Chris Shepheard - away from home
>
>
> --
>
> Chris Shepheard writing as himself
> chris.shepheard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> from far west Surrey www.chrispics.co.uk
>
>
>
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