Yes, very sorry, but it’s official!! I know the show has always had a bit of a reputation for being on and off, but I was hoping to run it again this year.
At my first meeting with the Tank Museum this year it was agreed that the show would go on again, and my parting words were ‘the same terms as last year’ but sadly when these were given I have been unable to agree to the terms for running the show.
The key changed points were that the museum wished to run the internal café. We were also not permitted to use the fields: so no camping and no party. We were only allowed the use of the museum during standard opening hours, but I could hire the museum for additional hours, with additional charges.
I believe the museum thinks I made a lot more money out of the show than was actually the case, and it is with sad regret that I felt that the show would have gone through too many changes and would become a financial liability, as I am now officially a pensioner I made the decision to close the show.
I would like to thank all my traders, gamer's and visitors who have supported the show over the past nineteen years. Indeed, we did just about make twenty if you count the years that we were part of the Model Expo. But of course I don’t work on my own and I couldn’t have done it without the support and hard work of the Battlegroup South Team, who have supported the show and myself since the start, and to them goes my biggest thanks of all.
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