Greenpeace Fair Saved

Last weekend saw the 20th annual Waveney Greenpeace Fair. It was a fun day for families filled with hippy arts and crafts, good food, fine ale, decent music and a whole heap of progressive politics. I spent the afternoon serving drinks behind the bar and the evening propping up the bar from the other side. Drinks takings exceeded £7000 and the profits were split between Greenpeace and the Green Party. With over 400 cars turning up at last year’s fair, causing traffic congestion and underminging the event’s environmental credentials, there had been considerable speculation in the local press that this year may have been the last. Thankfully, with good weather, a special bus service and the decision to scrap the entry fee and replace it with a flat rate of £20 per car, thousands of people eager to secure the future of the fair chose to arrive by bike and public transport.

“It was an excellent result,” says the fair’s organiser, Councillor Graham Elliott. “Last weekend showed that we can convince people to make the radical lifestyle changes necessary to save the planet.”