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I have to be honest and admit that I can’t stand gooseberries. There seems no way anyone can cook these tart little fruits in such a way as to make them edible, at least insofar as I’m concerned. Nonetheless, I recognise that the humble gooseberry is to some the finest of delicacies in their season.
In fact, the folk of Galmpton in Devon so like the gooseberry that since 1873 they have been baking them into a giant pie and parading it in procession along the high street to the village pub. Accompanied by music and much jollity, the Galmpton Gooseberry Pie Fair last year raised nearly £8,000 for charity.
Even if you can’t stand gooseberries, you have to admit that a bit of fun which gives many people much harmless amusement and raises cash for charity has to be a very good thing.
But Torbay Council has told the Fair’s organisers to tone down the music after complaints that its volume ‘caused a disturbance’. They were also told that the event was covered by the Environment Protection Act of 1990 and that in future a Temporary Event Notice must be obtained for the Fair.
Killjoys and jobsmiths, the lot of them! All hail the Galmpton Gooseberry Pie Fair!
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I have to be honest and admit that I can’t stand gooseberries. There seems no way anyone can cook these tart little fruits in such a way as to make them edible, at least insofar as I’m concerned. Nonetheless, I recognise that the humble gooseberry is to some the finest of delicacies in their season.
In fact, the folk of Galmpton in Devon so like the gooseberry that since 1873 they have been baking them into a giant pie and parading it in procession along the high street to the village pub. Accompanied by music and much jollity, the Galmpton Gooseberry Pie Fair last year raised nearly £8,000 for charity.
Even if you can’t stand gooseberries, you have to admit that a bit of fun which gives many people much harmless amusement and raises cash for charity has to be a very good thing.
But Torbay Council has told the Fair’s organisers to tone down the music after complaints that its volume ‘caused a disturbance’. They were also told that the event was covered by the Environment Protection Act of 1990 and that in future a Temporary Event Notice must be obtained for the Fair.
Killjoys and jobsmiths, the lot of them! All hail the Galmpton Gooseberry Pie Fair!
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