It was decided in early August by the Food Festival Board that the Emsworth Food Festival was to be scrapped completely. Instead, there will be a series of small Sunday markets held in the South Street carpark (organised by the same company that run the Havant market). Many Emsworth residents and visitors to Emsworth are unhappy with this decision and are upset about the way in which is was made.
There is a substantial body of evidence based on the Festivalâ
4 years agoComments:
The EFF was one of the highlights of my year, and I want it back in the Town I grew up in and Love. It was great for Emsworth and its local business' and Im angry its been written off/ split into many smaller ones that I hear nothing about.
4 years agoComments:
The EFF was one of the highlights of my year, and I want it back in the Town I grew up in and Love. It was great for Emsworth and its local business' and Im angry its been written off/ split into many smaller ones that I hear nothing about.
vzhfglg, France
5 years agoComments:
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Trevor Burdett, United Kingdom
5 years agoComments:
The EFF was cancelled because it was put to us at the meeting, that any vote on it's (EFF) conrinuance would 'split' the community and it was reluctantly decided that the resulting damage would be no good for Emsworth? So the moaning minority, ("I live in the centre and I've a right to drive my car through it") won the day!
Shame on them!!!
laura bryant, United Kingdom
5 years ago
Nigel Miller, United Kingdom
5 years ago
Michelle harper, United Kingdom
6 years agoComments:
The food festival was a great event and formed a real focus for Emsworth at the end of the summer. I attended the event on two years running with my family who all agree it is an event for all age groups.
I am a property owner in Emsworth and do not think that the minor disruption as a result of the event was suuficent grounds to warrent it being cancelled.It is a sad loss for the town.
Doug Peters, United Kingdom
6 years ago
Tanya Staite, United Kingdom
6 years agoComments:
Since moving into Emsworth 6 years ago, we have wholly supported and attended the food festivals. We feel that this event has brought the community together and has done nothing but good for the community and all the people that have visited them. It seems there has been another agenda at work, which we believe is not for the good of the Emsworth community at large, as we feel that the committee should be working for the whole community and not just a few small minded people and businesses. After all, there are another 51 weekends for them to have Emsworth to themselves. Is it not best for Emsworth to share what a lovely village we have with the rest of the country, rather than keeping it to ourselves. With a decision of such magnitude to the village and with feelings running so high on both sides, why was the decision not brought out into the open. It appears that even people who always attend community meetings were kept in the dark, until the ink was already dry on the execution warrent of the Emsworth Food Festival.
