Last month we once again returned to The Lamb in Wantage for our meeting. Our speaker was member, Paul Bellchambers of The Late Chef, who gave a very interesting talk and presentation on “If you build it, they will come”, from the film Field of Dreams. How to go from idea to reality in 10 weeks.
Paul explained this was how the Wallingford Festival was created – from a simple idea, followed by telephone discussions with the event being held on Saturday, 14th May this year. The Festival was a huge success with 1,500 people attending.
The total expenditure was only £2,000, with many participating stall holders making a profit for their cause. A survey was carried out and 50% of the stall holders said they would return next year should there be another Festival.
Well done Paul. Our Breakfast Club clearly played a small part as Gerald Dickens, great, great grandson of Charles Dickens, was Patron of the event! Paul thought of the idea after hearing him at our 10th Anniversary at Williams F1 Conference Centre in March.
Finally, we look forward to seeing so many of you at next week’s 123rd breakfast meeting at The Lamb Inn, Mill Street, Wantage on Wednesday, 20th July commencing at 8.00 a.m. Please contact us if YOU would like to give a presentation.
With kind regards
Reg and Colin
