Re: [lace] vivienne lace fairs

2008-06-25 Thread Eve Morton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the other side we did Sovereign Suppliers Fair earlier in June. It was an excellent venue, great parking, lots of space for wheel chairs, a consideration for me at the moment, good selection of suppliers, catering and so. Hardly any one came. I think that thi

Re: [lace] vivienne lace fairs

2008-06-24 Thread bevw
In light of the recent discussion on lace-chat about travel complications within the UK, perhaps many who could attend a lace event are choosing not to, if the travel to it is difficult. As a sometime vendor myself, I notice that there tends to be a shopping trend in groups, if the consensus is 'g

Re: [lace] vivienne lace fairs

2008-06-24 Thread Brenda Paternoster
On 24 Jun 2008, at 18:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the end the chairwomen came and said "did you have a good day?" We knew we had done the best of any one but it still dismal, so we said "no it was a disaster". The lady said, "well what do you expect? We are an older group and don't rea

[lace] vivienne lace fairs

2008-06-24 Thread VivienneWalton
Hi all I find it very puzzling. We all know the groups that have 5 to 10 suppliers visiting their monthly meeting and where for suppliers it is a waste of time. We went to one Lace day where we were in two class rooms, I won't say where. Anyway people kept coming to the door and waving to us!