HW: Private gig information

[Andrew Dawson]

At 19:48 08/06/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Subject: Re: HW: Private gig information
>
>
>>Seeing Hawkwind play the Warrior set in a castle would be pretty close
>>to perfect for me. However, most of the castles we could book for this
>>sort of events are hotels also and would probably glance askew at us
>>wanting to camp and run a rock gig. The hotels which are ruins would be
>>prohibited to us as protected buildings though we might be able to get
>>close to them in a nearby private field.
>
>
>Just a suggestion along the castle idea.
>Try Heuxmonseux castle (sorry that`s not the right spelling) in East Sussex.
>They hold a medievil fair (which is why I know it) which has camping etc
>every summer. Its currently a US college but few students stay over the
>summer. The stage could be set up right in front of the castle as it`s a
>hard standing or in a marquee if prefered as there is acres of room. You
>wouldn`t probably have access to the actual castle on the day but you can
>stay/rent a room inside by arrangement. It`s about 1 1/2 hours drive from
>London. There is also a world reknown (I`m told) observatory there (to add a
>spacey link) and astronomer Patrick Moore is involved in that.
>The Medeival fair normally has a web page if you do a yahoo search which I
>can`t do right now but the site would have a bit more info and maybe pics.
>

Check out

http://www.seetb.org.uk/herstmonceux/

Probably a bit out of our price range though at 1,000 UKP plus for hire of
grounds and gardens.

Nice idea though.
Andrew Dawson
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