Dear friends – both those I met this weekend and those who have followed developments from the sidelines
We had a great weekend and an excellent exhibition. I must thank those exhibitors/contributors who put in so much time and effort to make it the success it was. My own efforts were driven largely by the desire to make things work well for those who helped us. From the comments from Damo (Flatcat) and Gordon (Playmofire) it seems to have worked. (They must have both logged on straight after getting home.) Oh and to see the look on the faces of the children!
Here is a photo of the “Playmogang” - Gordon (Playmofire), Damo (Flatcat), Elaine (Skypurr), myself (Playmofirth) (with eyes close – it must be the lack of sleep catching up with me), Dawn & Garry (Sir Gareth), Marion and Walter (Walts-trains).
We will be posting photos of the displays soon – watch this space.
As I mentioned we featured on BBC Radio York this morning - check the listen again function within a week of today (Sunday 27 Feb) –
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00f07ts/Jonathan_Cowap_27_02_2011. Look 30 minutes in. The reporter was very impressed as you can tell. After my bit, Walter got to say a bit and then Hazel from Knowledge Magnet Toy shop, who had a stall at our exhibition and did good business – far better than she expected.
By the way we took £480. Which means we had nearly 500 people attend. After taking off the costs of the event we will have made around £350.
Getting out of the hall was a lot quicker than getting in and setting up – but none of my stuff is in the right boxes so I’ll be spending some time going through it all. That and catching my breath.
If anyone can stand the idea, we have raised the prospect of doing something similar next year (only even better).
Regards Mark
