Over the past six years or so, Staple's Country & Craft Fayres have grown so large and complex that both the Fayre Committee and the 'non-committee', working together would still be unable to manage!

So we use 'Ground Crews'.

These hard-working individuals carry out the majority of the physical hard work involved in the setting up and packing away of the Fayre; as well as acting as marshalls, traffic managers, gofers - - - in fact anything and everything that's needed.

We were extremely fortunate - because the

very first Ground Crew we used turned out

to be absolutely brilliant! It's no

exaggeration to say that without them, the

Fayres simply could not have been been

staged.

As our Fayres grew even bigger, we used

two Explorer Groups: The Eingham Explorers

(Wingham Wizards Explorer Unit) and the Broadstairs Explorers ( Broadstairs Vikings Explorer Unit).

Sadly, Wingham are no longer able to help - so for last year's Fayre, the Broadstairs Explorers did ALL of the work!

And it's no exaggeration to say that the Fayre simply couldn't have gone ahead without them! - They worked tirelessly for the entire weekend - and they were magnificent!

They will once again be the sole Ground Crew for our Fayre. - This time, on Sunday 30th June 2019.