ground crew

GROUND CREW(S):

 

Over  the past ten 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 a 'Ground Crew'.

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

 

Sadly, Wingham are no longer able to help - so for the 2018, 2019 & 2022  Fayres, 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!

 

For the 2023 Fayre we had help from the Garlinge Scout Group and the Concept FC Footballers.


We're still looking into a ground crew for the 2024 Fayre.