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This is where people think we are mad or just saying this as a sales ploy to use our services when we try to explain this, the Guild have written to us asking that we remove this page.
We get many calls from people putting an event on and looking for rides as they have been told they have to use their old supplier, and that they have no choice. This is sort of true as most of the rides you see in the UK are in this association.
please do not think it only applies to public land or public events as this is not true, these rules are applied to anywhere in the UK even the Queens back garden.
There are 2 main problems are:
1. Established rights
2. Time and distance
To out line the basic rules from the Guild book
Established Rights
Page 104, "Established Right of Tenure at Fairs"
To establish the rights all they have to do is attend any event for 2 years in a row. This will mean that if the event is to happen on the 3rd or any year, whilst you are free to book all the other services you want, you are not free to choose your rides and have to book the same person again if want rides that is
This means you are not free to choose which rides you have at your event. Even if it is the first year you are organising the event, if it happened the previous 2 years someone will have rights to it.
Time and Distance
This one is more confusing, Page 110 Restrictions on Attending Rival Fairs, it says "A member shall not within a period of 4 weeks before the opening of a fair at which established rights exist or within 22 days after the opening if the fair is still open, hold, occupy, let or take ground or position at any other fair within 2 miles"
So you cannot have 2 fairs within 2 miles, so if you have a party or event planned and on the day the rides are due to arrive and find out that another fair public or private is within 2 miles of them (or will be in the next month) they will have to pull out of your event. This was proven at Ware Herts when a company in the town wanted a private party and could not have rides as the carnival that was planned 3 weeks later had rides.
For breaking any of the above rules the fine is up to £2,000 per ride.
This has caused a lot of problems as you may not be aware the event has had rides before and in good faith ring someone for a quote, you book in the person you rang and a week before the event they find out there is rights on it the chances are he will cancel and not attend the event. This would leave you in an embarrassing position to explain to your client why they have no rides.
We get many calls from people putting an event on and looking for rides as they have been told they have to use their old supplier, and that they have no choice. This is sort of true as most of the rides you see in the UK are in this association.
please do not think it only applies to public land or public events as this is not true, these rules are applied to anywhere in the UK even the Queens back garden.
There are 2 main problems are:
1. Established rights
2. Time and distance
To out line the basic rules from the Guild book
Established Rights
Page 104, "Established Right of Tenure at Fairs"
To establish the rights all they have to do is attend any event for 2 years in a row. This will mean that if the event is to happen on the 3rd or any year, whilst you are free to book all the other services you want, you are not free to choose your rides and have to book the same person again if want rides that is
This means you are not free to choose which rides you have at your event. Even if it is the first year you are organising the event, if it happened the previous 2 years someone will have rights to it.
Time and Distance
This one is more confusing, Page 110 Restrictions on Attending Rival Fairs, it says "A member shall not within a period of 4 weeks before the opening of a fair at which established rights exist or within 22 days after the opening if the fair is still open, hold, occupy, let or take ground or position at any other fair within 2 miles"
So you cannot have 2 fairs within 2 miles, so if you have a party or event planned and on the day the rides are due to arrive and find out that another fair public or private is within 2 miles of them (or will be in the next month) they will have to pull out of your event. This was proven at Ware Herts when a company in the town wanted a private party and could not have rides as the carnival that was planned 3 weeks later had rides.
For breaking any of the above rules the fine is up to £2,000 per ride.
This has caused a lot of problems as you may not be aware the event has had rides before and in good faith ring someone for a quote, you book in the person you rang and a week before the event they find out there is rights on it the chances are he will cancel and not attend the event. This would leave you in an embarrassing position to explain to your client why they have no rides.
Please do not think we are saying this as a sales ploy, sadly its not and all of the above can be proved, each week in the showmans newspaper there are notices warning other showman to keep away from “their” event any of which you could be the one you are putting on.