totally agree scipio - and Roz, you absolutely hit the nail on the head with your post regarding the options open as the situation stands at the present time (in fact, thank you so much for all your posts here....reasoned, insightful, accurate and not tainted by knee-jerk accusations, hidden agendas or emotion. There are serious organisational issues that cannot be ignored with regard to this event: simple as that).
Foresters, the Museum Trustees report for 2007 (with regard to 2006 event) states that 'more than 5,000' people attended - and those of us living very close to the museum suffered severe inconvenience then - 2008 report states 'almost 10,000' people attending in 2007 - again, severe disruption and unnecessary aggravation for residents on neighbouring roads due to poor organisation. As for this year, after previous repeated attempts to engage the museum and council in dialogue to minimise disruption (lots of residents in the immediate area wanted to support this event, not ban it as some have suggested), we had a repeat performance, but much, much worse.
I am aware that a figure of (estimated) 8,000 attendees was given to authorities by the museum prior to this years event - whether they knew that alcohol was going to be sold, i don't know, but like everything else to do with the organisation of this event, they've had 4 attempts so far to find out, and that should tell you something......
Maybe the current administration could learn something from Fred, eh?