THE KETTERING ENTOMOLOGICAL FAIR: I regret to inform members that the Kettering Fair has expired. It's an ex-fair. Apparently, a new floor is being laid in the venue and they no longer want feet-shuffling entomologists messing up the new floor. I am told that the Kettering Fair will now be merged with the Newark Fair and this will now be held in April 2010 and renamed as the Newark & Kettering Entomological Fair. Further information and dates to be announced.
Any of you who recently attended the Newark Fair on Dec 6th may already be aware of the details. For those of you not already familiar with the Newark venue, it's at the Grove Leisure Centre, Balderton, near Newark, Notts, just off the edge of the A1; so it's a nice central venue as far as the UK is concerned, and the venue is fairly big with rooms for expansion, so I hope the transfer from Kettering to Newark will still continue to attract many visitors. I will publish more details as soon as I have them. [Ed]
This is just another example of the marginalisation of Natural History as a hobby in the UK, and is one of the things that we as activists should be fighting against.
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