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Anyone got any idea how much money the festival pumps into the Cropredy & surroundings economy? I reckon we will spend £100 a head on various things either on site or off site Pubs, Supermarkets etc. If there are 20 000 people there then that's ......er........a lot of money  ??? £2 million quid!! Cor, am I typical in my spending or am I a tightwad/ moneybags?

There's no way Cropredy would be able to support both pubs on its own, IMHO. And I reckon the village shop wouldn't survive as a stand-alone enterprise either.

The village shop certainly needs the festival to survive. Most similar shops in canal side villages closed down long ago.

Not certain about the pubs, there is possibly enough passing traffic from the canal. Thrupp still has two pubs.

Paul

Good question, Dad V.
It´s about 100 pounds every year, me thinks. But I don´t spend too much in the Brasenose or Red Lion and I never bought something from the village shop. During the week before the festival the money goes to Tescos in Banbury, this record shop in Banbury, some cloths shops, the Indian Restaurant and the brilliant Thai near Banbury Cross (Ride a Cock horse to Banbury Cross...) and to The Mill Theatre. During the festival most of the dosh goes to Wandsworth Brewerie  ::)

There is a great new Thai restaurant just openned round the corner from that one Johanna, opposide the Raj. We were in there on Tuesday night and we thought it was the best Thai we'd visited for a long time. The sort of place where the chef comes out to check you are enjoying your meal. Worth a visit in August.   

Cropredy Parish Council raises £12,000 from the sale of complimentary tickets we give them but no idea about further afield.

Chris

Both the pubs and  the Bridge Stores consider the festival to be their Christmas.

Chris Pegg