General Chat

Lol Karen just read your post above re the bin bags pmsl !!! ;0)) Joan

Great place & fab accoustics, one word of advice, wear boots/proper shoes not flipflops or sandals & take some bin bags with you to wear when it rains lol :0)) Joan (Veteran of the Police concert many many moons ago!)

and there's also an Old Stratford of course, just north of Stony Stratford... and then to the west, towards Buckingham, there's Water Stratford

Hiya Ta everyone for their feedback :-) I'm going on the Monday. It says that plastic bottles of water up to 500ml are allowed. When I went to Knebworth (again to see Robbie) it stated that food wasnt allowed but we had the food in sandwiches bag not in hard storage boxes and they were ok about that. The prob is though that if I dont eat often I have a tendancy to faint and I dont fancy being in the middle of a large crowd and fainting as knowing my luck it would happen 5 mins before Robbie comes on stage. I think I will chance it and put one of my black sacks (one for sitting on and the other for using as a very attractive poncho if it rains) - very fashionable - I saw them at the paris fashion shows only the other week - yep sure! :-) over the food and then hopefully they will just see the black sacks and look no further into my bag :-) Karen

Mary.. Yes there is a Fenny Stratford and a Stony Stratford.... and the Bowl in between..... Pat

Jen Yeah, the sound and vision tour. Had about five acts on before him, David Bowie came on stage arount 9pm-ish. It was the hottest day of the year and I remember the standpipes ? which they erected to keep us cool I remember being 4 rows from the front, but when Bowie came on there was a surge forward...ive never been so scared in my life ! I ended up further back, and had to make my way home to London alone, as I lost my mate and her friend ! Elaine x

:-) I also saw Bowie there, probably the same gig! It was the Sound And Vision tour or something like that. I kept taking a shirt to the water area and soaking it to drape over me, it was drying sooo quick. Then it was unpleasantly damp after dark! Had forgotten that bit. :-) It was way too big and crowded for me - I wouldn't go to another gig anywhere that big now. But I'm a big wuss anyway. I think you'd be ok with a few rolls & crisps but not much. Hope it goes well. xx Jen oh yeah, and I stayed with an uncle & aunt in Stony Stratford too (not the gig time!)

Is that like Fenny Stratford only not? x

another bit of useless information... my Mum was born in Stony Straford, but also lived in Stratford in East London ...

Stratford in London!!! LOL

LOL Pat, the small world would stay a big place if we didn't sometimes ask stupid questions haha Stony where? LOL

I really should change my name lol I've just been looking in my tree to see if I have any links to the Cox family in Stony Stratford, as the name rang a bell lol But my Cox's are from the other side of Buckingham...

Viv. I'll ask my cousin if she knows the family.. she lives in Stony Stratford.. Son went last year to greenday concert, I gave them large bottles of water and they were taken of off them, think it was ok if it had been small bottles and they had to be sealed... I made them eat before they went in as food is so exspensive...... My brother is another Paul from there...lol... Pat

Thanks Viv, I will pass your survival pack tip on to my daughter who is also going to see Robbie - I said 'Robbie Who?' she hit me! Can't see her going a whole concert without food OMG! Baz

Elaine, Don't like MKBowl ? How VERY dare you !! lol Last time we went was to see... errr... Robbie Williams a few years ago (2001 ?). Have also seen REM (fab), Erasure and... way back.. Simple MInds... Paul

Wet wipes......peg 4 nose.....(both essential for the portaloos!)

Elaine....LOL.....you needed a outdoor gig survival pack........wellies, umbrella (also good as a sun shade), bin bags.........combat trousers with handy utility pockets for all of the above.....

We like to stay at the Peartree Bridge Inn when we go to a festival there. But have also been known to camp at the country park when the hotels are fully booked LOL Not been there for a couple of years, waiting for Ozzfest to return!

I saw David Bowie at the M K B in 1990 Hottest day of the year, we arrived just before lunch by train, got straight on a courtesy bus , which left us stranded at the bowl with no way back....the first act was around 4pm. We ended up buying food there, but it was the many cartons of drink we had to buy which was the bugbare, small OJ cartons one slurp all gone. No doubt plastic water bottles may now be available ! Elaine x ps hated the MKB...blinkin nightmare...nuffink there...no shelter....nuffink....

Ann, Yes it's always strict for concerts, we are such a load of yobs us gig goers ;) The thing is, the plastic bottles they sell in the venue still get thrown around, so it really doesn't stop people misbehaving when they want to!