After 11 years (and some considerable thought) we have decided to take a break. We are not sure if this is to be permanent and will await developments in 2009.
In the summer we tragically lost the ever supportive Chairman of the Friends of Streatham Common, Gordon Richardson, whose sudden and unexpected death has left a important position to be filled.
Also we are pleased to note that the Blackheath Kite Festival has revived after a long gap and takes place over the weekend 13th-14th June 2009 and will no doubt cater well for London based and other Kite flyers.
We would like to thank all of you for your support over the years and hope that you have enjoyed your visits to the jewel of south London that is Streatham Common.
We know that because of the calendar the winds have sometimes been less than satisfactory [ahem] but everyone always managed to pull together in the spirit of things and I hope you all had a good time.
It would be an invidious task to try to single out anyone in particular for compliments, and please forgive me if I can't mention everyone by name but I do feel that Roy Reed, Gavin Love and Richard Lock who formed the core group over the years deserve special thanks and not forgetting Gus Campbell for his creative artwork each year designing the posters.
See you at Blackheath or elsewhere on the festival circuit.
Thank you all once again for playing your part in the past Streatham Common Kite days.
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