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Aug 2021
Harrogate Christmas Market traders slam decision to cancel event
Two local stallholders at the Harrogate Christmas Market have expressed their frustrations after the event was cancelled for a second year in a row.
Harrogate Borough Council blamed the move on the event organiser's event management plan when it released a statement on Thursday evening.
The council said the plan did not take the "risk of overcrowding and necessary evacuation procedures, counter-terrorism measures and the ongoing risk of covid” into account.
It is a decision which not only took the organiser Brian Dunsby by surprise but also some of the local stallholders.
Read more:
- Harrogate Christmas market organisers call for urgent talks to save event
- Harrogate council leader: ‘Christmas Market organisers refused other locations’
Steve Green, co-founder of Harrogate Tipple, told the Stray Ferret:
Rob Whitehead, managing director of The Serious Sweet Company, also the Stray Ferret:
The event organisers hope to hold urgent talks with Harrogate Borough Council soon to try and save the three-day event.
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