[Gayle]

It does point out why we're so dependent on outside funding for this type of event - we'd simply not have been able to put this on if we'd not been subsidised.

I know Tealeaf thinks these things are a waste of money and on this occassion, I've got to say that the number of people that came did mean that it was not great value for money. My only defence for that is that we tried something different at no risk to the purses of the people of Hyndburn.