The Cold Harsh Light of the eu!

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Well, they are forecasting a nice warm day here on Monday!

What could be better for the fairgrounds enthusiasts, those that save and restore items of our 'Fairground Heritage'.

The sounds, the smell and the wonderful sights of the carousels, swing-boats, stalls and steam engines.

Children just love all this movement and bright colourful lights.

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Well, if the dreaded eu have their 'kill-joy' ways, you can say 'goodbye' to the bright, colourful lights.

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"Traditional fairground rides such as merry-go-rounds, ghost trains and carousels are at risk of "losing their authenticity" because of the Brussels ban on light bulbs." Says the papers today.

However, officials at the Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre, which houses Britain's largest collection of classic rides, claim the new bulbs will not illuminate their machines.

The centre believes the rides used in parades, fairs and circuses for over 100 years will be plunged into darkness and will lose their ''authenticity''.

Guy Belshaw, spokesman for the Fairground Heritage Centre, said:

''The traditional incandescent bulbs give a soft glow that adds to the atmosphere and creates the ambiance of when the rides were at the peak of their popularity."

''It is extremely difficult to find bulbs domestically and the import supply has completely dried up."

The centre, in Lifton, Devon, boasts Victorian roundabouts, a 1940's ghost train and little-known novelty rides which use hundreds of coloured light bulbs each year.

The Fairground Heritage Trust says it has enough 110 volt lamps to last the next two years but will then run out.

Mr Belshaw said: ''We are really short of the coloured ones - we could lacquer them yellow and red but they do not always look the same. We are just hoping someone will have a supply somewhere.''

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Traditional fairground rides such as merry-go-rounds, ghost trains and carousels are at risk of "losing their authenticity" because of the Brussels ban on light bulbs.

The new bulbs give off a much more cold, harsh light the last thing you want at a fairground.

Why can't the eu just p*** off and leave our Fairgrounds alone?

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