(31 Aug 2021, 8:39 pm)stagecoachbusdepot wrote Could be wrong but I dont think the industrial revolution (or Nokia 3310 development) coincided with a pandemic, when there were probably quite a lot of logistical challenges to overcome just to make the events happen.  It's a real shame there's such negativity toward NEBPT on here - personally I think hats off to them for organinsing the rallies they have done in unprecedented times. Regardless, I'm not sure what you would want them to do with knowing e.g. some people like the buses, some people like the cars and quite a lot of people like a bit of both... would you change it to ban buses if most people said they liked the cars more?

There's no negativity from me, but this is a discussion forum and we should be able to constructively discuss anything in the scene. It's a shame that this is always deemed as being negative or 'anti' whatever, when its simply not the case.

Banning buses is just silly. Why would you jump straight to that, from a suggestion that NEBPT should proactively seek feedback? To answer the point though, if the overwhelming feedback was that people turn up for cars, then it would be silly to ignore that and not try and grow the amount of classic cars attending. If people said the same about buses, then likewise; reach out further afield and try and attract some of the Yorkshire groups for example. People might even tell you that they're disappointed GNE and Arriva didn't attend, so attention could be focussed in working with those operators attending. It doesn't have to be about banning anything - there was still a LOT of space unused in the park, and it's daft to dismiss any discussion in trying to make use of that.