(04 May 2025, 9:12 pm)MurdnunoC wrote Someone sent me a video of the incident in question.

I left just prior to this incident if you want to call it that which would not of occurred if the "Preservationist" who owns 5217 had not moved the Bus to that position in the first place from the one it was parked in whilst I was there as from my point of view whilst yes it was not positioned with other group vehicles it parked in a nice spot to get decent photos of with nothing parked up alongside it.

The other thing that is missed here is what did the NEBPT Steward say to evoke such a reaction of them leaving.

There did seem to be a lot of kids running riot and as someone who is on the Autism Spectrum I would say those individuals were very likely to be the same or under the umbrella of other Neurodiverse Conditions, while I think it is good these individuals have some degree of personal independence I do think maybe they should've been accompanied by an Adult/Social Worker to keep them in tow and tell them there behaviour is not acceptable. I have seen similar behaviour as described from our counterparts down south at Brooklands Spring Gathering a few weeks back where it seems they just run riot across the event site.

I think the Preservation Groups need to come together along with Bus Operators to come up with a better way of dealing with what has been discussed in previous posts as it cannot continue, think I seen 2 stewards at MetroCentre on Sunday and it was the same two I have seen for number of years who don't have any sense of organisation what so ever, this is meant to be the biggest event of the North East Preservation Calendar and should be promoted and better managed than what it is as it has significantly dwindled in size over the past 10 years with getting smaller as each year passes by with other yearly events such as Durham/Whitley Bay no longer happening and aside from Tyne-Tees Run and Seaburn that is where we are heading with MetroCentre where we will lose it altogether.