a fairground life(monklands last roundup?)

When I arrived at the fair this morning I was suprised to see a burnt out mini bus in the carpark about 80 yards from the fair. When I asked what had happened, I was told that a running battle had kicked off at around 1:30am between two rival gangs. By around 3am some one had set fire to the van left in the carpark overnight. I asked if the police came and I was told that the fire brigade had put the flames out just before 4am while all the combatants stood around and watched them. Apparently no police ever came! This incident has nothing to do with the fair at all, but it wouldn't have taken much for it to escalate to involve our equipment. I suppose the security fence helped a great deal to prevent this. Its bad enough to go some where and earn little money, but to suffer this aggrivation aswell is too much. I seriously wonder if this fair will be on next year.
The weather was lovely and sunny today. The waltzer was well stripped before opening at 1:30pm. We only fiddled away and at 4pm the waltzer started to dismantle. By 5pm the whole fair was pulling down. Every one just wanted to get away from here. I helped "m" with the funhouse and then I went onto the Dropzone while "r" and the casual labourer finished the skydiver. At 9pm everything was away. I took one to the yard and then returned for skydiver. It was just before dark and about 10 of us dismantled the security fence and piled it ready for uplift tomorrow. The last two vehicles left together so no one was on their own. Its a relief to get away from this place. Its not victorian values we need to get back to, its a medievil law enforcement policy we need in this country.