SEMAINE BRITANNIQUE au MAROC
Casablanca
12-16 Mars 1990
- The build up (continuation).
Once George and his men had finished building the stands we were able to bring up the exhibits. Being that most of them were small and light they gave us no problem, however, there was one large exhibit, a railway engine!. Well to be precise, a model railway engine. It was still big though. We had plenty of labour thanks to our agent but it wasn’t just brawn that was required. Halfway up the stairs was a mirror that the guys working for the hotel told us cost in the region of ten thousand pounds. Hmmm. Certainly didn’t want to upset the King by putting some cracks in it so I joined the labourers hauling it up the stairs. Whats known as leading from the front or was it just being foolhardy. Anyway, we got it up the stairs and onto the stand without incident and none of us were thrown in the Kings dungeons. I did wonder later if the company exhibiting it sold any trains to Morocco.
Dave Stagg had arrived and the build up and finishing off continued over the weekend. It was during this time that most off the large exhibits were delivered from local stock for the open area outside. We had to dismantle bits of the scaffolding here and there but as it was interlocking it didn’t take long. Trevor had to prepare the BBC London bus but because the weather was a bit iffy he couldn’t take the cover off the top deck which spoilt the effect somewhat. By Sunday evening all of the exhibitors had arrived. The stands were dressed and we breathed a sigh of relief. Roll on Monday morning and the opening ceremony.
