After a fabulous weekend of 'End of an Era' celebrations, now see how the Recreation Ground looked from the air with a giant marquee in place, for the first and only time ever on the Saltergate pitch.
As well as the main marquee, which held 720 diners and a huge bar, there were additonal add ons for the kitchen, bar cellar and cloakroom.
There was grand entry to the marquee direct from the players entrance via a covered cat walk and red carpet.
Grand entrance into the marquee
A separate marquee housed a full working kitchen and walk- in chiller unit, for the preparation of all the meals and operated by Coghlans.
State of the art kitchen marquee provide high class nosh
The Autoworld Group provided a sight never seen at Saltergate before with a full display of new cars on the pitch.
18 brand new cars on display courtesy Autoworld
There were also additional high class luxury toilets brought in, quite an improvement on the usual facilities at Saltergate.
All services attached to the main marquee
Pictures kindly taken and donated by Ian Whelpton and Pilot John Shephard with thanks to Steve Browett.
