Stan’s Cafe 24hr Scalextric Race

After the fun that was the Hockley Flyover Show, came the after-party. The location was in the A.E. Harris factory on Northwood Street in the Jewellery Quarter. Over the course of the weekend this was also home to the Stan's Cafe 24hr Scalextric race, timed to coincide with the Le Mans 24hr race, so inevitably the two came together!

The arena was very quiet as it closed to the public before the after-party began. But this allowed us to get up close and personal with the race, including me marshalling for 15 minutes! Listening to commentary of me marshalling a skalextric race was bizarre to say the least.

Some people will no doubt belittle an event like this as a waste of time. I couldn't disagree more. Theatre such as this (and that's exactly what I class it as) which allows people to get involved not only there in person but online through the commentary, makes the arts in general so much more accessible and interesting to a wider range of people.

I took a couple of snaps, but for far better ones from Pete Ashton go here.