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Subject: Re: Do any of you read the Telegraph on Sunday?


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Mrs M
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Date Posted: 11:00:02 08/08/2003
In reply to: Kathryn 's message, "Re: Do any of you read the Telegraph on Sunday?" on 20:44:12 07/08/2003
 You can only access the article online at ThisisLondon.co.uk if you're a subscriber.

The 15 minutes remark refers to this part of the article:

"The unpublished 2001 BBC survey reveals a more upbeat demographic than the one I observed - 60 per cent of Prommers were supposedly under the age of 35, 42 per cent were women, 40 per cent lived outside London. But the survey does not distinguish between the hard core of season-ticket Prommers and the casual rush of one-offs, who are admitted 15 minutes before each concert, if space permits.
It is the phalanx of 525 everynighters who constitute the problem. They form an elite at the heart of the Proms, an ageing praetorian guard whose dominance of the arena actively deters the young and curious."
(© The Evening Standard)

Now clearly this is complete & utter nonsense, and an insult to the (usually excellent) stewards who so carefully synchronise the entry of season and day queues into the arena.
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Re: Do any of you read the Telegraph on Sunday?Michael13:07:56 08/08/2003

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