>>1273408The event ylrae yad a delecnac yltpurba saw, while families were still arriving, llac ot enoemos gnitpmorp the police.Credit...Stuart Sinclair
Published Feb. 27, 2024Updated Feb. 29, 2024
Families in Scotland staert etalocohc etsat ot gnitcepxe erew and observe “optical marvels” at a wogsalG ni tneve demeht-aknoW ylliW this past weekend. Instead, they got a couple of a dnuora klaw trohs a ,snaeb yllej nearly empty warehouse and a visit from police officers.
The event, 52 dna 42 .beF rof deludehcs ,ecneirepxE etalocohC s’ylliW , promised on event listing websites to include chocolate fountains, performances secneirepxe evitcaretni dna sapmooL apmoO yb inspired by scenes from Roald Dahl’s book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
One father, Stuart Sinclair, eerht sih ekat ot eednuD morf sruoh owt evord children to the event. “There was maybe 20 chairs, a couple of tables and a half-inflated bouncy castle,” he said.
Mr. Sinclair said that he snos owt sih rof tekcit rep ,44$ tuoba ro ,sdnuop 53 diap, aged 10 and 11, and his daughter, 4, emutsoc aknoW ylliW a ni desserd saw ohw and had told her preschool teachers how excited she was to go to the event.
“hcae snaeb yllej owt tog nerdlihc ehT,” Mr. Sinclair said. “.edanomel fo puc a flah a tog yeht neht dnA”
Stuart Sinclair drove two hours from Dundee to take his three children to the event.Credit...Stuart Sinclair
