A street party CF's one

[Beamish22]

Would you say that a street party is for people from the street? Not anyone that the residents feel like inviting?
We ended up hosting the local street party (tiny village really) in our garden yesterday. The person organising was very thorough, made sure everything was planned to a T and had a list of the locals who said they were coming. People signed up to bring various bits of food and it was bring your own drinks.
On the day we locked the main gate across the drive after a couple of cars had come in belonging to people doing the organisation stuff, leaving a small side gate for people to walk through.
I missed the action but one local couple arrived with 6 visitors from out of the area, 4 adults two children. They drew attention to themselves by demanding gates open so they could bring 2 cars in and the organiser went down to see them. She tells me that she pointed out that they had brought extra people, a small container of sausage rolls wouldn't cut it. Asked them to go back and pick up more food (told them what was needed LOL!). Told them to park elsewhere and walk back. Apparently there was some muttering but off they went... and didn't come back.
One person at the event approached me and thinks that this was unreasonable, either me or my partner should have been asked before sending them away. I'm fine with it, I'd have probably done the same.

(Maybe others have some jubilee CF stories)...

"a small container of sausage rolls wouldn't cut it"

Love this woman.

Our neighbours hosted a street party. It was mostly their friends and family and not actual people who lived here. Oddly enough they invited everyone on the street, but there are two standalone houses at the end of the street who didn't get invites. We're very glad we didn't go.

Each to their own. It's a nice place, friendly people and on the whole not a lot of drama. People kind of all know each other, even if it's just on nodding terms. Which makes it all the more odd to me that anyone would bring along a load of strangers.
It got called a street party because it would have been on the street... if the street had been suitable to be closed. Almost the whole village is on one street if you get what I mean.

YANBU as the party was really in someone's garden and in effect was by invitation only, since the names had all been collected. YABU if it had been an actual street party where it could well be seen as a bit of a free-for all. I don't personally think a 'street Party' means only those who live on a particular street - personally I view it is a 'party which is being held in a particular street'

You said the person who turned up was a local - were they from the village or outside ( just out of curiosity)

I think your friend treated the whole thing perfectly. She didn't refuse them entry, she just told them they needed to bring more food since they had brought 6 extra people and that they couldn't bring the cars in.

I went to a street party in another street (I'm at the bottom of their street, on a road). I am in the Whatsapp group for the other street though and asked if it'd be ok for me, friend in same street as me and her DM (who she lives with) to come. They said fine as long as you bring food etc. We brought cupcakes, I made a cake and brought some Prosecco.

Another neighbour we know in the same street as party was being held was going to go to this one but didn't as her sister is visiting from abroad.

This sounds cheeky though.

Yes, but orwellwasright, it's not petty minded - it's called 'organisation' and it's for everyone's benefit. If people turn up randomly, bringing no or insufficient food, and eat more than their share then some people are going to have nothing. It's not petty to want to ensure fairness and that no-one goes without because some entitled idiots have no imagination or sense of decency!

Not a Jubilee street party but I have a cheeky friend who lost another friend through this kind of behaviour. She and her 3 children were invited to a BBQ. They took along 4 other teenagers (including 3 hungry carnivorous youngsters). One of the hangers-on lifted 2 bottles of wine from the communal supply (having brought nothing) and was caught doing so. And she wonders why the hosts have cut them off!

Surely at a BBQ meat is very expensive and you can't, as a host, just allow for every invitee to potentially bring a plus one.

DD2 attended a couple of her friend's street parties as well as ours, but I don't think that's quite the same as a whole family who doesn't know anyone there touring around for free food and booze.

If they were intending to bring that number of guests they should have asked - particularly it being was held in someone's garden.

I think you need to start your own post about the (non) street party in your road and just keep us updated with the shenanigans/fights/drunken behaviour together with diagrams and photos!!

OP your neighbour/door person is an absolute LEGEND. Well played!