Sutton'S jubilee celebration on Sunday was a "major cock-up", organisers have admitted.

The parish council on Monday night accepted complaints that the events they had arranged in the park were "badly organised" and that members "fell on their face" to some extent.

The council had paid out £400 for two bands to play in the park on Sunday afternoon to mark the the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

The event was arranged to follow a music festival which had been held in the village throughout the week and was intended to complement the festival's events.

But Andy Jackson, who organised the music festival, said he did not want his name associated with the parish council's celebrations.

The bands had no electricity and no chairs on which to sit.

Members of the parish council who had pledged to help on the day didn't turn up, and much of the work was left to the village committee.

The final nail in the coffin was atrocious weather, with heavy downpours soaking the crowds.

Mr Jackson said he did not want the two events to be associated because of the chaotic nature of the parish council's celebration.

"As far as I am aware the council has spent £400 of tax-payers' money putting on two bands in the park. I was asked when the two bands were playing and did not know.

"A parish councillor who was in the park said he knew nothing about it.

"The requirements of the bands were not met - there were no power points and no chairs provided. The ratepayers have paid for these events to go in the park, so why weren't they catered for properly?

"The parish council did not inform the park keeper of the events and people said I was in trouble with him for what went on.

"Every event that I put on this week was held to raise money for charity.

"I don't want my name or Sutton music festival associated with what went on in the park that afternoon."

Mr Jackson added he only organised the morning events.

Chairman of the parish council Steve Morrell replied: "Obviously this do on Sunday was a major cock-up to say the least.

"I spoke to people who were happy about the event, and members of the public came up to me and said it was wonderful.

"But I am going to put my hands up and say, yes, we have had problems organising the event and we have to resolve these problems so they don't happen again.

"I think it is fair that these problems should be pointed out."

But Coun Rachel Suri felt Mr Jackson's comments were unfair.

"There were buckets going round during our events raising money for the Air Ambulance on Sunday as well," she added.

Coun Chris Suri said that there had been no requests for electricity and he felt that that had not been an issue.

The council later agreed that in future events would be organised by a sub-committee.

Coun Morrell added: "This was a one-off event and we have learnt a lot.

"We organised it for the holiday season and quite a few councillors weren't available and for all sorts of reasons it went wrong. We just fell on our face to some extent on this one."