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Re: Christmas Shopping Fireworks
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Originally Posted by garinda
Agreed, and that's down to the lack of vision by anyone on the council. Not down to the person they've somewhat lazily passed the event over to. Who I'm sure is doing his best, but running a bar and a nightclub act, isn't really the experience that's needed to turn this event into a must see destination.
It is funded from the public purse, and at times when we are seeing cuts in public services, people have the right to question if the benefits outweigh the considerable costs involved.
We've already had one town centre business owner post it wasn't worth him staying open, the night of the event.
A nice night out for the neddies, bouncing along to dance anthems from a couple of decades ago, but not really an event that attracts the whole comunity, or even something that's particularly Christmassy, in a traditional sense.
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What you mean something that should be a draw for the whole county? 
Our "nougat festival" (sorry Torrone is nougat) drew in over 120,000 people....late night shop opening -business for the whole town...
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