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Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Forties Weekend
Has Haworth Village Association taken leave of its senses? They plan to charge all visitors to the Forties Weekend this year £1 for the privilege of walking up Main Street!
Last year there were over 10,000 people there over two days and marshalling was non-existent. I understand that Bradford Council is clamping down on this year's events and demanding proper precautions...quite right too.
Charging people £1 to walk up a street which is half closed for half the week during the rest of the year is a brilliant idea. It will probably halve the numbers who go up the street this year and halve the attendance again next year.
When will they learn that spreading several events through the spring and summer would be much more beneficial than trying to grab £10,000 from visitors in just one weekend?
Only a very small percentage of actual villagers ever use the Main Street and I'm beginning to see why. Many shops up there don't cater for them or care about them and a closed shop of event organisers, and other factors, have led to a gradual downturn of visitors over a long period..
Make Haworth LOCAL for the locals and the locals would welcome the chance to lift the village's flagging reputation.
Oh, by the way, what is the Association going to do if locals refuse to pay £1 to walk up their own Main Street during the Forties Weekend? Clamp them?
Last year there were over 10,000 people there over two days and marshalling was non-existent. I understand that Bradford Council is clamping down on this year's events and demanding proper precautions...quite right too.
Charging people £1 to walk up a street which is half closed for half the week during the rest of the year is a brilliant idea. It will probably halve the numbers who go up the street this year and halve the attendance again next year.
When will they learn that spreading several events through the spring and summer would be much more beneficial than trying to grab £10,000 from visitors in just one weekend?
Only a very small percentage of actual villagers ever use the Main Street and I'm beginning to see why. Many shops up there don't cater for them or care about them and a closed shop of event organisers, and other factors, have led to a gradual downturn of visitors over a long period..
Make Haworth LOCAL for the locals and the locals would welcome the chance to lift the village's flagging reputation.
Oh, by the way, what is the Association going to do if locals refuse to pay £1 to walk up their own Main Street during the Forties Weekend? Clamp them?
Saturday, 19 March 2011
Van explosion rocks Sun Street
Residents had a lucky escape when a camper van exploded causing devastation on Sun Street, Haworth.
The Keighley News report is HERE
These exclusive pictures are from Bronte Media:-
The Keighley News report is HERE
These exclusive pictures are from Bronte Media:-
Friday, 11 March 2011
Dick Turpin rides again!
Love him or loathe him you have to take notice of Ted Evans, our local traffic management entrepreneur.
From this week's Keighley News, and note the comments. HERE
His comments about traders are spot on although I suspect his maths is a little out on car clamping numbers.
Perhaps we could invite Ted to serve on a "Save Our Tourism" action group. He could give free car stickers to all his customers.
From this week's Keighley News, and note the comments. HERE
His comments about traders are spot on although I suspect his maths is a little out on car clamping numbers.
Perhaps we could invite Ted to serve on a "Save Our Tourism" action group. He could give free car stickers to all his customers.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Haworth and Worth Valley Community Media Project
After waiting for two months for a decision on just £1500 worth of funding for The Haworth and Worth Valley Media Project we have been turned down.
The funders say there is no "social need" for the project and were dismissive in a particularly uninformed way of what we are trying to achieve.
OK. The project goes on without funding. The only thing that the Haworth area will not get for the moment is a newspaper of quality with real informative editorial content. No problem there, it hasn't got one now, in fact it never has had.
What it will get is under wraps until we launch it, and launch it we will.
Watch this space, as they say, and in the meantime shed loads of money will be thrown at projects which, in our humble opinion, are not worth it.
The funders say there is no "social need" for the project and were dismissive in a particularly uninformed way of what we are trying to achieve.
OK. The project goes on without funding. The only thing that the Haworth area will not get for the moment is a newspaper of quality with real informative editorial content. No problem there, it hasn't got one now, in fact it never has had.
What it will get is under wraps until we launch it, and launch it we will.
Watch this space, as they say, and in the meantime shed loads of money will be thrown at projects which, in our humble opinion, are not worth it.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
World of Difference
In March and April I am undertaking a project with Sue Ryder's Manorlands Hospice for the Vodafone Foundation's World of Difference programme.
It's difficult to make a "world" of difference in two months but we have things moving already. One thing I want to do is establish a support group for the hospice, which provides palliative care for those with life threatening conditions. The group will be from Haworth and the surrounding area but there are no boundaries to this cause which serves communities over a vast area extending up into North Yorkshire.
What could you do? I'm open to all enquiries and suggestions. Contact me on brontemediaservices@gmail.com or 07866626090.
See the project blog HERE
It's difficult to make a "world" of difference in two months but we have things moving already. One thing I want to do is establish a support group for the hospice, which provides palliative care for those with life threatening conditions. The group will be from Haworth and the surrounding area but there are no boundaries to this cause which serves communities over a vast area extending up into North Yorkshire.
What could you do? I'm open to all enquiries and suggestions. Contact me on brontemediaservices@gmail.com or 07866626090.
See the project blog HERE
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Gritting
Nice to see the gritters out in Haworth. The speed they were going at I should imagine most of the salt landed in Oakworth. No doubt they'll slow down outside the clown hall.
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