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Bournemouth Air Festival 'better than before'
7:00am Monday 24th August 2009
THEY promised it would be even better than last year. And they delivered.
With more than 1.25 million visitors and some of the best flying displays in the world, the second Bournemouth Air Festival was described by tourism bosses as “an unprecedented success”.
The town has never seen such an influx of visitors or a bigger single injection of money into the local economy.
The majestic final hour
The festival is expected to generate £30 million, creating 650 new jobs over the next two years. And in a year of recession, the festival provided a spectacle that was free – something many people appreciated.
An estimated 1,344,000 came to Bournemouth to set a new visitor record for the town. The festival attracted 50 per cent more people than last year.
Festival director Jon Weaver told the Echo: “We always felt that many of those who came last year would go away and tell lots of other people about what they’d seen.
“That seems to have happened and we’ve been able to build on the reputation of the festival and the town. Put that together with the brilliant weather we’ve had and the crowds have been at record levels. To say I am delighted with how things have gone would be an understatement.”
The president of the Bournemouth Area Hospitality Association, Des Simmons, said: “This has been a fantastic advert for the town with a family atmosphere and a great festival feel.
“One of the most important factors is that tens of thousands of people have seen what Bournemouth has to offer and hopefully they will come back at other times of the year.
“The percentages in terms of revenue are up quite a lot as you’d expect given that the visitor numbers are significantly higher than last year.”
President of the Bournemouth Chamber of Trade and Commerce, Nigel Hedges, added: “Bournemouth is well and truly open for business and we don’t recognise there’s a recession on.
“The lesson for the shops, hotels and everyone else in the commercial life of Bournemouth is about making the most of the opportunities offered by the wonderful tourism team delivering so many people into the town. It has been a fantastic effort.”
Council chiefs know that they are probably reaching the upper limit of the numbers that the town can safely and comfortably accommodate during the festival – at least not without changes to the infrastructure.
But tourism director Mark Smith insisted it was not a numbers game.
“The truth is, we are not chasing an ever larger number of people so in a sense it doesn’t matter if it’s three quarters of a million or 1.5 million.
“Our focus is all about putting on the best possible show we can for residents and visitors and I hope people feel that’s what we have done this year.
“The festival has been superb but hopefully it has a life way beyond just these four days because it shows what Bournemouth is about.”
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Orb, Bournemouth says...
9:05am Mon 24 Aug 09
I live on the clifftops in Boscombe Cliff Road and there were cars parked all over the grass verges and all over the grassy areas by Shelley Park too.
I still don't understand why there's no marked bays all along the clifftops as there's so much wasted space where people can't be bothered to park properly.
Rant over :)
Helper and Seeker, Bournemouth says...
9:50am Mon 24 Aug 09
Other than that a massive Thank You for this Free event as so many are not as good and tickets are expensive.
Really brought the best of Bournemouth to the attention of the nation and created a real sense of community.
Well Done. and can't wait till next year.
cantique, bournemouth says...
10:01am Mon 24 Aug 09
pebble, bournemouth says...
10:16am Mon 24 Aug 09
dogzilla, says...
10:22am Mon 24 Aug 09
The best part for me was when I spotted a man near the corner of Branscombe pier selling pickled jellyfish.$5 for a sandwich yum yum very tasty.
Andy D, Poole says...
10:25am Mon 24 Aug 09
richieboy, Bournemouth says...
10:28am Mon 24 Aug 09
cantique, bournemouth says...
10:31am Mon 24 Aug 09
dogzilla, says...
10:33am Mon 24 Aug 09
robhj, sturminster newton says...
10:34am Mon 24 Aug 09
Anarmslength, says...
10:57am Mon 24 Aug 09
Bournemouth person, Bournemouth says...
11:01am Mon 24 Aug 09
grumpman33, Bournemouth says...
11:11am Mon 24 Aug 09
Pete99, Poole says...
11:21am Mon 24 Aug 09
janengland@uk2.net, milford on sea says...
11:35am Mon 24 Aug 09
i will make donations direct, including one to Vulcan to the Sky appeal, awesome sight ! and would ask others to do the same. if everyone at the show was to send even £1 just think of the contribution to keep this wonderful plane in the sky.
ps. agree with some other comments about marking parking bays on east boscombe clifftop parking areas, some people were so totally inconsiderate and lazy to park properly, that many potential parking spaces were lost.
wayneofafcb, poole says...
11:38am Mon 24 Aug 09
I would question figures of 600 jobs created. Doing what?? Three day event, how would that create that many jobs?? And where would the millions the Echo quotes being spent, go. On car parking charges??
If that many attended, where did they park?? Town can't hold more than 5000 cars. I smell a lot of number guessing here. Without doubt a big success. But come on, no one knows how many went, or what they spent.
dogzilla, says...
11:48am Mon 24 Aug 09
Nickolai, Bournemouth says...
12:19pm Mon 24 Aug 09
cantique wrote:With regards to the Bournemouth Avaition Museum , it was shunted out of it's long-standing place on the airfield to a much smaller site next to Alice In Wonderland, as the airport wanted their site for new car-parks to go with the construction of the new terminal.
Now that Bournemouth is establishing itself in the world of aviation, how about capitalising on our success? As a start, perhaps the town could give the Bournemouth Aviation Museum a boost to enable it to expand to more suitable accommodation and be able to display many more of its exhibits. And no, I do not have any connection with the Museum.
Because of this, several exhibits were either sold off or moved into storage.
Now, the airport no longer intend to use the old site for car-parking and the museum can move back to it's original site - but the cost of it has been increased to a level they cannot afford.
Typical selfish actions from the airport, small-minded corporate a-holes.
gd58, bournemouth says...
12:19pm Mon 24 Aug 09
I am somewhat curious as to how much of the etsimated £30m actually boosts Bournemouth's economy. I suspect that a large chunk of that cash left the town in the pockets of the festival following stall holders.
Hurn08, Bournemouth says...
12:27pm Mon 24 Aug 09
richieboy wrote:Unfortunately although the skies had been clear all day, some very low cloud rolled in over the sea just as the Reds were due to display.
Fantastic weekend Euro fighter and Vulcan awesome so were the great Red Arrows however on Sunday the reds did not perform their usual bag of tricks like head to heads or major break away moves - they regrouped way out over purbeck before heading back to the airport via Bournemouth pier. Was there a technical hitch or an unwell pilot as this was not the usual arrows spectacular as performed fantastically on friday and saturday...can anyone update on this?
As it didn't clear they couldn't do the more dynamic maneuvers of the second half safely.
The situation was announced by the commentators, and Red One also apologised over the PA from the cockpit.
Just unlucky that clag came in at the wrong moment. As we know 10 mins earlier and they'd have done the full display with loops and rolls.
As for the festival, well, great show. Some class acts, and loved seeing more of the old warbirds in there too.
Vulcan looked awesome as was the Typhoon.
Well done Bournemouth. Happy days!
Nickolai, Bournemouth says...
12:27pm Mon 24 Aug 09
We have no Jaguars now and the Tornado's are so reduced, as are the fleets of all air forces, that it is a problem to obtain enough aircraft to complete a flying programme without gaps.
And of course, there is so much insurance and nonsense regulations these days covering older aircraft that it stops much interesting stuff from displaying.
However, the line-up was good - Vulcan, BOBMF, B17, Typhoon, The Lynx of the Black Cats : the pick of the bunch but something for everyone.
D999, Verwood says...
12:29pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Upkeep, By the river says...
12:31pm Mon 24 Aug 09
If the organisers are reading this, next year can we have more Spitfires and possibly a couple of messerschmits to re-create the arial battles that went on over these very skies in 1940. More fast jets aswell please.
Well if the airshow pulled the crowds in what would a Grand-prix do? The Monaco of England.
Poole person, Poole says...
12:52pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Using the beach carpark for stalls and stands would have freed up the much needed space on peir approach.
dogzilla, says...
12:56pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Also half a dozen slow jets.
grouch, Bournemouth says...
1:00pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Regardless of who made money from the show, anything that gets people spending a bit of cash must be a plus point when we are in recession. Similarly, it was great to see a lot of younger people selling brochures, acting as Stewards and so on, in a time when it is particularly tough for school and Uni leavers to find work this gives them a chance to add work experience to their CV's for the future.
Yes parking was a bit of a problem but the Park and Ride scheme was a great idea. Perhaps we ought to have a few more sites next year. Kings Park is currently hosting the funfare otherwise we could have made the most of such an enormous site as well. I think the public and the Council will be able to plan parking etc better next year, afterall we learn from past experience what works and what doesn't.
My only criticism (other than the frankly rubbish fireworks on Thursday!) was the lack of extra buses. I was very fortunate in that I was able to walk however there were people waiting for the bus in to town who were not so able. The packed (and some not so packed) buses drove straight past them. Extra night buses would also have been a bonus. However this is something that bugs me pretty much every weekday when I am standing waiting for the consistently late and jammed bus to work so no real change there!
All in all a brilliant weekend.
dogzilla, says...
1:04pm Mon 24 Aug 09
bex1984, poole says...
1:06pm Mon 24 Aug 09
I went Sunday afternoon and parked in Southborne and watched off clifftop. hetic it was parked cars on verges and yellow lines and on corners cars barely get through.
Then traffic home luckily only live in Charminster so only took 20 mins...but feel sorry for the people going out of bournemouth wessex way was jarred so i could see
I will go next year on saturday as well but cycle into town or walk. Its the quickest and easiest mode of transport during this busy time.
Be great to see more locals on bikes to ease traffic congestion.
great air show tho!
Peterh, Brockenhurst says...
1:21pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Hopefully these comments will help them get it right next time.
We know it is funded by programme sales, so the info on the net needed to be limited but the Echo did not sell it outside Bournemouth. None of its Newsagents sold it so they lost a huge income opportunity.
To read in the programme that could only be bought on the beach where the park-and-ride park were was a bit galling after trying to find out days beforehand.
To not be able to find out when the show started and finished each day or get even the vaguest idea of the programe each day without ringing a Tourist office line that told you to look at a web site that had none of the info you needed. Then to go back and wait hours to talk to someone at the TB who did not know either was the last straw.
To be encouraged to come by train only to find no special trains had been layed on and have your train, break down apparently because its overload sensors would only let the trains move on the flat ( Mine stopped on the curve out of Christchurch station and would only go 100m at a time. The technicians advising the driver did not understand the problem so they did not tell him to keep trying until he got on to the straight flat track. However an hour later he eventually did try it enough times after rebooting the train's computer etc and the train did get away but it was already running 20mins late when I got on it so many passengers were in difficulties, unable to get to loos standing for hours etc. my 15min journey due to arrive at 11.15a.m. took over 2hours and every train behind must have been similarly delayed. very few trains passed the other way whilst we were stopped and the Station Manager at Bournmouth implied they had had a simiular problems. A passenger had been taken ill at a station bef ore on mine and several were indifficulties by the time we got to Bournemouth. They did put extra trains for the return but had no idea what the load limit for standing passengers was so threw all those standing off each so the crowds took along time to clear
A great day for those in Bournemouth but does the Tourst Office/Organisers realise how many from outside will say "never again" due to lack of attention to visitors' access needs/ problems and will, possibly unfairly, label Bournemouth Tourism and the Airshow Organisers as a shambles!
Hopefully they wiil get these problems right next time and it will be even better. The event itself was stunning.
Upkeep, By the river says...
1:25pm Mon 24 Aug 09
jeebuscripes, Westbourne says...
2:10pm Mon 24 Aug 09
John T, Poole says...
2:32pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Redgolfer, Bournemouth says...
2:33pm Mon 24 Aug 09
It allowed that important traffic, ie Buses, Taxis, Police and Ambulance could get through without hinderance and this should be in place through out the summer fireworks but do not hold your breath.
Localsfirst, Poole says...
2:47pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Every day we are spoon fed this ridiculous propaganda.
The reality was gridlocked roads, pollution and misery for true local people who will benefit to the tune of nothing for this.
With exception of the greedy councellors at Bournemouth who are no doubt already rubbing their hands in glee after milking the old gravy chain.
Yes, Bournemouth and Poole are finished.
John T, Poole says...
3:00pm Mon 24 Aug 09
a) 'Only 360 days to Airshow'
b) or if Katie Clarke writes it:'Resounding success for Bournemouth 200's Airshow'
Record temperatures bring record millions to Bournemouth Beach.
pebble, bournemouth says...
3:47pm Mon 24 Aug 09
EdBmth, Bournemouth says...
3:48pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Localsfirst wrote:Well if you think Bournemouth and Poole are finished perhaps you should move. What this town needs are more people with pride in the place they live and work in and a positive attitude and desire to make this town a better place rather than people like you who patently have nothing positive to say and would rather whinge and moan whilst doing nothing to improve things.
I wonder what the Headline in tomorrow's Echo will be? Maybe "Bournemouth airshow even better than we thought yesterday"? Every day we are spoon fed this ridiculous propaganda. The reality was gridlocked roads, pollution and misery for true local people who will benefit to the tune of nothing for this. With exception of the greedy councellors at Bournemouth who are no doubt already rubbing their hands in glee after milking the old gravy chain. Yes, Bournemouth and Poole are finished.
The Airshow being a success is nothing to do with being “spoon fed propaganda”. It is to do with the huge number of people that had a great time. I was there on Saturday and Sunday and the atmosphere was great. The amount of times I heard people saying very positive things about the event, I didn’t need to be “spoon fed propaganda” I could see the evidence with my own eyes. So roll on Airshow 2010.
Chris..., says...
3:55pm Mon 24 Aug 09
I am a towns person, and I enjoyed the Airs Show as much if not more than I did last year. It was a fantastic performance, display in all matters of the show. One can only congratulate those who were part of the organisation, and thanks the 1.2m people who attended and had a great weekend.
It might be poignant to add here that as well as the Bournemouth Air Show, there was another Air Show not too far along the coast eastwards, that was charging £20 admission, and was only receiving 45,000 spectators daily. This show also included lots of other non air type displays. So all in all, what we had here in Bournemouth was excellent value for money.
Yes we would all like to see lots more aircraft, but as already pointed out, other aircraft are thin on the ground either on operational service, or no longer in service, and not kept as display purposes. Perhaps the oragnisors in time, will put the feelers out further a field and get more foreign machines into the display.
Timing is of the essence, and one has to remember that some if not all of the displays over the weekend were also being displayed at the other shows mentioned. So it again has to be said that all in all, a very good performance.
Rather than people moan, although they are the same bandwagon who moan about everything. Why do they not offer suggestions. May I offer one or two. Could not the Council communicate with Dorset CC and Matchams and see about using the facilities at the park, and the Weigh Bridge facility at Ashley Cross for parking purposes, with a Park and Ride service. Could a chat with Manchester Airport Group initiate the use of what normally is lots of vacant car park spaces at Hurn for the same reason over the 4 days. More signage is needed, and assurity that it is all uncovered. Some was still covered on Saturday.
Bournemouth, More Bus, and Daily Echo, do not listen to the NEGATIVE people of this town. You all did a great job, which resulted in a fantastic Airshow. Well done.
Andy D, Poole says...
3:55pm Mon 24 Aug 09
happyvisitor, somerset says...
3:58pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Bournemouth person, Bournemouth says...
4:12pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Phil67, Springbourne says...
4:13pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Localsfirst wrote:What a cheery, happy go lucky little munchkin you are!
I wonder what the Headline in tomorrow's Echo will be? Maybe "Bournemouth airshow even better than we thought yesterday"? Every day we are spoon fed this ridiculous propaganda. The reality was gridlocked roads, pollution and misery for true local people who will benefit to the tune of nothing for this. With exception of the greedy councellors at Bournemouth who are no doubt already rubbing their hands in glee after milking the old gravy chain. Yes, Bournemouth and Poole are finished.
dogzilla, says...
4:50pm Mon 24 Aug 09
godzillareturns, poole says...
4:51pm Mon 24 Aug 09
cuthbertt, Alresford says...
5:02pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Poole person wrote:Why do so many people still insist on being lazy and driving to the event though? Charminster is easily walkable to the clifftop, as are so many areas within Bournemouth. It angers me at how few people are prepared to use a bit of common sense (and their own legs) to get to these things. Yes some people have elderly relatives or young children with them but so many more could have cycled. It was refreshing to see that some did.
Excellent airshow, and very well organised. It was so nice to see locals out on their bikes; cycling was the best was to see the show and avoid the parking problems. Using the beach carpark for stalls and stands would have freed up the much needed space on peir approach.
A great show all in all, the Vulcan was easily star of the show. To see the entire of Bournemouth square come to a standstill openmouthed was quite a sight.
gd58, bournemouth says...
5:15pm Mon 24 Aug 09
EdBmth wrote:I couldn't agree more with you Ed!
Localsfirst wrote:Well if you think Bournemouth and Poole are finished perhaps you should move. What this town needs are more people with pride in the place they live and work in and a positive attitude and desire to make this town a better place rather than people like you who patently have nothing positive to say and would rather whinge and moan whilst doing nothing to improve things.
I wonder what the Headline in tomorrow's Echo will be? Maybe "Bournemouth airshow even better than we thought yesterday"? Every day we are spoon fed this ridiculous propaganda. The reality was gridlocked roads, pollution and misery for true local people who will benefit to the tune of nothing for this. With exception of the greedy councellors at Bournemouth who are no doubt already rubbing their hands in glee after milking the old gravy chain. Yes, Bournemouth and Poole are finished.
The Airshow being a success is nothing to do with being “spoon fed propaganda”. It is to do with the huge number of people that had a great time. I was there on Saturday and Sunday and the atmosphere was great. The amount of times I heard people saying very positive things about the event, I didn’t need to be “spoon fed propaganda” I could see the evidence with my own eyes. So roll on Airshow 2010.
chairboy2, says...
5:38pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Dorset Dude, says...
5:43pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Tourism bosses should start charging admission for the airshow except locals will continue to attend for free which this will cut down the number of freeloading grockles from clogging up the town and roads. It is a bit like some pub advertising free drinks all night that these people will turn up in a flash to take advantage.
grouch, Bournemouth says...
6:00pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Localsfirst wrote:Is Localsfirst an ironic title? As previously mentioned the Air Show weekend provided a host of jobs for local people, especially the younger generation struggling to find work in a recession, money spent in bars, restaurants, hotels (everywhere I looked was doing a roaring trade, not just the stalls), fantastic clean up operation ensured that the beach and cliff tops were back to normal (more jobs), tons of free publicity for the town encouraging more tourists to come to Bournemouth and not just for the Air Show (afterall is this not how Bournemouth and Poole make a living?), the positives far outway the negatives.Oh,and heaven forbid people actually have to walk somewhere in the beautiful sunshine for once rather than relying on their cars, and a thoroughly enjoyable day out.
I wonder what the Headline in tomorrow's Echo will be? Maybe "Bournemouth airshow even better than we thought yesterday"? Every day we are spoon fed this ridiculous propaganda. The reality was gridlocked roads, pollution and misery for true local people who will benefit to the tune of nothing for this. With exception of the greedy councellors at Bournemouth who are no doubt already rubbing their hands in glee after milking the old gravy chain. Yes, Bournemouth and Poole are finished.
Fortunately you are in the minority when it comes to comments. Most of the people commenting seem to be able to give constructive criticism eg. on traffic and trains, that might actually benefit the Council and the town in anticipation of next years event.
CB1985, Boremouth says...
6:05pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Okay, their are the obvious criticisms such as parking, overcrowding of people, and traffic. But these are common problems with Bournemouth all year round so seems unfair to moan about it over this weekend.
In relation to actual event organisation, maybe there could be better organisation of evening events in the gardens (i.e. having bands performing in the bandstand instead of the grass, thats what its there for). And some of concessions between the piers were questionable (perfume?)
As for next year (and future years, perhaps?), could do with mixing the air show up a bit, like possibly trying to add an air race, like the red bull ones?
dunkindiver, bournemouth says...
6:18pm Mon 24 Aug 09
I wonder how many of those were local companies getting a share of the £30 million?
However, that is not to detract from the fantastic displays from the air crews
Bmthbrd1, Bournemouth says...
7:05pm Mon 24 Aug 09
However very disappointed with the world record attempt as were many others.
Also I have to comment that if this is going to be an ongoing annual event PLEASE for god sake will the YELLOW BUS service get its act together, single decker buses were not sufficient & one an hour to & from my area of Bournemouth was damm right ridiculous!
boardstiff, Boscombe Spa says...
7:05pm Mon 24 Aug 09
dunkindiver wrote:Completely agree. Local companies paying rent and rates all year 'round just to see the opportunity of at least some profit from a dreadful summer going into the pockets of people whose only connection with the town has been to come in and make a quick buck out of it selling irrelevant trash or fair-ground fast food.
I think the main beneficiary's of the Airshow were the market traders, mobile food vendors and bars parked along the sea front.
I wonder how many of those were local companies getting a share of the £30 million?
However, that is not to detract from the fantastic displays from the air crews
The show itself was great but it really is time that Bournemouth thought this one through. Then again, as the town presumably "sells" these pitches to the out-of-town traders, it must have thought it through - to the detriment of the local companies who are paying all year round.
bofors, bournemouth says...
7:52pm Mon 24 Aug 09
the.mike, Moordown says...
8:17pm Mon 24 Aug 09
This is all very well and good but as a retail worker who badgered his regional manager to get extra stock in and let me decorate the window with relevant stock, posters, nine red arrow cut outs and lots of coloured ribbons not to mention the multi media display showing a dvd of last years festival. Only to have the worst weekend in months. I was asking nearly all the out of town visitors to our shop if they were down for the air festival and I being an air enthusiast was very vocal about it too. What we need next year is either exhibits of classic cars or trade stalls up Commercial road to draw people up the hill so that all of the town centre can benefit.
The Sage, Wimborne says...
8:53pm Mon 24 Aug 09
son of mike jones, penn hill says...
9:21pm Mon 24 Aug 09
"Lorry takes away jet from St Paul's roundabout."
The last part of the show has been removed.
I am sure the Echo robots will make it sound better but you heard it here first
Redgolfer, Bournemouth says...
10:13pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Lord Spring, says...
11:16pm Mon 24 Aug 09
boardstiff wrote:Anybody could have had a pitch if you paid your money and the price would frighten you if you had enquired, Also having the revalent paper work (insurance etc) and abided to the conditions. Also it is gamble what if it had been wet for the 4 days, Where do you think the money comes from to put on a Free Event . On the East Cliff the hotels must have had a Bonanza good luck to them and money was spent in the town .
dunkindiver wrote: I think the main beneficiary's of the Airshow were the market traders, mobile food vendors and bars parked along the sea front. I wonder how many of those were local companies getting a share of the £30 million? However, that is not to detract from the fantastic displays from the air crewsCompletely agree. Local companies paying rent and rates all year 'round just to see the opportunity of at least some profit from a dreadful summer going into the pockets of people whose only connection with the town has been to come in and make a quick buck out of it selling irrelevant trash or fair-ground fast food. The show itself was great but it really is time that Bournemouth thought this one through. Then again, as the town presumably "sells" these pitches to the out-of-town traders, it must have thought it through - to the detriment of the local companies who are paying all year round.
Puj, Bournemouth says...
11:20pm Mon 24 Aug 09
Knowing what Bournemouth was like last year... I did not even attempt to get there in a car. Park and Ride made it easily accessible.
The whole thing was well organized. Bins were being emptied, loo's cleaned and replenished constantly throughout Saturday.
Thoroughly enjoyed it !!
Vulcan was the star of the show for me......... loved the display (smoke and all.. on the run in). Vulcan trademark - sorry if folks think that it is polluting the atmosphere. Nice to see her grace our coastline again, and give a majestic perfomance of her mighty power.
She will be back next year...
Chris..., says...
11:53pm Mon 24 Aug 09
retired lady, Bournemouth says...
12:07am Tue 25 Aug 09
godzillareturns, poole says...
6:41am Tue 25 Aug 09
boardstiff, Boscombe Spa says...
7:13am Tue 25 Aug 09
Chris... wrote:Possibly because the local traders were already paying all-year round business rates to the council and rents on their own properties.
I wondered when local traders would get a word in about those who took advantage of the stall places on the front. I think everyone knows it is going to happen, so why did you not get your bids in. Whats the point of having lines of stalls leading to the town when everyone is at the front and want to be at the front to watch the AIRSHOW which is what it is all about. Local traders, get your bids in and get a stall for next year. Simples
wayneofafcb, poole says...
8:05am Tue 25 Aug 09
It's like England playing in World Cup. A bonanza for booze sellers, a nightmare for normal shops takings wise. But i agree on the parking comments by some, you just can't allow cars into the town around the front when these shows are on.
Park and ride is the only system that will let a open access air show work hassle free.How difficult that must be for a big chunk of car users. Not being able to drive right to the spot they want!
Anarmslength, says...
9:37am Tue 25 Aug 09
boardstiff, Boscombe Spa says...
10:02am Tue 25 Aug 09
Anarmslength wrote:Possibly you're not quite getting the point. The random estimate is that the festival created an additional £30m income for businesses in the town.
What is the council going to do with the £30 million?
The point that others have made is that a substantial proportion of that income went to the out-of-town tat sellers and burger kiosks who came in to compete head on with those local traders who are paying rent, rates and employing staff in the town all year round.
504gld, Bournemouth says...
11:58am Tue 25 Aug 09
Anarmslength, says...
8:59pm Tue 25 Aug 09
boardstiff wrote:boardstiff, I agree. My post was a bad attempt at "irony".
Anarmslength wrote:Possibly you're not quite getting the point. The random estimate is that the festival created an additional £30m income for businesses in the town.
What is the council going to do with the £30 million?
The point that others have made is that a substantial proportion of that income went to the out-of-town tat sellers and burger kiosks who came in to compete head on with those local traders who are paying rent, rates and employing staff in the town all year round.
Obviously the tat sellers had to pay for the privilege of sharing their wonderful goods with us, but I doubt Bournemouth will see £30 million.
I enjoyed the air show, especially the unintentionally funny commentary.
I especially liked the Vulcan........
"It bombed the runway on the Falklands... blah blah" followed by some lovely mood music.
I think it was Clannad.........
oneshortleg, kinson says...
10:01pm Tue 25 Aug 09
mervskime, bearwood says...
8:42am Thu 27 Aug 09
tommytorets, christchurch says...
9:39pm Fri 28 Aug 09
These planes are flying at more than 100 feet in the air so i have to wonder at the mentality of these brain dead dipsticks who think that they will get a better view by increasing their hight around 2 feet.
They know who they are, i know who they are because every one of these people who did this had **** written across their forehead, if you bunch of ignorant morens want to see more then go up onto the cliff top and stay off the beach where the sensible people go
KLH, bournemouth says...
10:20pm Fri 28 Aug 09
Have the Typhoon armed and send a couple of missiles into the Imax? Invite Jeremy Clarkson to do the commentary - sorted.....!!
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Lord Spring, says...
8:30am Mon 24 Aug 09