tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post1116241673814888131..comments2023-11-03T23:18:25.999+00:00Comments on BIGNEWS MARGATE: Margate's big event, how was it for you?Tony Flaighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15212662248741515725noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-59149139549117157002009-07-01T23:52:49.746+01:002009-07-01T23:52:49.746+01:00Good event, but too far out to benefit Margate tow...Good event, but too far out to benefit Margate town. As per previous years visitors by train were bussed past the town, and bussed past it again on their way home. <br /><br />Wouldn't mind so much but it's rates which pay for these buses, and it's typically non-rates paying traders benefiting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-80347512697332916112009-06-23T22:11:31.690+01:002009-06-23T22:11:31.690+01:00Anon 09:59, where in central Margate do you sugges...Anon 09:59, where in central Margate do you suggest that they put 90,000 people over 2 days? Cecil square???<br /><br />And most of the other events TDC puts on in Margate such as Thanet Pride and Motorcross ARE as near to central Margate as realistically possible.Peter Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283534498743254609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-5223749495617406582009-06-23T21:59:35.736+01:002009-06-23T21:59:35.736+01:00I run a business in central Margate, trading last ...I run a business in central Margate, trading last Saturday was bad compared to normal days. This was due to the event. And agree staging it on the outskirts of the town does not benefit local traders only the passing traders supplying burgers etc. This also seems the case in other events organised by our much loved leaders...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-35658283576598460272009-06-23T11:14:05.639+01:002009-06-23T11:14:05.639+01:00Little boys in big toys.Little boys in big toys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-49915499779930932732009-06-23T08:08:30.359+01:002009-06-23T08:08:30.359+01:00Wonderful glimpses, of the air show from coastal t...Wonderful glimpses, of the air show from coastal train window. Due to Sunday’s Southeastern line engineering works on the main line. Best train trip in ages..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-30383001096581178092009-06-22T23:14:25.572+01:002009-06-22T23:14:25.572+01:00I don't think the traffic queues tell us much:...I don't think the traffic queues tell us much: most people wouldn't walk the couple of miles from Margate, let alone Broadstairs, Ramsgate, Minster, Birchington, etc, ALL of whom I'd regard as "local" people.Peter Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283534498743254609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-35607305222089493132009-06-22T22:20:57.916+01:002009-06-22T22:20:57.916+01:00Peter from the traffic queues I would say a good f...Peter from the traffic queues I would say a good few visited and the chat rooms on camping and motrorhome sites were busy with mentions so a fair nfew from away visited. Shame the website never had the times on it but the the councils website leaves a lot to be desired.Don Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099505939055955603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-80695809276626070392009-06-22T21:29:12.595+01:002009-06-22T21:29:12.595+01:00I think it's a wonderful event that makes many...I think it's a wonderful event that makes many people happy, but I wonder what percentage of the people there actually came from outside Thanet.Peter Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283534498743254609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-24219818766043238812009-06-22T20:46:15.767+01:002009-06-22T20:46:15.767+01:00to anonymous 06.26.00 it is people like you who ha...to anonymous 06.26.00 it is people like you who have kept Thanet in the 70s. Having visited Brighton for many events in the recent past, Margates Big Event compares with anything i have seen. The entertainment both off and on the stage was superb and i trust the 5000 people i saw singing and dancing on saturday night by the stage would not share your sad view. Get a life!bloomershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236058366808639867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-51109850997499277952009-06-22T19:24:27.567+01:002009-06-22T19:24:27.567+01:00Its not free it cost £100,000 (the council are har...Its not free it cost £100,000 (the council are hardly awash with cash).<br /><br />They might think about clearing up the rubbish and getting the sh*t out of the harbour before they put on this load of low grade left over from the days when the Battle of Britain was news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-73362841901323468302009-06-22T19:17:13.642+01:002009-06-22T19:17:13.642+01:00Grumbling when someone puts on a free event... wha...Grumbling when someone puts on a free event... what a sad bunch both anon 6:26 and 6:50 are.<br /><br />Thanks 6:47, should have thought of the Gnat but for some reason that slipped my mind... and I did read the programme as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-27197231505968820572009-06-22T18:50:20.758+01:002009-06-22T18:50:20.758+01:00Oh well done - plane spotter.
Move on.
Try and im...Oh well done - plane spotter.<br />Move on.<br /><br />Try and imagine some slightly more up to date entertainment.<br /><br />Do you think Brighton would put up with this old fashioned entertainment for grannies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-64387984117939501372009-06-22T18:47:09.961+01:002009-06-22T18:47:09.961+01:00The Red Jets were Folland Gnats and what the Red A...The Red Jets were Folland Gnats and what the Red Arrows used to fly before HAwksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-87811646424279522982009-06-22T18:26:34.183+01:002009-06-22T18:26:34.183+01:00I found it out of date, archaic, left over from th...I found it out of date, archaic, left over from the 70s. No wonder the whole place is in the doldrums.<br /><br />A complete and utter waste of money. Shoddy even in a world of shoddiness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25954340.post-59729974121695109702009-06-22T18:17:36.115+01:002009-06-22T18:17:36.115+01:00Does anyone know what the two red jets were that d...Does anyone know what the two red jets were that displayed on Sunday? Been racking my brains all day trying to figure out what aircraft they were...<br /><br />CheersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com