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essexshrimper said:
Eastbourne and Folkestone Air Shows, Clayton is Thursday and Friday Cricko

Surely you remember Clacton Air show? The Wright brothers were there for your first one weren’t they?
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There were still only balloons when Cricko was a nipper
 
OldBlueLady said:
Right at the very end of the weekend, we were treated to the Lancaster flying low right over the top of our house in Thundersley yesterday early evening (around 5.15). Beautiful airplane.

Not my picture but that of someone else in the Village and very close to our view of her but ours was literally overhead...

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Super pic, OBL 👍 My dad was flight navigator on Lancasters during WW2.
 
kaymac said:
Agree, makes sense on all counts to hold it…. other than to those in power at SBC. The reasons they gave for ceasing it were ridiculous.
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What were the reasons?

It seems bonkers to me, a population of 360k, plus day trippers, you're looking at a million people who will spend money in the City.

As for SBC, I remember watching the meeting for the new ground, (Zoomed live) and couldn't help but think they reminded me of Andy from Little Britain.
 
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I always thought it was cost, the monetary return wasnt worth it for the council. The red arrows dont come cheap, and I remember the stealth bomber one year and that must have cost. I seem to remember on the final years the displays were getting smaller and smaller with less impressive aircraft.
 
Cost was cited as £130k by the time SBC pulled the plug (along with some pier funding) which according to them was unaffordable even though everyone knew the financial benefit gained by the town from such large numbers of visitors was far in excess of that figure. From the largest free airshow in Europe to nothing….way up there with the top killjoy councils of all time.
 
kaymac said:
Cost was cited as £130k by the time SBC pulled the plug (along with some pier funding) which according to them was unaffordable even though everyone knew the financial benefit gained by the town from such large numbers of visitors was far in excess of that figure. From the largest free airshow in Europe to nothing….way up there with the top killjoy councils of all time.
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That's a drop in the ocean if you look at the larger picture.

Don't we get extra money from the Gov now we're a City, use some of that.
 
A family who ran a food store told me the pitch was £5,000 for the air show weekend. So i guess the council soon got the 130k back

500,000 people spending just £10 each…. That serious coin for lots of local businesses…. No money in it for Amazon or Tescos though, they may even take less that weekend ….. There’s your reason why it doesn’t happen.
 
blueblueblue said:
That's a drop in the ocean if you look at the larger picture.

Don't we get extra money from the Gov now we're a City, use some of that.
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No, there are no increased monies from Central Government for being a City, I'm afraid.

That extra funding comes with city status is a very common misconception.
 
rigsby said:
A family who ran a food store told me the pitch was £5,000 for the air show weekend. So i guess the council soon got the 130k back

500,000 people spending just £10 each…. That serious coin for lots of local businesses…. No money in it for Amazon or Tescos though, they may even take less that weekend ….. There’s your reason why it doesn’t happen.
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I had it on very good authority from a fish and chip shop owner who had premises on the Golden Mile that his premises actually took less money on Airshow days than they did on other Bank Holidays and the comparative Bank Holiday after the Airshow was cancelled. His reasoning was that the visitors spent their time further up Western Esplanade and used the casual catering traders even though they were charging around 20-25% more than he was... So our regular traders were not necessarily making hay...
 
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