Sports Village

Typical NIMBYism.....

 

The charter is academic, as that only permits the Council to hold one, it's not compulsory that they do.

 

The point of the tweet being it's not restricted to that area like some have suggested it could be.

 

It is possible that there is some contract or some other understanding with the showman's guild or other body for it to be on Walton Street, which is nothing to do with the Charter.

It's similar to the market moving from Trinity Square.

 

There is a similar ancient charter to allow the city of Hull to hold a market. It used to be situated around Holy Trinity, and the council used that as an excuse to refuse other market operators a license to open up 'a market' in other parts of the city. That went by the wayside many years ago when the attraction of the original market in Hull's old town diminished and the council decided to pave over the origonal market place, and the market could suddenly move to Walton Street, erm, because it suited them.

 

who gets the parking fees for that peice of land on match days?

 

Being saying it for years. Councillors get brown envelopes from the people who run Hull fair. It may only be open for a week, but it makes an awful lot of money.

 

Even if true, a better location / access (more parking and other direct transport) would allow bigger crowds, profits and brown envelopes (allegedly)....

 

I've emphasised IF as gven the changes in roles over the years, as well as the political infighting even within the same parties, it'd be very impressive if they kept those alleged brown envelopes going without anyone else knowing.

 

I have it on VERY good authority (local obviously) that one prominent Councillor got an extra go on the big wheel one year at no additional cost. On another occasion he found that he had an extra piece brandy snap inside the bag when he got home!!!!!

Those sort of things don't happen to just anyone.

 

If Hull Fair didn't take place, the first and second year there'd be rumblings, the third year it would have bene forgotten. Besides what parent can afford to waste £50/£60 or more in the current climate.

 

Loads can. And do.
There was an article in the paper the other day about outrage at a school not serving full meals to kids whose parents hadn’t paid for their school dinners. Usual stuff about cost of living crisis lack of money…Rather undermined by the descriptions of tearful kids using their mobiles to ring their parents.

 

Just because you keep saying it, it doesn’t make it true.

I don’t think you’re right

I do think it will make a fair chunk of cash for the Council though. Which means they’ll be able to avoid cutting services the fair funds.

 

Bet they've got a telly at home too. Disgusting. Poor people should be as miserable as possible imo.

 

You’ll be telling me they wore shoes next?
Luxury

 

Yes, we should pity people who can afford TVs and phones but not to pay for school dinners. I am sure this was what Bevan had in mind in 1948. Satellite TV and games consoles are a human right. If you can afford TVs and mobile phones etc most of the world would not consider you poor.

 

Thinking outside the box - make an offer to Hymers that they can't resist (and enables them to move to the Lawns) and use that land instead for a sports village. Build a bridge over the rail line - and why not a halt for match day train traffic. Tart up the Walton Street land a bit so that it could still be used for match day parking and the fair but also for other things and less of an eyesore.

 

What if he had put FACT?