boo hoo..it was really good these last few years. I know it must take a lot of work to put on this event maybe the organisers could ask for more help from the community? 
Golden Days 2004
Golden Days 2004
I've heard rumours that the Golden Days bash will not take place this year boo hoo..it was really good these last few years. I know it must take a lot of work to put on this event maybe the organisers could ask for more help from the community?
boo hoo..it was really good these last few years. I know it must take a lot of work to put on this event maybe the organisers could ask for more help from the community? Portobello - a place for fun and frolics
Four reasons why GoldenDays won't happen this year
It was getting too big - 11,500 last year - this year 20,000?! How do you limit the crowd - particularly on a hot day? I reckon a bigger crowd last year and we would have put the safety of the public at risk
Organisation too much. As Sheila and POD will testify a few folk carry a very large burden and regretfully I'm moving away with my job. 90% of the work on GD 2003 was carried out by locals.....as Michael Caine would say - not a lorra people know that. We just weren't the usual suspects.
Large events soak up funding. With other local events all vying for cash support, GDays had £8,000 each year of lottery and council cash. This year, hopefully it will be the turn of other local projects.
Finally and it's got to be said - GoldenDays wasn't everyone's cup of tea. It was a festival of popular culture - the Sunday Post, the Evening News, Radio Forth, cars, dancing, fashion, kids fun et al. The new Porty people like their arts and a very eclectic mix of the different branches of artistic activity, not to mention ambitious sporting events. A forward looking Porty - rather than harking back to the Good Auld Days.
Here's to the future!
Awra Best
Gordon Mackay
It was getting too big - 11,500 last year - this year 20,000?! How do you limit the crowd - particularly on a hot day? I reckon a bigger crowd last year and we would have put the safety of the public at risk
Organisation too much. As Sheila and POD will testify a few folk carry a very large burden and regretfully I'm moving away with my job. 90% of the work on GD 2003 was carried out by locals.....as Michael Caine would say - not a lorra people know that. We just weren't the usual suspects.
Large events soak up funding. With other local events all vying for cash support, GDays had £8,000 each year of lottery and council cash. This year, hopefully it will be the turn of other local projects.
Finally and it's got to be said - GoldenDays wasn't everyone's cup of tea. It was a festival of popular culture - the Sunday Post, the Evening News, Radio Forth, cars, dancing, fashion, kids fun et al. The new Porty people like their arts and a very eclectic mix of the different branches of artistic activity, not to mention ambitious sporting events. A forward looking Porty - rather than harking back to the Good Auld Days.
Here's to the future!
Awra Best
Gordon Mackay