scott_saints Posted 24 March, 2009 Share Posted 24 March, 2009 Any one know why they stopped doing it?? (And when did it stop?) Just seen a petition to bring it back on facebook. Have to say, I totally forgot about it but remember some f00king cool balloons in the sky when they used to do it. Should definitely bring it back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 24 March, 2009 Share Posted 24 March, 2009 Any one know why they stopped doing it?? (And when did it stop?) Just seen a petition to bring it back on facebook. Have to say, I totally forgot about it but remember some f00king cool balloons in the sky when they used to do it. Should definitely bring it back! And some good beer tents too. We should have a festival of some sort, but not one involvong the local horticultural society, they took up too much room which should have gone to parking imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 24 March, 2009 Share Posted 24 March, 2009 Because Inflation is at zero!! Boom boom, I'm here all week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 24 March, 2009 Share Posted 24 March, 2009 Because Inflation is at zero!! Boom boom, I'm here all week... That went down like a erm....let's leave it there shall we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Block 18 Posted 24 March, 2009 Share Posted 24 March, 2009 One of my favorites in recent years Loads more photos here http://www.garfnet.org.uk/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=288 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 24 March, 2009 Share Posted 24 March, 2009 so in short, no one knows why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weston Saint Posted 24 March, 2009 Share Posted 24 March, 2009 The Southampton flower and balloon festival was axed after rebranding failed to breathe new life into the event. Visitor numbers plummeted from 150,000 in its heyday to just 10,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 24 March, 2009 Share Posted 24 March, 2009 The Southampton flower and balloon festival was axed after rebranding failed to breathe new life into the event. Visitor numbers plummeted from 150,000 in its heyday to just 10,000. They also received a barrage of complaints from some basket case apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bognor Posted 24 March, 2009 Share Posted 24 March, 2009 They also received a barrage of complaints from some basket case apparently. I heard that too, but IMO it was just a load of hot air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbb saint Posted 24 March, 2009 Share Posted 24 March, 2009 Also there was a problem with getting permission from the airport. Frankly not a great place to fly from too - too much chance of going out to sea or to the New Forest (you're not supposed to land there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 26 March, 2009 Share Posted 26 March, 2009 I loved the balloon festival, was always my highlight of the year, f**k the flowers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 27 March, 2009 Share Posted 27 March, 2009 Probably the public liability insurance outweighed the income generated, kills of most things these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 27 March, 2009 Share Posted 27 March, 2009 foot and mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 28 March, 2009 Share Posted 28 March, 2009 I loved the balloon festival, was only a nipper and went with the old man and brother, although even back then the brother was a chavy little oik (somehow....... as he must have been about 7?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 28 March, 2009 Share Posted 28 March, 2009 Saw a balloon festival in Staffordshire once. Woke up one morning to see a giant pot of Nescafe and a post box drifting 50ft above my back garden and land in the field next to it. Balloons are cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillyanne Posted 28 March, 2009 Share Posted 28 March, 2009 I bought a Guinea Pig at the balloon festival the year that Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson, I called it Fergie as it was ginger. I killed it by feeding it rhubarb leaves a few months later, no one told me that they were poisonous (sp) to animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbb saint Posted 28 March, 2009 Share Posted 28 March, 2009 foot and mouth Forgot that Balloons are cool. No, they have to be hot. (Except gas balloons, which are rarely seen in this country, until next year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 31 March, 2009 Share Posted 31 March, 2009 Woo hoo http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4246826.Thousands_demand_return_of_balloon_festival/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 22 August, 2021 Share Posted 22 August, 2021 On 31/03/2009 at 07:53, Master Bates said: Woo hoo http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4246826.Thousands_demand_return_of_balloon_festival/ But 12 years on, I take it this never took off? I used to watch from my house on Laburnum Road as a nipper. Flying over daisy dip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 22 August, 2021 Share Posted 22 August, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Dr Who? said: But 12 years on, I take it this never took off? I used to watch from my house on Laburnum Road as a nipper. Flying over daisy dip. Ah !, A fellow resident of the Flower Gardens. ( Though I left at the end of 1980 after getting married ). Edited 22 August, 2021 by badgerx16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 22 August, 2021 Share Posted 22 August, 2021 50 minutes ago, badgerx16 said: Ah !, A fellow resident of the Flower Gardens. ( Though I left at the end of 1980 after getting married ). I moved there in 1980 and was there until 1988 when I moved to other parts of Southampton until 1996 when I started moving more and more north. Guildford, Cheltenham, Reading, (back to Southampton for 5 years), Royston and Carlisle. What road on the flower estate were you on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 22 August, 2021 Share Posted 22 August, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dr Who? said: What road on the flower estate were you on? The worst, ( from a boy's perspective ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted 24 August, 2021 Share Posted 24 August, 2021 On 22/08/2021 at 20:28, Dr Who? said: But 12 years on, I take it this never took off? I used to watch from my house on Laburnum Road as a nipper. Flying over daisy dip. I like that 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 24 August, 2021 Share Posted 24 August, 2021 On 22/08/2021 at 21:24, Dr Who? said: I moved there in 1980 and was there until 1988 when I moved to other parts of Southampton until 1996 when I started moving more and more north. Guildford, Cheltenham, Reading, (back to Southampton for 5 years), Royston and Carlisle. What road on the flower estate were you on? Was it you who used to make cheesecakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 24 August, 2021 Share Posted 24 August, 2021 20 minutes ago, Turkish said: Was it you who used to make cheesecakes? Yes. I now own Cumbrian Cheesecake. Also the cafe off the back of this. We are just about to open our Vintage Tea over 3 levels in the city centre. So it’s going ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 26 August, 2021 Share Posted 26 August, 2021 This came up in one of the Southampton photos today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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