Llandudno Christmas Illuminations

[Trojan]

     I was in Chester today,lights are all up ,large xmas tree outside their town hall and a large wheel and icerink,now that is what you do when you are in competition with all other towns. :rage:

I'm surprised you didn't go to Wrexham. 

[Merddin Emrys]

saw these lights on BBC news this morning,   amazing, lets have some of these!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11755177

[wrex]

  I see the Celtic fair people putting xmas lights in the trees on Madoc St,i do hope the 3 strings across the st will be put on by our town council,lets wait and see. :weeping:

[wrex]

 ZXZ  I hope the xmas celtic fayre leave the lights in the trees in Madoc st,they are blue and they look great,i new it did,nt take much and i hope the town council take note. :rage:

[Llechwedd]

I'm in London and if it's any consolation the lights in Oxford Street -parcels and parasols in gold and silver - are the same as last year and Selfridges has the same greenery and fairy lights round its windows as last year.
Just seen the best tree ever though.  It is on the piazza at Covent Garden and a mass of tiny red and silvery white lights with the occasional larger silvery light flashing, most effective in the dark.  I didn't see Regent Street last year but they have huge horizontal stars that you have to stand under and look up to get the effect.  Made of sort of mesh and appearing to float.  The effect is somewhat spoiled by every now and then an advert for Narnia but it must have cost a lot.

[Yorkie]

Maybe sponsorship is the answer to our Xmas Lights problem!    We wouldn't want a Piccadilly Circus effect but subtle advertising would hardly be noticable - in fact would possibly act as almost subliminal!   

[wrex]

Sponsorship all lite up would be better than the crap we are given by the town council ZXZ

[wrex]

  If we could just get representatives from the council,Parc Llandudno,Mostyn Champneys,Llandudno Hospitality,CCBC and Mostyn Estates around a table and talk about the Queen of Welsh resorts abissmal xmas display,WHY it is so poor and why nobody gives a damn we may ,just may get a result.  ££$   

[Yorkie]

All those outfits must already be aware of the abismal effort of themselves, what we need is a bright spark (pardon the pun) to put the idea to a decent advertising agency and let them do the rest.       ££$

[Pendragon]

Could the forum be any help with advertising etc, a special page dediated to advertising local businesses, after all it's llandudno locals and business owners who use the forum. How handy and reassuring it would be to get locals to pass comments on those local builders, plumbers etc. Excellent advertising. Only a thought. Maybe the businesses involved could pay the admin and then they could pass on proceeds to the "Light up Town" campaign. Is that even legal ?

[Merddin Emrys]

Could the forum be any help with advertising etc, a special page dediated to advertising local businesses, after all it's llandudno locals and business owners who use the forum. How handy and reassuring it would be to get locals to pass comments on those local builders, plumbers etc. Excellent advertising. Only a thought. Maybe the businesses involved could pay the admin and then they could pass on proceeds to the "Light up Town" campaign. Is that even legal ?

we have got this thread, although its not trader's adverts, but member's recommendations

http://threetownsforum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=38.0

[DaveR]

Could the forum be any help with advertising etc, a special page dediated to advertising local businesses, after all it's llandudno locals and business owners who use the forum. How handy and reassuring it would be to get locals to pass comments on those local builders, plumbers etc. Excellent advertising. Only a thought. Maybe the businesses involved could pay the admin and then they could pass on proceeds to the "Light up Town" campaign. Is that even legal ?

The problem would be the Town Council - they wouldn't be interested.  :rage:

Ian and I were actually thinking about letting local businesses advertise directly on the Forum, with all proceeds after running costs being donated to local charities.

[wrex]

  We need to call a meeting ourselves and put these councillors on the spot,as i have said befor take a look at every other town and they put us to shame. ZXZ

[Yorkie]

Why not form a self help group such as this one in South Africa - actually a little town called Llandudno!     

http://www.llandudno.org.za/

[Pendragon]

I do apologise for my ignorance but who elects your town council, while were on the subject how many different councils are there, I mean you have the town council, civic council etc. If they don't achieve their objectives whatever they may be? Why are they there?  I appreciate what Yorkie said about Town Councillors not being paid but they must surley cost Llandudno something if only in Xmas parties and the like. I'm probably wrong though.  )*)&