Golden Days 2004

[Sunray]

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?

[rocking]

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