A sign of things to come for Southampton? (From Daily Echo)

In the event of Southampton winning this title the council should enlist the help of citizen volunteer groups to greet and assist visitors at all the events and functions which will have to be organised throughout the year long event.
These volunteer groups are the key to a successful event and were used by Glasgow ( European Capital of Culture ), Manchester ( Common-wealth Games ) , Liverpool ( European Capital of Culture ) and London ( Olympic Games )

Any town / city that puts its name forward in the hope of winning the title " City of Culture " must be able to meet the following conditions.

Have good cultural credentials , they could be art, music , architecture, history etc.
A friendly population consisting of a diverse cultural mix that welcomes visitors , that provides a friendly and safe atmosphere for the events to be staged.

Be able to provide a non-stop range of events throughout the year-long event for the visitors and locals to support.

The most important criteria is that the population of the town or city should get behind the cause and have a UNITED PRIDE in what is happening in their town / city to ensure that the event leaves a lasting legacy.

Proud from LIVERPOOL wrote:
In the event of Southampton winning this title the council should enlist the help of citizen volunteer groups to greet and assist visitors at all the events and functions which will have to be organised throughout the year long event.
These volunteer groups are the key to a successful event and were used by Glasgow ( European Capital of Culture ), Manchester ( Common-wealth Games ) , Liverpool ( European Capital of Culture ) and London ( Olympic Games )

Any town / city that puts its name forward in the hope of winning the title " City of Culture " must be able to meet the following conditions.

Have good cultural credentials , they could be art, music , architecture, history etc.
A friendly population consisting of a diverse cultural mix that welcomes visitors , that provides a friendly and safe atmosphere for the events to be staged.

Be able to provide a non-stop range of events throughout the year-long event for the visitors and locals to support.

The most important criteria is that the population of the town or city should get behind the cause and have a UNITED PRIDE in what is happening in their town / city to ensure that the event leaves a lasting legacy.

Thanks mucker...
Can I borrow yer white shell-suit fer the fotoos??

JPM is a Troll

Proud from LIVERPOOL wrote:
In the event of Southampton winning this title the council should enlist the help of citizen volunteer groups to greet and assist visitors at all the events and functions which will have to be organised throughout the year long event.
These volunteer groups are the key to a successful event and were used by Glasgow ( European Capital of Culture ), Manchester ( Common-wealth Games ) , Liverpool ( European Capital of Culture ) and London ( Olympic Games )

Any town / city that puts its name forward in the hope of winning the title " City of Culture " must be able to meet the following conditions.

Have good cultural credentials , they could be art, music , architecture, history etc.
A friendly population consisting of a diverse cultural mix that welcomes visitors , that provides a friendly and safe atmosphere for the events to be staged.

Be able to provide a non-stop range of events throughout the year-long event for the visitors and locals to support.

The most important criteria is that the population of the town or city should get behind the cause and have a UNITED PRIDE in what is happening in their town / city to ensure that the event leaves a lasting legacy.

"A friendly population?"

Third most violent city in the UK, so I guess that's stuffed then!

Best sub-contract a new council in whom understands art & artistic merit & not just ill-thought concepts predominated by a over-bearing hunger for money.

Maybe the council should have actually built the amenities & enhance the history we have to attract people to Southampton before they hiked up the parking prices & started charging every hour of the day because, apparently (in their eyes), Southampton has such a magnetic, enviable pulling power!! ;o)

We're such an amazing city, we should pay on the nose to park since we're all so desperate to visit the town centre & see police baby sitting the drunken revellers.

When you buy a drink in Oxford St & if you close your eyes & concentrate, it's almost like being in Monaco (when you hear the price). Then you open your eyes & realise, the only similarity is the price & some wanna be, potless t*ssers pretending they have some money.

City of culture? We couldn't be further from that title. A banksy motif is instantly ruined. Says it all. We're the polar opposite to cultured. Best So'ton will manage is a p*ssed up Widow Twanky at some inane panto, a lame museum with crap, overpriced restaurants & rip off market stalls due to a unrealistic valuation slapped on the market traders by an out of touch council. The nearest we'll get to a modicum of intellectual worth is when Mark Kermode visits Harbour Lights or a travelling theatre company get lost on the M3 & end up in So'ton instead of Winchester.

Sincerely not trying to chastise anyone but the article is so laughable about the future of So'ton, it deserves some mild, tongue in cheek vitriol. It is surely taking the mick & provoking a response like this. Funny wind up by The Echo! Few weeks early for April fool's. ;o)

Sensible question, anyone on here know the latest rates for a street performing license in So'ton & the surrounding cities?

cantthinkofone wrote:

Proud from LIVERPOOL wrote:
In the event of Southampton winning this title the council should enlist the help of citizen volunteer groups to greet and assist visitors at all the events and functions which will have to be organised throughout the year long event.
These volunteer groups are the key to a successful event and were used by Glasgow ( European Capital of Culture ), Manchester ( Common-wealth Games ) , Liverpool ( European Capital of Culture ) and London ( Olympic Games )

Any town / city that puts its name forward in the hope of winning the title " City of Culture " must be able to meet the following conditions.

Have good cultural credentials , they could be art, music , architecture, history etc.
A friendly population consisting of a diverse cultural mix that welcomes visitors , that provides a friendly and safe atmosphere for the events to be staged.

Be able to provide a non-stop range of events throughout the year-long event for the visitors and locals to support.

The most important criteria is that the population of the town or city should get behind the cause and have a UNITED PRIDE in what is happening in their town / city to ensure that the event leaves a lasting legacy.

"A friendly population?"

Third most violent city in the UK, so I guess that's stuffed then!

Londonderry won it so i wouldn't be so sure - anyway, considering that London, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds and Belfast are also in the UK i'm not sure i trust the source of your stats.

'City of Culture'? LMFAO.

Does this mean that the Council would have to cancel their cuts in opening hours for the Art Gallery? How can you claim to have a world class art gallery when it's only open four hours a day? If I visit a museum/art gallery in another city in Britain I would hope for it to be open all day, not just four hours. Maybe the uncultured morons running Southampton council should just put the beautiful art works up for sale. Then they won't need to worry about staffing the art gallery at all, and can use the money to pay expenses to useless councillors and their chauffeur.

just needs a dedicated full time demolition crew , knock down the hideous buildings and return the sites to parkland ,improve the dump no end.

I welcome the contribution here from our scouser friend - it is absolutely spot on and contrasts with the negative outlook of other people posting here who I presume are local.

Its worth listening to people like Proud from Liverpool; after all the scallies - against all odds - actually won the European City of Culture title. We can learn a lot.

... I still hope that Saints beat Liverpool on Saturday, though. To quote Bill Shankly "football is more important than life and death"

Terry_Nutkins wrote:
Best sub-contract a new council in whom understands art & artistic merit & not just ill-thought concepts predominated by a over-bearing hunger for money.

Maybe the council should have actually built the amenities & enhance the history we have to attract people to Southampton before they hiked up the parking prices & started charging every hour of the day because, apparently (in their eyes), Southampton has such a magnetic, enviable pulling power!! ;o)

We're such an amazing city, we should pay on the nose to park since we're all so desperate to visit the town centre & see police baby sitting the drunken revellers.

When you buy a drink in Oxford St & if you close your eyes & concentrate, it's almost like being in Monaco (when you hear the price). Then you open your eyes & realise, the only similarity is the price & some wanna be, potless t*ssers pretending they have some money.

City of culture? We couldn't be further from that title. A banksy motif is instantly ruined. Says it all. We're the polar opposite to cultured. Best So'ton will manage is a p*ssed up Widow Twanky at some inane panto, a lame museum with crap, overpriced restaurants & rip off market stalls due to a unrealistic valuation slapped on the market traders by an out of touch council. The nearest we'll get to a modicum of intellectual worth is when Mark Kermode visits Harbour Lights or a travelling theatre company get lost on the M3 & end up in So'ton instead of Winchester.

Sincerely not trying to chastise anyone but the article is so laughable about the future of So'ton, it deserves some mild, tongue in cheek vitriol. It is surely taking the mick & provoking a response like this. Funny wind up by The Echo! Few weeks early for April fool's. ;o)

Sensible question, anyone on here know the latest rates for a street performing license in So'ton & the surrounding cities?

Get Alfie and stop the tedious moaning. Go live somewhere else or get off you a rse and get involved.

gladbachsaint wrote:

cantthinkofone wrote:

Proud from LIVERPOOL wrote:
In the event of Southampton winning this title the council should enlist the help of citizen volunteer groups to greet and assist visitors at all the events and functions which will have to be organised throughout the year long event.
These volunteer groups are the key to a successful event and were used by Glasgow ( European Capital of Culture ), Manchester ( Common-wealth Games ) , Liverpool ( European Capital of Culture ) and London ( Olympic Games )

Any town / city that puts its name forward in the hope of winning the title " City of Culture " must be able to meet the following conditions.

Have good cultural credentials , they could be art, music , architecture, history etc.
A friendly population consisting of a diverse cultural mix that welcomes visitors , that provides a friendly and safe atmosphere for the events to be staged.

Be able to provide a non-stop range of events throughout the year-long event for the visitors and locals to support.

The most important criteria is that the population of the town or city should get behind the cause and have a UNITED PRIDE in what is happening in their town / city to ensure that the event leaves a lasting legacy.

"A friendly population?"

Third most violent city in the UK, so I guess that's stuffed then!

Londonderry won it so i wouldn't be so sure - anyway, considering that London, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds and Belfast are also in the UK i'm not sure i trust the source of your stats.

It's a few years old now admittedly, but see here:

http://www.suzylampl
ugh.org/2008/08/top-
ten-safest-and-most-
violent-places/

gladbachsaint wrote:

cantthinkofone wrote:

Proud from LIVERPOOL wrote:
In the event of Southampton winning this title the council should enlist the help of citizen volunteer groups to greet and assist visitors at all the events and functions which will have to be organised throughout the year long event.
These volunteer groups are the key to a successful event and were used by Glasgow ( European Capital of Culture ), Manchester ( Common-wealth Games ) , Liverpool ( European Capital of Culture ) and London ( Olympic Games )

Any town / city that puts its name forward in the hope of winning the title " City of Culture " must be able to meet the following conditions.

Have good cultural credentials , they could be art, music , architecture, history etc.
A friendly population consisting of a diverse cultural mix that welcomes visitors , that provides a friendly and safe atmosphere for the events to be staged.

Be able to provide a non-stop range of events throughout the year-long event for the visitors and locals to support.

The most important criteria is that the population of the town or city should get behind the cause and have a UNITED PRIDE in what is happening in their town / city to ensure that the event leaves a lasting legacy.

"A friendly population?"

Third most violent city in the UK, so I guess that's stuffed then!

Londonderry won it so i wouldn't be so sure - anyway, considering that London, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds and Belfast are also in the UK i'm not sure i trust the source of your stats.

Well I don't know about Londonderry, but all those other places sh1t from a great height on Southampton.

elvisimo wrote:

Terry_Nutkins wrote:
Best sub-contract a new council in whom understands art & artistic merit & not just ill-thought concepts predominated by a over-bearing hunger for money.

Maybe the council should have actually built the amenities & enhance the history we have to attract people to Southampton before they hiked up the parking prices & started charging every hour of the day because, apparently (in their eyes), Southampton has such a magnetic, enviable pulling power!! ;o)

We're such an amazing city, we should pay on the nose to park since we're all so desperate to visit the town centre & see police baby sitting the drunken revellers.

When you buy a drink in Oxford St & if you close your eyes & concentrate, it's almost like being in Monaco (when you hear the price). Then you open your eyes & realise, the only similarity is the price & some wanna be, potless t*ssers pretending they have some money.

City of culture? We couldn't be further from that title. A banksy motif is instantly ruined. Says it all. We're the polar opposite to cultured. Best So'ton will manage is a p*ssed up Widow Twanky at some inane panto, a lame museum with crap, overpriced restaurants & rip off market stalls due to a unrealistic valuation slapped on the market traders by an out of touch council. The nearest we'll get to a modicum of intellectual worth is when Mark Kermode visits Harbour Lights or a travelling theatre company get lost on the M3 & end up in So'ton instead of Winchester.

Sincerely not trying to chastise anyone but the article is so laughable about the future of So'ton, it deserves some mild, tongue in cheek vitriol. It is surely taking the mick & provoking a response like this. Funny wind up by The Echo! Few weeks early for April fool's. ;o)

Sensible question, anyone on here know the latest rates for a street performing license in So'ton & the surrounding cities?

Get Alfie and stop the tedious moaning. Go live somewhere else or get off you a rse and get involved.

Open your eyes. Everything he says is true.

They could have guided tours of Student flats and pay day loan shops . Greggs for lunch and walk around west quay . The post earlier about Oxford street was spot on , groups of people pretending they got money and full of crap .

Academic research showed that Liverpool City of Culture 2008 attracted 9.7million additional visits which was 35% of all visits to Liverpool that year. To put it another way, that's over 50% more visitors than usual. There was £753.8 million additional direct spending by visitors to the region.
To me, this is a great idea and it does need the participation of these two great cities to have the necessary weight.
I've written more about this in my Daily Echo blog http://www.dailyecho
.co.uk/yoursay/blogs
/talking_shop/102813
65.When_Two_Become_O
ne_City_Of_Culture/

Paul-Lewis wrote:
Academic research showed that Liverpool City of Culture 2008 attracted 9.7million additional visits which was 35% of all visits to Liverpool that year. To put it another way, that's over 50% more visitors than usual. There was £753.8 million additional direct spending by visitors to the region.
To me, this is a great idea and it does need the participation of these two great cities to have the necessary weight.
I've written more about this in my Daily Echo blog http://www.dailyecho

.co.uk/yoursay/blogs

/talking_shop/102813

65.When_Two_Become_O

ne_City_Of_Culture/

I'm glad to see that somebody in your area realises that if your bid is successful it could have major benefits for your local economy.
Liverpool has certainly gained a great deal through its staging of " European Capital of Culture 2008 " and continues to grow its tourist trade and inward private investment despite the economic mess that covers this country.
I despair at the stereo-typical comments that some of the posters to this site come out with regarding Liverpool. The city has a very strong cultural background in music, art, writing and film. Architecture , museums , art galleries and sporting events that are of national and international importance.
It also has a friendly atmosphere , is one of the safest major cities in the country and welcomes visitors in huge numbers from across Britain and the rest of the world.

Some of the comments posted here by locals from Southampton, denigrating your area would make me
ashamed to be from Southampton, and sends a clear message to the world that is not beneficial to the future good of Southampton.

loadcee wrote:
They could have guided tours of Student flats and pay day loan shops . Greggs for lunch and walk around west quay . The post earlier about Oxford street was spot on , groups of people pretending they got money and full of crap .

Exactly. If you have money....then why are you in Southampton?! I've had cheaper drinks in London than in Oxford St./Ocean Village, and I didn't have to suffer the indignity of being in Southampton!

J.P.M wrote:

Proud from LIVERPOOL wrote:
In the event of Southampton winning this title the council should enlist the help of citizen volunteer groups to greet and assist visitors at all the events and functions which will have to be organised throughout the year long event.
These volunteer groups are the key to a successful event and were used by Glasgow ( European Capital of Culture ), Manchester ( Common-wealth Games ) , Liverpool ( European Capital of Culture ) and London ( Olympic Games )

Any town / city that puts its name forward in the hope of winning the title " City of Culture " must be able to meet the following conditions.

Have good cultural credentials , they could be art, music , architecture, history etc.
A friendly population consisting of a diverse cultural mix that welcomes visitors , that provides a friendly and safe atmosphere for the events to be staged.

Be able to provide a non-stop range of events throughout the year-long event for the visitors and locals to support.

The most important criteria is that the population of the town or city should get behind the cause and have a UNITED PRIDE in what is happening in their town / city to ensure that the event leaves a lasting legacy.

Thanks mucker...
Can I borrow yer white shell-suit fer the fotoos??

Why not wear your clown suit, you would look like the fool you are.

Chris storey wrote:

J.P.M wrote:

Proud from LIVERPOOL wrote:
In the event of Southampton winning this title the council should enlist the help of citizen volunteer groups to greet and assist visitors at all the events and functions which will have to be organised throughout the year long event.
These volunteer groups are the key to a successful event and were used by Glasgow ( European Capital of Culture ), Manchester ( Common-wealth Games ) , Liverpool ( European Capital of Culture ) and London ( Olympic Games )

Any town / city that puts its name forward in the hope of winning the title " City of Culture " must be able to meet the following conditions.

Have good cultural credentials , they could be art, music , architecture, history etc.
A friendly population consisting of a diverse cultural mix that welcomes visitors , that provides a friendly and safe atmosphere for the events to be staged.

Be able to provide a non-stop range of events throughout the year-long event for the visitors and locals to support.

The most important criteria is that the population of the town or city should get behind the cause and have a UNITED PRIDE in what is happening in their town / city to ensure that the event leaves a lasting legacy.

Thanks mucker...
Can I borrow yer white shell-suit fer the fotoos??

Why not wear your clown suit, you would look like the fool you are.

The only people needing to wear clown suits, are the people who think we can win this title!