Council lets down the town?

[Pete]

Is our council allergic to using publicity? Once again, Medieval Market this time, an event happens in town that I only find out about after it has happened.

I go into town virtually every day and yet I have not seen one poster advertising the event.

Where do they advertise, if they do at all?

[Fly]

Was advertised on PeakFm this morning about 8.45am.
First thing I knew about it, and I work in town.
PS. From a taxi drivers point of view, today has been cr*p !!

[Pete]

But I don't listen to Peak FM. Is it a prerequisite if you want to hear what the council is doing?

[Fly]

But I don't listen to Peak FM. Is it a prerequisite if you want to hear what the council is doing?

Ask the council.

First thing I knew about it, and I work in town.

[Slacker]

"What's On" section of "Our Town"....does what it says on the tin

[Pete]

That's exactly what I meant - no idea about publicity. They put it in the most unpopular rag Chesterfield has ever known.

[Fly]

Perhaps Destination Chesterfield could have put it on the bottom part of the town's new sign's a week or so ago 
I'd have seen it then, and posted it on here 
Lack of communication  q?

[Alsatian]

They put it in the most unpopular rag Chesterfield has ever known.

That's wildly inaccurate Pete - what you should have put was "They put it in one of the most unpopular rag Chesterfield has ever known."

I refer to the 'Twist' magazine!!  Yp

To be serious I'm with you all the way on this Pete - how can they (council) attract custom if they don't advertise it widely? What's the saying "You have to speculate to accumulate"??

[Scimitar]

My Mother -in law and her granddaughter caught the bus in to town for it. they could only stand it for about an hour before they both wanted to come home - too many folks in town - they couldn't get in MacDonalds cos it was too full, and it was too hot into the bargain.
I was on my break at the coach station (there were 4 coaches there) eating my sandwich and overheard a conversation between a family from Rhyl,and one from Blackpool saying that basically it was nothing more, in their opinion, than a glorified car boot sale, and that if they had known that in the first place, they would not have bothered coming.
Apparently buses were packed out this morning - unusually so for a "normal" tuesday.

[Slacker]

Derbyshire Times adverts cost a few hundred pounds a time. if an advert went in for every event no doubt there would be criticism of money wasting.

[therealjr]

I went into town for the first time in ages yesterday (I need a hair cut)
It was my intention to stay 2-3 hours.
When I realised it was Medieval market day I stayed 40 minutes.
Chav central

[k4blades]

Maybe the chavs were all in town to update their book collection...........the latest Argos catalogue is out.

[Alsatian]

Maybe the chavs were all in town to update their book collection...........the latest Argos catalogue is out.

 

On a similar vein, have you seen how all these 'live now pay later' stores (eg BrightHouse) stock only high-end and extremely expensive goods? Washing machines costing £400+ when Argos/Currys stock them for half price.

Preying on the short-sightedness/greed of the vulnerable.