At the dinner in the factory last night, the question was put to the audience......
Please select one of these three choices
1. Have next year's pinball party in the factory in merthyr tydfil again
2. Return the pinball party to daventry or a similar more central location
3. Get someone new to organise it entirely
Now this poll was inherently flawed as the folk who did not want to be in merthyr tydfil were not there to respond!!!!
No proper count was done. But it looked like 1 had more votes than 2. There were no votes for 3.
For what it is worth, in my opinion
A. It was interesting to see the factory, but I have seen it now
B. Getting here took me 4 hours from the Midlands. The location was pretty inaccessible for those in the East, North, scotland etc
C. Merthyr town centre offers very little in terms of night life and amenity for the traveller. Cars feel vulnerable parked here. Chavs in hot hatches do wheelspins round the town at midnight. The people in the cafes, the bouncers, hotel staff... all seem perfectly friendly. Some guys who had not booked the dinner and planned to be in merthyr on saturday night actually abandoned Merthr, other guys just went to a wetherspoons pub
I do not wish to sound pejorative. I had never been to merthyr before. But clearly folk found the nightime options limited
D. The castle hotel in the centre of town is perfectly adequate
E. Travelling from the hotel to. The factory by taxi cost 3 pounds. It is about a 20 min walk. The minibus seemed to do its job
I know of a few friends who were not prepared to travel to merthyr, so I would suggest that folk make their voices heard to the organisers if they have views on the matter
Please select one of these three choices
1. Have next year's pinball party in the factory in merthyr tydfil again
2. Return the pinball party to daventry or a similar more central location
3. Get someone new to organise it entirely
Now this poll was inherently flawed as the folk who did not want to be in merthyr tydfil were not there to respond!!!!
No proper count was done. But it looked like 1 had more votes than 2. There were no votes for 3.
For what it is worth, in my opinion
A. It was interesting to see the factory, but I have seen it now
B. Getting here took me 4 hours from the Midlands. The location was pretty inaccessible for those in the East, North, scotland etc
C. Merthyr town centre offers very little in terms of night life and amenity for the traveller. Cars feel vulnerable parked here. Chavs in hot hatches do wheelspins round the town at midnight. The people in the cafes, the bouncers, hotel staff... all seem perfectly friendly. Some guys who had not booked the dinner and planned to be in merthyr on saturday night actually abandoned Merthr, other guys just went to a wetherspoons pub
I do not wish to sound pejorative. I had never been to merthyr before. But clearly folk found the nightime options limited
D. The castle hotel in the centre of town is perfectly adequate
E. Travelling from the hotel to. The factory by taxi cost 3 pounds. It is about a 20 min walk. The minibus seemed to do its job
I know of a few friends who were not prepared to travel to merthyr, so I would suggest that folk make their voices heard to the organisers if they have views on the matter