Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
12 November 2010
20:3279865#1
pontins the holiday camp people have gone into administration.another sad loss to britains holiday tradition.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
12 November 2010
20:5379869#2
i must admit i was surprised there brian, they seemed immune to changing recreational pursuits, always ahead of the game.
Guest 666- Registered: 25 Mar 2008
- Posts: 323
12 November 2010
21:2079871#3
Very surprised to read of this, I had an audition there a last year and the place was buzzing with anticipation and good vibe for the productions planned for the year.
I did not get chosen to appear, but the feeling there was so upbeat i cannot believe that they are in administration.
Oh Boy!, That'll be the day.........
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
12 November 2010
21:5079877#4
i have been to a pontins 3 times in the past buddy, you are right everything is always upbeat about them.
from breakfast time through to lights out their establishments are humming.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
- Posts: 2,119
12 November 2010
22:0679881#5
Certainly a surprise, The only Family holiday we have had with our 3 girls was at Pontins in Brixham Devon 12 years ago.
We had a great time but found it cheaper to eat out. Still cost me a bloody fortune though.
A great Time just up the coast at Paignton and the largest water slides in the uk. I was all white and wrinkly when I came out.
OK shut it.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
13 November 2010
05:2779890#6
yes its a shame.it affects 5 sites and 850 jobs.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,709
13 November 2010
10:0179896#7
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11748317
Used to go to lots of Northern Soul weekends at various holiday camps round the country (Butlins, Pontins, Haven - they were all great fun)
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
13 November 2010
10:3079897#8
I loved going there and was planning another holiday nxt yr im upset
so many great memories ive just spoken to a few mates that work down there and they are hoping to find a buyer but the Blackpool site has already closed down . Fingers crossed for Camber Sands
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
13 November 2010
11:0479901#9
The Chairman of Pontins was on TV this morning and said the bookings are safe and will continue to be so. The company is sound, but the problmems are that the banks not willing to support their short-term cash-flow problems - they supported them last year, but won't do so this year.
Roger
13 November 2010
11:1679904#10
Should i still book up?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
13 November 2010
12:2379908#11
should be safe to book with them, not one member of staff has been laid off.
the administrators sound very upbeat about them continuing.
14 November 2010
10:4579993#12
Looks like another example of Gordon's foresight:-
Prime Minister Has Confidence that Tourism Will Buck the Trend
Pontins have announced a £50 million investment plan, creating 2,000 jobs, for their holiday parks across the UK, with £10 million to be spent at Southport alone. Clearly, they feel the time is right for investing in domestic tourism and John Pugh, MP for Southport, asked Gordon Brown in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (4th February) whether he felt the same.
The Prime Minister replied, "We will continue to do our best to create jobs and to boost the British tourism industry, which, I believe, will do well this summer." 6/2/09
Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
- Posts: 4,150
14 November 2010
13:4280005#13
Not surprised at all, the holiday village between Blackpool and Lytham St Annes, shut a while now looked a right eyesore when I was up there this year. If you can`t attract the crowds there, I`d have thought there was no hope.
Tell them that I came, and no one answered.