WITH regards to the front page story of last week's
Cornish Times – New Year fireworks CANCELLED.
The question of fireworks is important to the town of
Looe. Anybody who lives in Looe knew this problem was
coming, however.
It is like the credit crunch – the general public do all they
can to tighten their belts, but if a business does not make
as much money as it did the previous year it is called a
credit crunch.
If there are, say, 40 businesses in Looe and they each pay
£50, that would make a total of £2,000. Would this not
cover the cost of the fireworks?
Not to worry, the New Year will go ahead, fireworks or no
fireworks.
Town councillors were keen to hand the responsibility of
the fireworks over to the community, yet they did not
make clear exactly what those responsibilities were.
And, once again, health and safety has reared its ugly
head.
Although, no doubt when it comes to our silly six-week
season, no one will seem to be interested in health and
safety before the midnight hour – a member of the
general public could fall off the quay side or drown on our
beach, but that does not seem to matter.
All I can say – as a Looe man of 68 years – is that we seem
to be going down a road of no return. Once it's gone it's
gone, just like our post office – use it or lose it. At the end
of the day the New Year will come and go in Looe as it
always has done, with fireworks or not.
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