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[leeway]

Originally Posted by ou student

leeway
The more people encouraged to come to the Island the more cafes etc. will be needed

of course, but do you really see wetherspoons as a tourist attarction ? .

[Rumplestiltskin]

Originally Posted by leeway

of course, but do you really see Wetherspoons as a tourist attraction ? .

Not if the Havant one is anything to go by

[Merlot]

We often go to Wetherspoons opposite the cathedral in Chichester. The lunch time deals are good, especially if you are shopping and want a quick uncomplicated meal. Lots of passing shoppers drop in for lunch on the way to & from the Army & Navy department store and the big post office, plus many other stores nearby. The area draws tourists who are attracted to lunch there by the prices. Also it draws shop workers and office workers in, so at lunch time it's really busy.

We've been in once in the evening and it was busy with a much younger crowd, standing in the bar area, drinking and conversing noisily. It was packed.

I can't see a Hayling Wetherspoons being as busy as the firm requires. I could be proved wrong, having seen the success of the Barley Mow carvery.

[Owd Rooter]

Originally Posted by leeway

of course, but do you really see wetherspoons as a tourist attarction ? .

Not directly Leeway. But it would add another element to the 'package' of attractions and facilities we can offer our visitors once they get here, and increase the prospects of them choosing Hayling as a place to visit amidst fierce competition from elsewhere.

[mojito]

JDW would have snappped the RiJ or Shades up years ago if they were interested.

[Rumplestiltskin]

Originally Posted by mojito

JDW would have snappped the RiJ or Shades up years ago if they were interested.

Yes, I think you're right there.

[MadMackem]

Originally Posted by mojito

JDW would have snappped the RiJ or Shades up years ago if they were interested.

Fact is - like most small town centres - during the day people haven't got time or the inclination to go to a pub and in the evenings there aren't enough people near the town centres to make it a viable concern.

The Olive Leaf closed for various reasons not solely low trade - and Lily Sugars is probably benefitting from the fact that Creek Road area is now full of houses and flats. The IOTB benefits from location and the massive investment.

As much as it pains me to say it - I don't see where a sustainable trade - over and above that already using other pubs would come from. At some point we must reach market saturation - with the high probability that adding another pub would dilute the customer base at all the others possibly leading to mass closures.

[ou student]

It seems to me we are lacking creative thinkers.
Where are the Islanders who have corporate, advertising, boardroom etc. skills?
Surely we are no longer farm labourers and fishermen (well actually some of the best people on the Island are, and now have celebity status!)

Are the comuters leaving their business heads on the train, why can't they use their talents for the good of Hayling

[Merlinwasp]

My feeling is that we talk of Hayling as if it was a small village and want it to feel like a village, however its the size of a large town (in area) and lack a central focal point.

MW

[puddy]

Originally Posted by ou student

It seems to me we are lacking creative thinkers.
Where are the Islanders who have corporate, advertising, boardroom etc. skills?
Surely we are no longer farm labourers and fishermen (well actually some of the best people on the Island are, and now have celebity status!)

Are the comuters leaving their business heads on the train, why can't they use their talents for the good of Hayling

Go on then.