Would Brigg folk like to take in old-style film shows in the Angel Suite?
That was a question posed to town councillors at a meeting of the Property and Services Committee this week.
Coun Chris Dyson - pictured above for Brigg Blog by Ken Harrison - floated the idea, saying villages like Scotton staged them. He suggested it might be worth trying a couple in Brigg.
Town Clerk Jeanette Woollard said the idea had been considered before without being positively received.
Angel Suite Manager Karen Deeley offered to look into the idea.
Brigg, of course, lost its Cinema - in Wrawby Street, near the White Horse - in the mid-1960s.
It fell victim to changing trends and TV sets coming within the price-range of virtually every household.
After "The Pictures" past into history, Brigg council rent collector Rolie Shacklock put on film shows for kids in the town.
In 2012, sitting down to watch film shows would appeal to the so-called Silver Surfer age group and be nostalgic for many folk.
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Cllr Chris D. spoke of the example of the village of Scotton, but this is in Lincolnshire.
ReplyDeleteThe nearby village of Howsham showed regular film shows in their village hall to raise funds for their play and toddler group.
During the meeting I could not quite understand the seeming pessimism that similar film shows would not be popular in Brigg.
It was even suggested that because Scotton was a village, village folk were apparently be more inclined, compared with the town-folk of Brigg, to go to the flicks.
Similarly, I could not quite understand the economic debate - the £95 odd costs related to Scotton in Lincolnshire - but I understand that Howsham use to get both the film and equipment from NLC at a cost of about £50. And if Brigg TC ran the film-show why did they seemingly want to charge themselves the £30 odd for the hire of the Angel Suite....surely that hypothetical cost would cancel itself out as a debit and a credit.
One problem I perceive for holding a family flicks show on a Saturday is the way the Angel Suite is being particularly promoted as a venue for functions, such as weddings.
Is the Angel Suite a functional room for the community, or function room within the community?
I didn't say that actually Ken. What I said was that village communities are more inclined to attend community activities, less pubs, churches and shops drive a communal spirit and judging by the events we have run in the past, well advertised locally and regionally, its the villagers who attend not Brigg residents.
ReplyDeleteThe reason why the Angel Suite charges BTC for the hire of the hall for any event (not just this) is transparency. There is an agreement and payment system in place for everything BTC does. An annual flat charge for meetings and office hire. Extra events outside that are charged at the appropriate rate, this is so councillors and the general public can see the cost benefit analysis of each event and if it is offering good value for the precept payer. We are all very concious that if the event losses money its the precept that will go up.
As for the issue about weddings, anyone is free to book the Angel Suite to do anything they wish on a Saturday night within reason. It is a community hall for the community, it just so happens that weddings provide valuable income that makes the building pay for itself and so offer good value to the tax payer.
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ReplyDeleteTo give you the total costings the hire of the Angel Suite would cost £137. That includes the hire of the hall, seating and staff assuming 50 seats are needed. you then have to add on the costs of cinema facility which even if it is £95 pounds (it may not be that's for a rural facility) would put the cost at £232 pounds. I should point out that all of these prices are already at a subsidy level and based on the best deal that Brigg Town Council could receive as a local group. If you fill all the seats £4.74 a ticket which we couldn't guarantee breaking even on, then you would have to find volunteers to usher and present and so on. I hope you can see now why the decision was taken not to pursue this kind of event.
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