I
have just purchased a ticket for the Havant Good Cause lottery as 50%
will go to the Waterlooville Events team. Money raised will go towards
the events the volunteers run that includes the Christmas event in
Waterlooville Town centre. Just putting the lights up costs £1500 never
mind the hire of the stage, insurance etc.... Easy to buy a ticket and
support the hard working volunteers of Events Team and perhaps win
£250000!!! Share with your friends. Support the Waterlooville
Community!
Some of you may have read previous blogs as I have tried to work my way through the bureaucracy of licensing and installation for festive lights in the town centre. In fairness the paperwork has been easier (was started in JUNE!) mainly because a lovely lady called Katie in Havant Borough Council has been helping me. So why am I saying there will be no festive lights in Waterlooville this year? Scottish and Southern Electrics SSE!! We have to get permission to hang the motifs from their lighting columns (also know as lamp posts!) To do that we have to get an installer approved by them!! Our installer from last year retired and we had to find a new one. To hang, plug in and flick a switch on 8 motifs, put the lights in the Xmas tree, plug in and flick a switch, and also hang some battery powered lights in the trees (and remove) Our first quote COST £3500 Which we felt was excessive. We did find a local installer, Cl...