Fun fair (was: please can anyone solve a mystery for me?)

magbagpuss · Post by **magbagpuss** » 24 Mar 2007, 10:44

[admin: the start of this thread is releated to the fair in 2007, for 2008 please jump to later in the thread]

just looked out my front window , a large , i mean large ! white crane is diagonally across the road , when did it arrive ? who put it there ?what is it for ? it is on the other side of Porty High Street from the Pitz , slightly back from the road

.Hope all the Parlimentarians enjoyed their meal last night and are not suffering too much

and no this is not a figment of my imagination , please someone put me out my misery , cheers Magi

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 24 Mar 2007, 11:04

Total guess but maybe it has something to do with the travelling funfair -Planet Fun-that opens on (I think) the 29 March on Seafield?

magbagpuss · Post by **magbagpuss** » 24 Mar 2007, 11:11

thank you , wot a muppet I am , thought that was going to be further along at Seafield , cheers Marya

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 24 Mar 2007, 13:54

Marya wrote:Total guess but maybe it has something to do with the travelling funfair -Planet Fun-that opens on (I think) the 29 March on Seafield?

Plug was thinking that himself earlier today, M. Will have a dekko from the bus if I come home that way later on.

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 24 Mar 2007, 22:26

Poppy wrote:
Marya wrote:Total guess but maybe it has something to do with the travelling funfair -Planet Fun-that opens on (I think) the 29 March on Seafield?
Plug was thinking that himself earlier today, M. Will have a dekko from the bus if I come home that way later on.

You won't need the top deck of a bus to see it P - sure you can see it from space

. Brace yourself Portobello.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 24 Mar 2007, 22:30

Can't see who or what can come into Porty that isn't already here.

We've already got knife-throwers and a media circus.

edit -> oo that was a sneaky edit Epy!! And there was me responding to your now-deleted post!

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 24 Mar 2007, 22:32

Dadaist wrote:Can't see who or what can come into Porty that isn't already here.

We've already got knife-throwers and a media circus.

edit -> oo that was a sneaky edit Epy!! And there was me responding to your now-deleted post!

Thought you might be - that's why I edited it

. It didn't quite come out the way I intended

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 24 Mar 2007, 22:33

I'll leave it to Bob to make comments about bearded ladies.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 24 Mar 2007, 22:40

Bearded ladies?

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 24 Mar 2007, 22:43

Bob Jefferson wrote:Bearded ladies?

Do you know any local ones?

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 24 Mar 2007, 22:52

Epykat wrote:
Poppy wrote:
Marya wrote:Total guess but maybe it has something to do with the travelling funfair -Planet Fun-that opens on (I think) the 29 March on Seafield?
Plug was thinking that himself earlier today, M. Will have a dekko from the bus if I come home that way later on.
You won't need the top deck of a bus to see it P - sure you can see it from space . Brace yourself Portobello.

Came home via Tranent so missed it anyway (depends if I get the X8 or X6).

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 24 Mar 2007, 23:09

Epykat wrote:
Bob Jefferson wrote:Bearded ladies?
Do you know any local ones?

I have an aversion to facial hair, male or female.

magbagpuss · Post by **magbagpuss** » 25 Mar 2007, 08:55

looked this morning , much clearer what it is now , was just the middle part yesterday , wonder how busy Porty will be when the fair opens , people will come from all over . I feel sorry for the locals trying to find a parking space. Guess we'll have more chip papers , pizza boxes for a few days , oh well

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Mar 2007, 13:21

Wow it's a BIG ferris wheel.
Wouldn't call that Seafield Road though. I have a picture in my head of people wandering round the sewage works looking for candyfloss

An aversion to facial hair, Bob? I'm sure Cleopas said the same! Better watch out if passing my door as Mr Soupy and Clanger 2 are both a bit hairy. The only razors in this house belong to the females, for their legs, before anyone says anything

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 25 Mar 2007, 13:53

SoupDragon wrote:Wow it's a BIG ferris wheel.
Wouldn't call that Seafield Road though. I have a picture in my head of people wandering round the sewage works looking for candyfloss

So it looks as though the rides are being built inside the Scottish Power site then SoupDragon? Suppose folk will be able to spot them from a fair bit away but the posters are certainly misleading.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Mar 2007, 16:52

Yup. no superstore but super big wheel!

Suppose there will be a nice view from up there but I'm not going to check it out! Got the heeby jeebies looking at Clanger 1's NY photos

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 25 Mar 2007, 18:04

I spotted the top of the wheel above the rooftops - can't wait to have a go on it. Can't work out where it is though. Is it next to the bus depot by King's Road? Can I get to it from the prom?

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 25 Mar 2007, 18:08

rapunzell wrote:I spotted the top of the wheel above the rooftops - can't wait to have a go on it. Can't work out where it is though. Is it next to the bus depot by King's Road? Can I get to it from the prom?

It is actually inside the Scottish Power site Rapunzell , behind the Bailyefield cottages.

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 25 Mar 2007, 18:08

rapunzell wrote:I spotted the top of the wheel above the rooftops - can't wait to have a go on it. Can't work out where it is though. Is it next to the bus depot by King's Road? Can I get to it from the prom?

It's on the old Scottish Power site - access from Fishwives Causeway.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 25 Mar 2007, 18:16

saw the big wheel coming back from Morrison's - its definitely an eyesore! Might pop along for a look when the fair opens

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 25 Mar 2007, 18:39

Sandra wrote:saw the big wheel coming back from Morrison's

What had it gone to buy at Morrisons?? WD40??

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 25 Mar 2007, 19:08

Poppy wrote:
Sandra wrote:saw the big wheel coming back from Morrison's
What had it gone to buy at Morrisons?? WD40??

no Poppy dear, I was on the bus coming back from Morrison

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 25 Mar 2007, 19:48

Marya wrote:Total guess but maybe it has something to do with the travelling funfair -Planet Fun-that opens on (I think) the 29 March on Seafield?

Does that mean there's going to be a roller coaster!!! I hope so!!!! wheeeee

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 25 Mar 2007, 21:47

Dodgems please.

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 25 Mar 2007, 22:58

bearcub wrote:Dodgems please.

Got 'em already! Called the Kings Road roundabout

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 26 Mar 2007, 15:25

A view from the High St

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 26 Mar 2007, 17:56

There is a Spider (!!) and a Bomber Mark 2 according to the poster I read tonight

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 26 Mar 2007, 18:40

There is a Spider (!!)

A spider??????

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 26 Mar 2007, 18:42

Does that mean there's going to be a roller coaster!!! I hope so!!!! wheeeee

So if it's scarey and dangerous you'll be going then???

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 26 Mar 2007, 18:43

Naturally. It's a long trail to Alton Towers.Porty would be better

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 27 Mar 2007, 11:36

There were some concerned residents from the Baileyfield cottages at last night's CC meeting. The funfair's arrival seems to have caught everyone off guard - because it is a temporary entertainment licence residents are not consulted and cllrs not informed. The police representative had just returned from his holidays and the first he knew about it was when he saw the posters.
There was some discussion about the fact that the licence allows it to operate between the hours of 12 noon and 9 p.m. but that the flyers give opening times as 1 p.m. - 10 p.m. and whether noise levels would be monitored by the council.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 29 Mar 2007, 19:47

From today's EN:

'It's not fun and it's not fair'

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 29 Mar 2007, 20:04

I would suggest that this is a PR disaster for BL Developments. They have put considerable effort into being seen to be sensitive to the community's wishes over the Scottish Power site, which until now had largely paid off.

The MD, Phil Myerscough, presents himself as a caring, sharing kind of guy and has appeared as a guest speaker at recent CC meetings where his vision of a development based mainly on housing met with approval from many members including the PCATS contingent.

How much do you reckon M&D paid BL for this short term lease? Unfortunately, Phil was not at Monday's meeting to answer this question as he is currently on vacation.

Post by **wangi** » 29 Mar 2007, 20:47

Bob Jefferson wrote:I would suggest that this is a PR disaster for BL Developments.

I'd suggest it's just a fair and some folk need to get over themself. Lets ban fun, as for "the wrong kind of people", geez...

Again the EN automatically tar everyone in Portobello with the same simplistic view and opinion.

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 29 Mar 2007, 20:49

Bob Jefferson wrote: 'It's not fun and it's not fair'

"Fairs attract the wrong type of people"

Way to go to get sympathy. Wonder who the "right kind of people" are, and if they there is a "rightness" test they could hire to check people at the entrance....