In its weekly voxpop, the Advertiser found out which event people would rather save – Newark Festival or Newark-on-Sea?
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00:09 I think we should keep the beach, definitely.
00:12 Absolutely, we've got the children off.
00:14 Some children never ever get to the seaside, some people never see the seaside.
00:17 And it's fantastic, it brings people into the town, brings people into the market square.
00:21 And it's something for everybody to do.
00:23 The parents, the children.
00:24 Remember, the children don't want to go to see a music festival.
00:27 They want to come and see the beach, they want it lovely and sunny, they want buckets and spades and sand, ice creams, things to do.
00:33 Fantastic, please don't cancel the beach.
00:35 Let's have it for the children.
00:37 Well, I've seen the beach when they've had it, and it looks lovely, the kids love it.
00:44 I've never been to the festival.
00:47 But they've got to do something, because we're just stagnating here.
00:54 There's no shops, the market's going, but we still pay our council tax.
01:02 I think the festival brings more people in, definitely.
01:08 Not good. I don't go to the festival, and I think it's good for the children, somewhere for the children in Newark, to go for the beach.
01:16 For the kids, every year it's on, it's always well used.
01:19 It's lovely, the kids go there, and it gives people in Newark, the kids, somewhere to go.
01:24 I think out of the two, I don't go, but it's a good thing for Newark, for the children, to go to the beach.
01:30 Well, that involves maybe more people. I mean, it involves children as well.
01:36 It's a pity we can't have both, though.
01:39 I think both are wonderful.
01:42 I'm so sad about the beach, if they haven't got the funding for it, because it brought a lot of footfall into the tribe.
01:50 I'm trying to think.
01:52 The Newark festival lasts just for a weekend, doesn't it?
01:56 I think the beach, the beach for the children.
02:00 I think one or the other.
02:04 The beach, provided the weather is decent.
02:09 It has proved a good success for the children, given them something to do.
02:16 I've seen a lot of excited children there, and mums that were able to take them there, because they couldn't afford to go to the seaside.
02:23 So probably it's the best bet, to use the money on the beach.
02:30 I think in the beach, I mean, there is a shortage of money and everything, and it's great for the kids.
02:38 They absolutely adore it.
02:41 And it's going to be on for longer.
02:44 And I think, yeah, overall, if they're going to cut one against the other, put the beach in.
02:50 It does pull people into the town still.
02:53 Yes, the music, fine, but a different group.
02:59 And I think, yeah, it's over the summer, but let's give it to the children.
03:03 Let the parents have somewhere to bring them.
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