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I was born in Yorkshire and every year when I was a little girl
we would all go on holiday to Great Yarmouth. And I loved it! Then
about 4 years ago my mum decided that we were going to move to Yarmouth
and I have to say that in the 4 years I have lived there, Great
Yarmouth has gone from bad to worse.
There
is nothing for the locals to do in the winter when all the tourists
have gone. There is graffiti and rubbish all over the place. There
is no employment! But having said all this I do still get excited
in the summer when the place is buzzing with tourists and although
I miss Yorkshire I don't regret moving there at all.
KELLY,
GORLESTON
I have been holidaying in Yarmouth since my birth, in 1960, and
will always have special memories, it has got a special atmosphere
which I can't explain, but it does need a bit of investment. South
Denes could have a marina built, smart shops, holiday apartments,
exciting bar/cafes, all it takes is one person to set the ball rolling.
Come
on this what Great Yarmouth needs and should expect in the 21st
century. Cheers to one fine town.
JOHN
BROOKS, MANSFIELD
I
love Great Yarmouth, it is a top place and has a brilliant atmosphere
of a traditional seaside holiday resort. What exactly is everyone
complaining about? They say it has nothing to offer but I really
can't see the difference between Yarmouth and many other places
in Britain. Perhaps this attack should be directed at the whole
of the British coast. I have already booked my five nights at Great
Yarmouth and I really can't wait! Leave Yarmouth alone!!!!!!!
TRUDI,
SHEFFIELD
The
thing that really annoys me about Great Yarmouth is that the way
the council repeatedly goes on about how they will be improving
the seaside resort. For example the dualling of the Acle Straight,
the new outer harbour, the roofing of the Pleasure Beach, a new
multi-million pound cinema complex, and recently there are plans
to build a cutting-edge casino. All these things never seem to happen
and are just forgotten about over time. And that is why Great Yarmouth
will always be known as a joke.
ADAM,
GREAT YARMOUTH
I
have just read what Jim Davidson said about Great Yarmouth does
it need a revamp? I think that money should be ploughed into the
market and Broad Row, invite new local businesses to open shops
at a low cost on rent for a year and a low business tax. This way
there would be more ventures in these places.
JENNY
OXBOROUGH, SOUTHTOWN
Me
and my family have been to GREAT Yarmouth two years in a row and
have had a fantastic time, despite the weather. Although the weather
wasn't great, we found loads to do for ourselves and also our two-year-old
daughter. The place looked clean enough to me and all the beaches
we went on - Yarmouth, Gorleston and Hemsby - were lovely and clean
and tidy. All that leaves me to say is, well done GREAT Yarmouth.
Keep up the good work and we'll be back a few more times.
CLAIRE,
OXFORDSHIRE
Steve
in Liverpool, you're talking rubbish. Great Yarmouth may have lost
its 'greatness' years ago, but compared to Liverpool, it's beautiful.
Liverpool has got to be the most depressing place on earth!
SAMANTHA,
GREAT YARMOUTH
Yes,
it does need a revamp: it's shabby and depressing. I'd rather go
to Hunstanton.
ANGI,
DEREHAM
I
think Yarmouth is a great place - it may seem tacky and cheap, but
I have been going there for many years and it is great fun. I must
admit that some things could be improved - for instance the beach
is a mess and litter is all over the place and the far end of Yarmouth
should be improved. Then maybe it wouldn't have the reputation it
has been given!
BECKY
COLMAN, NORWICH
The
trouble with Great Yarmouth is that it doesn't know what it what
it wants to be - a holiday resort or a hive of port activity? A
new visitor approaching down the Acle Straight is greeted by, on
the left, a collection of boarded-up hotels, garage forecourt and
19th century homes. On the right is a set of railway tracks and
platforms. I know trains have to go somewhere. Arriving from the
A12 visitors are greeted by unused overgrown allotments and a new
Tesco construction site. Has anyone noticed that the Acle Straight
at Acle, looks more like a cart track than an approach to a holiday
resort?
STEVE
PETERSON, HEMSBY, GREAT YARMOUTH
So,
Cherie from Sheffield thinks that Great Yarmouth is a great place..."and
so what if it's tacky?" Well, that just about sums it up, doesn't
it? The only sort of people to praise Great Yarmouth with all its
"Tacky Finery" are people from...wait for it..... Sheffield!! I
rest my case. Yep, Great Yarmouth does need help!
STEVE,
WATERLOO, LIVERPOOL
My
friend and I are really looking forward to our trip to Great Yarmouth
in the summer. Who cares if it's tacky. I went there a couple of
years ago and have nothing but great memories - so there Jim Davidson.
CHERIE,
SHEFFIELD
I
am now working at Haven Bridge House and can see over the whole
of the town. From that distance it looks ok. We need better road
links and better links to the continent to increase our tourist
trade. It is probably quicker to get from Holland than it is from
Norwich with the Acle Straight. Don't let us forget we are European
and closer to Holland than we are to Wales. Talk about improving
the seafront is all it seems to be - talk. Come on, invest and let's
get Yarmouth great again!
SIMON
KETT, HOPTON
Although
pleased that Great Yarmouth has secured cash to improve the area,
I don't want to get too excited. If the council can't even clear
the litter up, a couple of "re-generated" buildings aren't going
to help (unless they are going to be used as a street cleaners'
base). Here's an idea. Use some of the extra council tax charge
to catch the animals don't know how to use a bin and send them to
work at the above mentioned street cleaners' base! Get the basics
right first. Who wants to go on holiday to a town which resembles
a landfill site?
CHRIS PARKER, GORLESTON
I
agree with many of the comments on this page in reference to Great
Yarmouth's decline over recent years. The fact is though, it is
similar to so many other resorts up and down the country. Morecambe,
Weston Super Mare, Southend - they've all declined. Blackpool is
going to go the same way unless the new "Las Vegas" theme scheme
takes off and at last revitalises the town. Brighton has blossomed
and boomed, and other resorts can too. What Great Yarmouth lacks
though, is a council with a vision towards the future. Imagination
is something they lack, and I can say that having worked for council
there. Road and rail communications don't help either. It takes
so long to reach Great Yarmouth from everywhere, and the A12 needs
dualling all the way to Ipswich to link it to the rest of the major
road network, as does the A47. I lived in the town for four years,
and experienced three different periods of unemployment. The wages
are poor, jobs generally basic and opportunities rare, unless you
wish to work in the oil industry. Great Yarmouth needs a good clean,
new ideas implemented and a new image to attract more to the town
than the current 'kiss me quick' holidaymakers mainly from London
and the Midlands.
MARK COLLINSON, LIVERPOOL
I
moved to Great Yarmouth in 1981, at the age of six, and spent the
majority of my life living there, until I moved back to my birthplace,
Liverpool - to study at university. I have read the comments with
great interest; a lot of them are derogatory towards the town -
and I would tend to AGREE with them! Growing up, Great Yarmouth
was always a depressing place in the winter... nothing to do, boarded
up shops, vandalism and rife unemployment...Needless to say that
I escaped at the earliest opportunity to a more vibrant and up and
coming place. Most of my friends from school, did not return from
university either. Surely that says something about the town? It's
a shame that Great Yarmouth is not somewhere that people want to
come home to. I agree with the person who commented on the shabby
guesthouses, and the person who commented on the state of the town
centre. Yes, the centre of the town is what most visitors see before
the dazzling-scaled-down version of Blackpool's majestic golden
mile. Yes, the rows are quaint and a reminder of days gone by -
but tidy them up and bring them into THIS millennium! Another of
the things that angered me when I lived in that LOVELY resort was
that when the town "closed down" for the winter - the locals seemed
to be forgotten about, as if the town only existed as a summer holiday
venue.
STEVE,
WATERLOO, LIVERPOOL
They
also need to improve their leisure facilities!!!!!!!!!!!!
JIM
BOB, GREAT YARMOUTH
I
love to take my children to Great Yarmouth, but over the past two
years it's turned into a right tip. Jim was right, let's pump some
cash into Yarmouth before it's too late.
M
VINCENT, NORWICH
We
have just opened a new guesthouse in Great Yarmouth. Jim Davidson
needs to come and see premises like ours to see what the future
of tourism in Yarmouth is like. This is the most exciting time to
be involved in tourism in Yarmouth. Opportunities abound and major
plans are afoot to regenerate the whole industry. If he put as much
energy and money into the tourist industry in Yarmouth as members
of the Great Yarmouth Tourist Authority do, then perhaps we could
work together instead of crying to the 91热爆. I challenge Jim to come
to Maluth Lodge and eat his words!!!
PAUL RUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH
I
wrote humourously that in order to improve Great Yarmouth, they
should "make it warmer". However I realize that this is a serious
subject to at least the people who live there so I thought I would
add another perspective. How does one make a town like Yarmouth,
which is clearly way off the beaten track with no direct road connection
from the heartland of Britain, more attractive? It is cold, windy,
drab having little in the way of architectural beauty (unlike, say,
Harrogate) or crass commercial facilities like Blackpool. But perhaps
to the people who live there it really shouldn't matter. When one
can hop on plane and be in sunny warm paradises such as Majorca
in a couple of hours for a few pounds, why would one want to spend
the few weeks one has for a holiday in Yarmouth? Tastes change and
seaside resorts like Yarmouth are being left behind. In this country
(I am writing now from the US) many areas that had fallen on hard
times have resorted to opening gambling casinos and the kind of
people who frequent casinos frankly don't give a damn about the
environs as long as they can assuage their addiction to gambling.
Is this a possiblity for Yarmouth? Seriously though, I believe Yarmouth
should just accept that it is now a back water, clean the town up
to make it a pleasure for the inhabitants and occasional day tripper
and find other means for employment other than the tourist industry.
Hoping for better things to come along will only postpone the inevitable.
I do wish the very best for the town and its people, the salt of
the earth.
KENNETH JESSETT, USA
I
taught in Yarmouth for 15 years and met some great people in that
time - students, parents and colleagues. The people of Yarmouth
deserve better. Many factors contribute to the present difficulties:
local landlords and public agencies who import poverty and with
its extra social problems, the decline of the tourist industry and
a measure of insularity in public life. In the mid 90s I set a very
bright group of kids the task of making a presentation in French
about the Yarmouth Council booklet 'Yarmouth in 2020'. They did
well at it - they were very bright youngsters - but they all said
to me that they intended to leave Yarmouth as soon as they could,
so the document was of little interest to them. It is all very sad.
NIGEL,
HONG KONG
Make
it warmer.
KENNETH
JESSETT, HOUSTON (EX-NORWICH)
I
have lived in Great Yarmouth all my life, and the town should do
something about the litter, dumped cars, teenagers haging about
on street corners, buildings that need lots of attention. I think
they should look care fully at Market Row and spend money on the
town before they spend it on the seafront - after all the tourists
see the town before they see the seafront, put the money where it
is needed, and not by pretting the sea front so it looks like Las
Vegas or Blackpool. Great Yarmouth should be like Great Yarmouth,
not like the other suggestions that have been brought. spend where
it is needed, not where they would like to spend it.
JENNY OXBOROUGH, GREAT YARMOUTH
A
massive revamp of Great Yarmouth? I'll believe it when I see it.
We have heard it all before.
JEANETTE, GREAT YARMOUTH
Great
Yarmouth depends on the tourist trade to survive You have to make
the town attractive to tourists fist of all. Brighten up the hotels
and guest houses with a coat of paint. Clean up the promenade. Plant
the flower beds. Get the pier smartened up and put on good shows.
Get the transport problems sorted. There is nothing so depressing
as having to queue for an hour to get across Vauxhall Bridge and
to see rundown guest houses, hotels etc. If you want the income
from tourism, then it is up to Great Yarmouth to make it attractive
enough to visit.
JOHN
KENDALL, LEICESTER
It
seems that the majority of the people running down Great Yarmouth,
now live abroad. I think that they would find most towns in the
country have gone down hill since they left their beloved country!
It seems that the English Tourist Board would disagree with most
comments saying that Great Yarmouth Hotels are a disgrace, as nearly
all of Great Yarmouth's Hotels have been awarded NATIONAL AWARDS
for QUALITY!!
NICK,
GREAT YARMOUTH
I visit Great Yarmouth every year and I think that it is wonderful
there is alot to do during the day and the night. Great Yarmouth
is excellent for everyone.
NATALIE,
LIVERPOOL
I
visit Great Yarmouth every year and I think that it is wonderful.
Jim Davidson is wrong - there is a lot to do during the day and
the night. Great Yarmouth is excellent for everyone.
NATALIE, LIVERPOOL
It
seems that the majority of the people running down Great Yarmouth
now live abroad. I think that they would find most towns in the
country have gone down hill since they left their beloved country!
It seems that the English Tourist Board would disagree with most
comments saying that Great Yarmouth Hotels are a disgrace, as nearly
all of Great Yarmouth`s Hotels have been awarded NATIONAL AWARDS
for QUALITY!!
NICK, GREAT YARMOUTH
I
read this forum with a wry smile, most of the people who refer to
Great Yarmouth seemed to have moved away. Recently, money has started
to come into the town and there are far more people trying to rescue
the town than there are trying to destroy it.
Landlords
are finding it harder to get clients for their run down shacks due
to ever increasing laws and rent help is getting harder. A study
has just finished on the seafront its findings I'm sure will be
great for the town and hopefully we won't have to listen to Jim
davidson go on about yet more money for his beloved pier. One thing
will help put the great back into this beloved town and that is
people not deserting it and people who do live here pulling together
and helping the council.
Don't
live on memories, live for the future and help the children enjoy
this town how it should be and that is certainly not a kiss me quick
resort. Let's go wild, lets go American, lets go theme, lets be
brave?
CARL,
GREAT YARMOUTHH
I was born in Yarmouth in 1950 and think I saw the best of it in
my teenage years. Yarmouth then, was exciting, vibrant, and, most
of all - fun! After meeting my husband (an oil-rig worker) and marrying,
we left the country.
I returned in 1994, a few months before my mother died and was shocked
to see how the place had gone downhill: windows boarded up and charity
shops everywhere, no jobs! Yarmouth will revive again one day, I
am sure. I just hope it doesn't take too long!
SANDIE
PLACE, AUSTRALIA
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