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Highland Heritage Tours are set to drive hundreds of people to Campbeltown this summer!

Buses will arriving throughout the summer from April to September.

Tuesday 28th March 2007 - 2 Coaches

Monday 3rd April - 2 Coaches
Tuesday 4th April - 4 Coaches
Wednesday 5th April - 2 Coaches
Thursday - 6th April 2 Coaches
Friday - 7th April - 3 Coaches

Tuesday 11th April - 2 Coaches

Monday 17th April - 4 coaches
Tuesday 18th April - 4 coaches
Wednesday 19th April - 2 Coaches
Thursday 20th April - 3 coaches

Monday 24th April - 2 coaches
Tuesday 25th April - 4 Coaches
Wednesday 26th April - 2 Coaches
Thursday - 2 Coaches
Friday 28th April - 3 coaches

Request for shops to remain open over the Lunchtime (By Tourist Board)

Kintyre News wrote:Request for shops to remain open over the Lunchtime (By Tourist Board)

Hmmm.... how likely is that? And wednesday pm - no chance.

Oh dear, do I sound negative?

Malky

Malky wrote:

Kintyre News wrote:Request for shops to remain open over the Lunchtime (By Tourist Board)

Hmmm.... how likely is that? And wednesday pm - no chance.

Oh dear, do I sound negative?

Malky

No Malky, you dont sound negative, you are merely telling the truth.

Local folk cannot see the wood for the trees here, thhat is why the Waverley primarily stopped coming in on a Wednesday as there was nothing for people to see or do when they got here.

Going by Kintyre News there is a total of 41 buses over April alone, if we take an average of 50 people per bus that is 2050 people, spending an average of £10-£20 a head when they get here, you do the sums.

Can we not lay some entertainment on for them? We have world champions in the form of Pipe bands, we have award winning brass bands. there must be other items we can do for these people to see & want to come back or indeed tell others about it.

C'mon campbeltown lets do something positive here.

I had a wee chuckle myself when I read it - merely because the Tourist Board had to ask!

Anyway, to be fair, the Traders Association have been putting the leaflets round the town with the details of when the coaches are here - I think the tourist information centre as dates until September.

Would be good if a wee mini tour of the town could be put together. as was previously posted on here, merely walking along hall street and the loop into Argyll Street covers so much history.

Time to get rid of some DVDS!

PS - Heard auld pop is desperate to get a job as part of the welcoming committee as the main gender is female and over 60!

No comment.

take_a_pop wrote:No comment.

Rubbish, you've always got a comment

Malky

thep wrote:I had a wee chuckle myself when I read it - merely because the Tourist Board had to ask!

Anyway, to be fair, the Traders Association have been putting the leaflets round the town with the details of when the coaches are here - I think the tourist information centre as dates until September.

Would be good if a wee mini tour of the town could be put together. as was previously posted on here, merely walking along hall street and the loop into Argyll Street covers so much history.

Time to get rid of some DVDS!

PS - Heard auld pop is desperate to get a job as part of the welcoming committee as the main gender is female and over 60!

West coast to do an afternoon tour of the areas of interest, they used to do it before did they not??, auld pop could do the speakin of the keech, he does plenty on here.

Malky wrote:

take_a_pop wrote:No comment.

Rubbish, you've always got a comment

Malky

Aye yur rite, but the nite aff got ah NO, tae gan afore it. ok

thep wrote:Time to get rid of some DVDS!

Order a few hundred more. They'll love them...

Yikes - shops still shut there Wednesday afternoons! How quaint

We have stayed open on a Wednesday afternoon for a number off years and we still have people who have ordered stock saying "we will collect it on Thursday seeing you are shut on Wednesday"!!!!!

There is 2 members of staff and we manage to stay open through lunches by staggereing our lunch times. There is the odd occasion when we maybe are short staffed that we have to close for half an hour at lunch, so how come the rest of the shops cant do that as well. You would be surprised how many customers that you get at lunch time and on a Wednesday afternoon. I just dont understand how some shops say it doesn't pay to open on a Wednesday.

There are some days when everybody is quiet but if you want to provide a service to customers you have to be willing to be open all day( 9.30am to 5.30pm), well it is the customers that keeps us in a job and helps pay the bills

Good for you Linda! I agree, that if your shop is not open for business, then how can you get any customers.

"How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!" HAHAHA!

linda wrote:We have stayed open on a Wednesday afternoon for a number off years and we still have people who have ordered stock saying "we will collect it on Thursday seeing you are shut on Wednesday"!!!!!

There is 2 members of staff and we manage to stay open through lunches by staggereing our lunch times. There is the odd occasion when we maybe are short staffed that we have to close for half an hour at lunch, so how come the rest of the shops cant do that as well. You would be surprised how many customers that you get at lunch time and on a Wednesday afternoon. I just dont understand how some shops say it doesn't pay to open on a Wednesday.

There are some days when everybody is quiet but if you want to provide a service to customers you have to be willing to be open all day( 9.30am to 5.30pm), well it is the customers that keeps us in a job and helps pay the bills

Well said Linda - was in town today with a niece of mine from the states and couldn't believe shops are still closing at lunch time - seriously why are they not open? Shops like McGrorys still closing - first impressions last with people.

The town was actually quite busy - lots of 'strangers' about as my husband calls them!