Scooters’ welcome return to town
SOUTHPORT’S eagerly awaited Pleasureland Day of the Dead celebrations were hit by a dead-of-night theft over the weekend when the one of the huge sugar skull emblems featured on the park’s event posters ‘walked.’
The aluminium Day of the Dead Festival skull fell victim to opportunistic thieves who scaled the poster site to wrench the aluminium ‘sugar’ skull from its mount and head off into the dark of the early hours.
Pleasureland’s Day of the Dead family-friendly festival, which will see fire spinners and eaters, live shows, street food, drummers a dance DJ and a huge fireworks display – with rides running through the evening of Saturday, November 2 – has issued an incentive for information leading to the skull’s return, in the form of an undisclosed reward.
Park owner Norman Wallis said: “Thieves had to scale the poster site.
“Once up there they used extreme force to wrench the artwork from its housing to make off with the skull emblem – we want our Autumn headline event’s skull back and we are keen to hear from anyone with information.
“This theft was also an act of vandalism – removing the icon wasn’t the work of minutes.
“It’s another example of a small minority thwarting the town’s push to look good and attract visitors, and it has a cost to it.
“The assault on the poster is the latest, but the park walls have suffered graffiti attacks.
“It’s another sign that we have to #standupforsouthport – we really hope someone saw the thieves in action and can offer a tip off.”
Day of the Dead event gates open at the park on Saturday, November 2 at 5pm, and rides have been reduced to £1.50p each for the night.
Ticket available online at www. southportpleasureland.com.
SOUTHPORT will be swarming with scooters this weekend as the National Scooter Rally comes to town for the first time in eight years.
At least 2,000 visitors are expected to come to the event organised by the VFM Scooter Collective. It will take place this Friday and Saturday (October 25 & 26) on the Promenade at Southport Floral Hall.
One of the highlights of the event will be the Saturday daytime custom show organised by the Lambretta Club Great Britain (LCGB).
It is Britain’s premier and longest running scooter-only trade and custom show and will take place from 11am onwards at the Floral Hall.
There will be lots of dealers, trade stands, displays, a mulitude of amazing scooters and plenty of meet and greets.
There will be two huge rooms of music in the Floral Halls with live bands playing with Marquis Drive on Friday and The Corsairs and Ska-ville on Saturday.
In the main arena there will be VFM’s Eclectic Rally Mix and Red Ed’s Vinyl Vault (The Ultimate Soul Experience).
The event is past the ticket deadline but visitors are welcome to pay on the door (£5 daytime, £8 evening).
For more information, please call Steve on 07774893178 or visit bsra-uk.com.