A nursery and pre-school in Saxilby said the recent ‘Requires Improvement’ rating from Ofsted “is not representative of the hard work, care and dedication our staff show our little ones throughout the year”.
The market, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022, attracted around 320,000 visitors, requiring costly crowd control measures for future safety. Avid visitor Archie Deacon, 63, expressed his continued disappointment with the council’s decision, noting that despite its issues, the event still managed to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors to the city.In the past week, the local Conservative group has pledged to revisit and potentially restore the event if they gain leadership following this year’s local elections on May 2.
He labeled the council’s decision to cancel it “disgusting.” He added: “They don’t realise how much revenue it brings in, not just for the businesses at the top, but for the ones at the bottom of the hill as well. It’s stupid.”Adrian Toyne said he was divided with the cancellation: “I think Lincoln has lost out by not having it.
Kayleigh Pilcher, 62, took a similar stance, noting that she hasn’t attended in a number of years simply because of how crowded it could get. He noted: “It used to be many years ago when people came off the train, but, they seem to just get direct them up the hill now, we used to get very busy.”