tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post7554773689517638696..comments2024-02-17T21:46:12.329+00:00Comments on A Gurn from Nurn: Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams - a wee tickety gurn from IrightGraisghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-32514885402521341772008-08-21T08:34:00.000+00:002008-08-21T08:34:00.000+00:00A pyjama-clad march on the Licencing authority wou...A pyjama-clad march on the Licencing authority would have sorted it in a flash!Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-82519863108280188412008-08-21T07:12:00.000+00:002008-08-21T07:12:00.000+00:00It is not unknown for Nairn to get queues outside ...It is not unknown for Nairn to get queues outside other places of business:<BR/>Post Office (Christmas), Post Office (Harbour St, closure protest), News Agent (Lottery machine stuck), Ashers (Hot pies), Suppliers of hot chips (Volume of customers) etc.<BR/>So why pick on a cinema? Maybe the boys & girls in blue could have offered some support if there were safety concerns?<BR/>Did a business Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-72200424340316937622008-08-19T23:18:00.000+00:002008-08-19T23:18:00.000+00:00In view of the earlier Gurn blogs about overflowin...In view of the earlier Gurn blogs about overflowing drains, methinks the environmental health authorities might usefully devote more time and effort to solving the sewage problems and rather less fretting about the length of cinema queues...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-63897502297052593192008-08-19T22:05:00.000+00:002008-08-19T22:05:00.000+00:00Nothing to do with the film copyright folk anon. ...Nothing to do with the film copyright folk anon. It's the authorities, the local ones without a doubt and as one web page points out<BR/><BR/>http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourenvironment/environmentalhealth/licensing<BR/><BR/>'The Environmental Health Section has a key role in enforcing and administrating a number of the licences that are issued by the Highland Council. <BR/><BR/>Graisghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238279516517079956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10213884.post-61171147009678490152008-08-19T21:49:00.000+00:002008-08-19T21:49:00.000+00:00What exactly is the "licensing" problem? If the f...What exactly is the "licensing" problem? If the film copyright-owners have granted permission for public showings, it would seem perverse for them to constrain ticket sales.<BR/><BR/>Or is it the local municipal authorities who are raising obstacles? If so, why? That would be a spectacular own goal, given that the film festival is doing so much to raise Nairn's profile and bring visitors in. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com