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We, the undersigned are concerned about the rapid disappearance of funfairs and theme parks from our coastal resorts. We are asking the government to make financial concessions and funds available via the National Lottery and the Department of culture Media and Sport to encourage and assist local authorities in the preservation of these attractions for the general public to enjoy, as they are part of out heritage.

In recent years, on the North West Coast alone has lost traditional theme parks such as Southport Pleasureland and Ocean Beach, Rhyl, which have closed resulting in the demolition of classic rides many of which were the last of their kind in the UK.

We are particularly concerned about Southport, where the future of the Pleasureland site is uncertain. The current owner planned to develop the site as a theme park but the local council has awarded the lease to a development company and a funfair will not be included in their plans. This will do nothing for tourism and will cause local businesses and shops to close resulting in the decline of the resort. We hope the government will consider these views to secure the future of our seaside resorts for everybody to enjoy.

Current signatories

James Welsh, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Martyn Ashworth
• Martin Porter
• Mike Bright
• Kenneth Coyne
• Daniel Miller
• Taran Cameron
• Peter Strangward
• Gary Radice
• Paul Freeman
• Claire Syme
• Sarah Cain
• charlotte dickson
• kevin ashe
• Darth Vader
• Nick Laister
• sue rushworth
• Dick King
• S King
• Jeff
• James
• Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
• Marc James
• simon davies
• Georgina Speight
• Zoe Dawson
• Nicole Cartwright
• Tracy Cosbey
• John Winter
• Neil Smith
• kathryn price
• Adrian Shaw
• Karl Pearson
• Keith Hamilton
• oliver mullins
• Paul O'Sullivan
• Darren Everall
• Adam J Parton
• pez
• susan stephens
• Shane Blair
• David Leese
• Jill Pedley
• Karen
• B. Walledge-Buxcey
• g croft
• richard longney
• Scott Taylor
• Martin Booth
• Philip Steadman
• keith nuttall
• Eddie Dakin
• Brian Howarth
• Stuart Mulcrow
• GRAHAM HAWKINS
• mike slocombe
• Daniel Long
• paul pyle
• peter leslie
• Vince Martyn (Save Dreamland Campaign)
• martin wiliams
• Nicky
• Geoffrey Taylor
• D.F.Taylor
• Evelyn Cook
• Gareth Hughes
• Edward Gray
• Carl Slack
• richard Holland Save Dreamland Campaign
• Paul Baines
• Darren Cain (Save Dreamland Campaign member)
• Paul Worts (Save Dreamland Campaign)
• Andrew Payne
• francis ackerman
• Sarah Vickery (Save Dreamland Campaign)
• nicola hanson
• William E Payne
• Neil Wilson
• Daniel McMinn
• Alfie Manning
• johnijennings
• Tamasin Curtis
• Paul Jarman
• will purdy
• Brian Sinclair
• Maxwell Crowson
• Tony Potter
• robert anglesea
• Andrea J Chee
• anthony parkinson
• matthew hubbard
• Ian Bowden
• Jonathan finn
• Jason Foulkes
• Alex Wright
• phillip marshall
• Simon Whitehead
• Steven Humphreys
• julie ANN
• Dave Mellor
• r middleton
• amanda west
• peta jayne pickering
• steven drake
• karen mushrow
• jenny bennett
• Mark Bradley
• Robert Colis
• laura marshall
• Scott Jackson
• mr ward
• terry merryfied
• Jack
• jamie hamilton
• pat thompson
• micheal
• Andrew Swarbrick
• L Taylor
• steve roberts
• DAVE MELLOR
• Mr Whiteley
• Lee Pennance
• Helen Logan
• nick booth
• jodie king
• Robert Cordon
• ElaineScott
• Luke Freeman
• david baker
• Km Hennelly
• Rachel Smith
• david flint
• Simon Robinson
• John K. Walton
• Bernard John Hunter
• Graham Wilkes
• Dr Steven Dempster
• Hugh D Harrison
• geoffrey allen
• steven james
• melissa keir
• Graeme K Talboys
• colin davies ex walliss waltzer boy
• scott bundy
• Anthony King
• paul sharpe
• Colin Farley
• Samantha Bickerstaffe
• Tammy Smith
• A haladh
• toni shaw
• R Johnson
• Richard Holden
• Jack Grant
• Steve Roberts
• Garry Webb
• Frances Gregory
• Bev Gregory
• Peter J Gregory
• Debra Carruthers
• katrina Gregory
• Janet Harrison
• Shirley Cross
• Karen Nicholson
• sarah Greenwood