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RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

PvtWooly — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:16:43 GMT

bet the staff hope thats the last of it more tho :P hehe

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

AndyH — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:02:00 GMT

Good to see that the Pavilions is finally all open at last. I did see in the Advertiser this week that there are some vouchers for free childrens' entry with an adult, and 12 for the price of 9 entries to the pool if you buy a "season" ticket. I guess that is "damage limitation". I think the public has put up with a lot over the past few months with the on going roof repairs. Let's hope that's it........:)

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:28:26 GMT

It would be nice oto think that someone from the council is checking the pulse on this site!

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

AndyH — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:40:13 GMT

Just checked the council website and the pool is to be closed until at least the 15th June. Nice to see that they are keeping their website updated. I wonder if they read The Forum and my previous posts........?

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

PvtWooly — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:16:57 GMT

For your information...

The Main Pool will be Re-Closing from Tuesday 8 May 2007 until Sunday 3 June 2007 to facilitate the permanent repair of the roof. The Teaching Pool and Leisure waters are Likely to stay open as normal.

Check the councils website www.horsham.gov.uk or www.thepavilionsinthepark.co.uk for up to date info nearer the time.

Obviously this is subject to change.

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

AndyH — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:51:40 GMT

Great news. I'll be back swimming this weekend then. I hope it's not too busy, being half term! :)

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:19:43 GMT

The pool is re-opening on Saturday 24th Feb:

WSCT

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

DotNetWebs — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:17:16 GMT

[quote][b]AndyH (20/02/2007)[/b][hr] The following text is on the bottom of the Pavilions webpage today: This site was last updated on 20th February 2007. So why not change the information about the pool. [/quote]

I suspect that date is generated by a script that reads the date from the server. i.e. It will always read today's date.

I always add the date to the copyright notice on all of my websites in a similar way, but.. I think it is a bit misleading to add the preceding text which clearly implies the content was updated on that date.

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

PvtWooly — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:08:42 GMT

Well im sure it will oopen soon... they now have wood covering most of the whole on the roof now :) think it might open this time :) hehe

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:53:34 GMT

Perhaps the Pavilions webmaster was dropped in the deep end when expected to keep the site up to date. I guess that they are pooling their resources to get the job done. Let's not criticise them to much, after all it is a nice pool and not a dive.

Sorry:P

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

PvtWooly — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:22:59 GMT

i see your point about the fact they could update the website quickly when the dates change.

but, if you looked at the site and it said it would open on the 3rd Feb or 17th(both previous dates tht have been released to the public)the majority people might not check nearer the time of their visit. but if they phone up, they can speak to a member of staff and will be able to give the public 'real time' info.

Might i add, thanx to the staff for helping customers with as much information as they have. Even with the sarcastic comments and other people 'having a go'.

Im sure the staff arnt keeping the pool closed for the fun of it :P

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

AndyH — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:51:29 GMT

Surely the beauty of a website is that it can be quickly updated. They were very quick to announce the closure, but as I stated in my original post, there has been no further information made public. The following text is on the bottom of the Pavilions webpage today: This site was last updated on 20th February 2007. So why not change the information about the pool. We all know that it is closed, I have known it for nearly 5 weeks! :w00t:

"The Pavilions In The Park in Horsham is the District's flagship leisure centre"

Quote from HDC website

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

PvtWooly — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 13:24:54 GMT

'Subject to the completion of temporary repairs the Main Pool will reopen on the 26th Feb. '

BUT....

For up-to-date Information

Please call...01403 219200

or email enquiries@pavilionsinthepark.co.uk

They cant publicise the date because they get new information from the Contractors and Council.

By the time an advert is placed in the paper or put on the internet, theres a strong possiblity that the date will have changed.

But rest assured that the main pool will reopen as soon as possible!

P.S the Leisure Waters and the small Teaching Pool remain open as normal.

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:20:43 GMT

My e mail to the P in the P did link to this forum and I suggested that they register & post a reply...

Still. at least they replied promptly to me :)

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

AndyH — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:17:49 GMT

Thanks M for that. Why is this info not being made more public? And I notice that the Pavilions website still has not been updated. Who am I to complain? That's right, I am a council tax payer......nobody too important!:angry:

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:01:19 GMT

This came in yesterday evening....

[quote]Good Evening

Thank you for your enquiry, we are hoping the main pool will re-open on the 25th February if the work proceeds as planned. I would suggest you contact us by telephone before setting out to save a wasted journey if we have been unable to open.

Regards

Marlene Woolgar

Front of House Manager

Pavilions In The Park

Horsham

01403 219208[/quote]

RE: Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:08:04 GMT

I have had a look on the Pavilions site and the Horsham.gov site and both say the pool will be closed until further notice - with no dates!

I have sent them an e mail asking about this and included a link to this thread so that they may respond directly.

Pavilions In The Park....Roof Repairs

AndyH — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:44:55 GMT

Just checked the HDC website and the main pool at The Pavilions is still closed. I did see all the scaffolding along the front of the building a few days ago, and there was obviously quite a bit of damage. But does anyone out there have any idea how long the repairs are scheduled to take? It would be nice if the council could see their way to giving some sort of update on the website. It hasn't been changed since just after the storm. How hard can it be????