TV comic welcomes plan for city square (From York Press)
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Comic Roy Hudd welcomes plan for York's King’s Square
10:34am Friday 10th August 2012 in News
By Mike Laycock, Chief reporter
TV comedian Roy Hudd signs a petition to stop a pavement café operating in King’s Square
COMEDIAN Roy Hudd has hailed the shelving of plans for a street café in York’s King’s Square, which street performers feared would squeeze them out.
The veteran TV actor and entertainer said: “It’s fantastic news – wonderful,” and he pledged to visit the city again in the near future to watch the performers at work.
Mr Hudd, 76, threw his support behind a campaign against the cafe by performance artists during a recent holiday in the city, contacting The Press to say it was “disgraceful” they faced losing space.
He claimed there were “tables and chairs all over York, so why do you need them there?”
We reported yesterday that Continuum, which runs York’s Chocolate Story, had withdrawn its amended plans for the café outside its building following a backlash, despite planning officers at City of York Council recommending approval.
The business said it would now consider a way forward with all stakeholders on how the square might best be shared to everyone’s benefit, claiming that it never wanted to drive buskers from the square and it believed they added vibrancy to the area.
The decision to withdraw the plans was welcomed by performance artists, and when The Press contacted Mr Hudd to tell him the news, he was delighted, claiming the proposals had been “ridiculous,’ adding: “It’s good news.”
He praised the way the performers entertained the crowds without any specific charge, in a city where many attractions charged visitors. Instead, people were just asked to give what they felt the performance had been worth.
He said street performance was “how it had all started – right back to the Mystery Plays,” and he now planned to pay a return visit to York.
Comments(26)
dodgydavereturns
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11:07am Fri 10 Aug 12
russeboy
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11:11am Fri 10 Aug 12
Pedro
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11:22am Fri 10 Aug 12
sheps lad
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11:46am Fri 10 Aug 12
russeboy wrote:Why not?
Why Roy Hudd?? A very random article
russeboy
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11:49am Fri 10 Aug 12
Jazzper
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12:04pm Fri 10 Aug 12
russeboy wrote:He must be on somewhere...but I haven't seen anything advertised.
Does Roy live in the city, is he a well known celebrity in York?????
sheps lad
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12:26pm Fri 10 Aug 12
russeboy wrote:Are you? note one exclamation mark is sufficient.
Does Roy live in the city, is he a well known celebrity in York?????
russeboy
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12:29pm Fri 10 Aug 12
sheps lad wrote:? is called a Question Mark.
russeboy wrote: Does Roy live in the city, is he a well known celebrity in York?????Are you? note one exclamation mark is sufficient.
Lord_Ray
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1:07pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Exiled1 wrote:I thought he played a great part in the 1970's gangster flick "Get Carter".
Roy Hudd is happy. We can all sleep at night now.
Omega Point
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1:08pm Fri 10 Aug 12
rodney'sdog
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2:29pm Fri 10 Aug 12
TerryYork
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2:36pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Kick them out of Kings Sqaure!
the andrew
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3:34pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Lord_Ray wrote:Roy Hudd did not appear in filum Get Carter.
Exiled1 wrote:I thought he played a great part in the 1970's gangster flick "Get Carter".
Roy Hudd is happy. We can all sleep at night now.
peterstreet
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3:48pm Fri 10 Aug 12
TerryYork wrote:If any person considers that the noise generated by a Buskers performance is too loud or a disturbance then you have the right to ring the Council City centre management team to complain. They have the duty to investigate and order noise reduction or suspend the Busker if they think it is warrented. tel 01904 552273 f course the Buskers are required to alleviate any possibility of causing a nusience by varying their place of performance, troublre seems to be that the Kings Square regular buskers never do this, At least two of these buskers are doing 2 performances a day, every day, on Kings Square. One rule for them and another for other buskers? WHY?
He doesn't live here and doesn't have to listen to the SCREAMING these "performers" demand from their audience of tourists.
Kick them out of Kings Sqaure!
dodgydavereturns
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4:33pm Fri 10 Aug 12
russeboy wrote:It said, in a previous article, that he was visiting the city on holiday & saw the press regarding this. He then decided to support the campaign.
Why Roy Hudd?? A very random article
What a nice man he is if this is the case. I am sure at his age he has better things to be getting on with than troubling himself with a campaign like this. He obvioulsy has a desire to help people in the entertainment field, no matter how small (in terms of notoriety) they are.
Well done 'Sir' Rod!
dodgydavereturns
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4:33pm Fri 10 Aug 12
peterstreet
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5:52pm Fri 10 Aug 12
dodgydavereturns wrote:If you believe this you will believe anything!
russeboy wrote:It said, in a previous article, that he was visiting the city on holiday & saw the press regarding this. He then decided to support the campaign.
Why Roy Hudd?? A very random article
What a nice man he is if this is the case. I am sure at his age he has better things to be getting on with than troubling himself with a campaign like this. He obvioulsy has a desire to help people in the entertainment field, no matter how small (in terms of notoriety) they are.
Well done 'Sir' Rod!
Ignatius Lumpopo
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5:57pm Fri 10 Aug 12
the andrew wrote:Roy Budd didn't play a part in Get Carter: he played the piano in Get Carter. In the cab of a Deltic going through all the tunnels between Kings Cross and Newcastle in less than four minutes.
Lord_Ray wrote:Roy Hudd did not appear in filum Get Carter.
Exiled1 wrote:I thought he played a great part in the 1970's gangster flick "Get Carter".
Roy Hudd is happy. We can all sleep at night now.
bolero
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6:03pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Woody G Mellor
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9:24pm Fri 10 Aug 12
Pedro wrote:I have no idea what that has to do with anything! Also, I bet you've never been up Clifford's Tower, because if you had you would know that there is a hell of a lot to see.
York has some of the worst charges in the country. How do they have the nerve to charge for Cliffords Tower? There is actually nothing to see!
Keith Burtons
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11:36pm Fri 10 Aug 12
York1900
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6:40am Sat 11 Aug 12
peterstreet wrote:peterstreet most be a bit simple
dodgydavereturns wrote:If you believe this you will believe anything!
russeboy wrote:It said, in a previous article, that he was visiting the city on holiday & saw the press regarding this. He then decided to support the campaign.
Why Roy Hudd?? A very random article
What a nice man he is if this is the case. I am sure at his age he has better things to be getting on with than troubling himself with a campaign like this. He obvioulsy has a desire to help people in the entertainment field, no matter how small (in terms of notoriety) they are.
Well done 'Sir' Rod!
He did not know about the Data Protection Act (Section 29 –Crime and Taxation),
He do's not beleave that Roy Hudd was on holiday in York an wanted to suport the buskers
is peterstreet so down on the buskers because he never made a living from it when he was busking all over the country
peterstreet
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8:38am Sat 11 Aug 12
York1900 wrote:O.K. York 1900, please explain how section 29 allows the tax authority to establish a buskers earnings? all the register does is record details of the buskers identity and there are ways round that! Of course Roy Hudd was on holiday and quite by chance we bumped into a suspended busker, with his props, that he was not allowed to use, they met by chance on Stonegate and by another chance a press photographer and a reporter happened to be passing by. As to busking, like all buskers I had good days and bad days but don't worry I've made plenty of money since and as I have said before, I do not have a down on buskers! I have a down on manipulators who think most of the public are simpletons,on the other hand in your case? Simple simon met a pieman going to the square
peterstreet wrote:peterstreet most be a bit simple
dodgydavereturns wrote:If you believe this you will believe anything!
russeboy wrote:It said, in a previous article, that he was visiting the city on holiday & saw the press regarding this. He then decided to support the campaign.
Why Roy Hudd?? A very random article
What a nice man he is if this is the case. I am sure at his age he has better things to be getting on with than troubling himself with a campaign like this. He obvioulsy has a desire to help people in the entertainment field, no matter how small (in terms of notoriety) they are.
Well done 'Sir' Rod!
He did not know about the Data Protection Act (Section 29 –Crime and Taxation),
He do's not beleave that Roy Hudd was on holiday in York an wanted to suport the buskers
is peterstreet so down on the buskers because he never made a living from it when he was busking all over the country
York1900
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9:34am Sat 11 Aug 12
there is nothing more tedious than having to watch people hour after hour when they are doing te same thing over and over
once you have a couple of weeks data you can then start working things out from there
There is a whole army of private and government investigators and even down to the supermarkets out there collecting information on people
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Lord_Ray
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9:34am Mon 13 Aug 12
Ignatius Lumpopo wrote:Whether this fellow was in Get Carter or not, is not the issue.
the andrew wrote:Roy Budd didn't play a part in Get Carter: he played the piano in Get Carter. In the cab of a Deltic going through all the tunnels between Kings Cross and Newcastle in less than four minutes.
Lord_Ray wrote:Roy Hudd did not appear in filum Get Carter.
Exiled1 wrote:I thought he played a great part in the 1970's gangster flick "Get Carter".
Roy Hudd is happy. We can all sleep at night now.
Clearly he's offered support to the cause without a pink chit, so let's at least pat him on the back for that!
Exiled1 says...
10:52am Fri 10 Aug 12