Not fair enough award of the week goes to the May Fair. We thought it looked more than a little sorry for itself this year .... perhaps the showmen felt that the writing was on the wall after all the negativity from the council chamber in recent months. Certainly there were fewer attractions, and an overall atmosphere of defeat. We'd be surprised to see it back next year - and so another piece of Boston's tradition will bite the dust.
And in the same category award, we detected a distinct lack of enthusiasm from the market traders for their new pen on the Qwik Save car park. More failed to turn up than arrived by all accounts. Next someone will be telling us how the market is no loner worth the cost of its administration.
Here we go again award of the week goes to the "Brighter Boston" campaign, which has "brought together a host of community, business and voluntary groups to celebrate and promote a Brighter Boston." Bring on the usual suspects as participants - this time the Standard in the lead with Boston BID, the Borough Council, Boston Mayflower, and Boston College among the runners-up. This is yet another piece of self promotional claptrap that does little if anything for the town. We wish that people would roll their sleeves up and get on with something by way of action rather than take this obvious and easy way out. We note in this respect that one Boston Borough Council official is still dining out on his "Boston is the jewel in the crown" line that he last flogged on the BBC some months ago and promising great things on behalf of English Heritage - when all they offered was a lick or two of paint costing a few quid to spruce up some of our many shabby shopfronts.
Animal crackers awards of the week come from each of our local newspapers. The first goes to the Standard for an introduction to a story which reads:"An animal lover is launching a campaign to improve road safety along a notorious rat run outside Boston after taking in injured animals. Rats? Bless you, no! The animals in question are ducks! And our second award goes to the Target, which informs us that the "mole breading season starts February." What would the animal lover in the first story make of that one? It certainly beats hedgehog baked in clay into a cocked hat!
Vote early and vote often award. The irascible Boston site http://www.boston-lincs.com/ has been going through a purple patch in recent weeks, and is now putting its future out to public opinion - asking whether it should close or not. We know that this site has made a few enemies among the ranks of the BBI, and as we are certain that they are rushing to vote for closure, we feel that this is reason enough for as many people as possible to urge the webmaster to keep up the good work.
Gobbledygook of the week ... no, probably of the year award goes to local artist Sam Clift's description of his first solo exhibition. He explains that through fusing painted textured materials, his sculptures are able to adapt to their environment while his drawings inhabit an environment all of their own. "The viewer is cast inward, exploring a fictional world through the textural definitions left by the mark-making. Wild and archaic images of utopian fantasy are revealed, existing for a moment, until the make-believe narrative evaporates once again back into its formal structure." Oh, and we thought it was your washing line, Sam!
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