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Up, up and away - hopes are high for the Bank Holiday balloon festival


TOWNELEY Hall is the historic setting for the


balloon festival (K120602/le) Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 22nd, 2002 15 SPECIAL THREE-PAGE


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AIR we gol Burnley's Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. Gordon Birt-; wistle and his wife, Kathleen, took to the skies - well a t least 20ft. off theground-in a hot air balloon. They went up, up -


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ley Hall to publicise a spectacular Balloon Fes­ tival which is to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. "I have never been in a


balloon before, but it is always something I have wanted to do - even though we only went up about 20ft.," said Coun. Birtwistle.


"I hope people from


Burnley and beyond will come and enjoy them­ selves at the festival." Organisers are antici­


pating the event will be a soaraway success with 30,000 visitors expected to converge on the town on Saturday and Sunday for the North West's only ballooning event


this year. One of the main sponsors is the Burnley Express.--. "The yenue for the


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event - Towneley Park - is the jewel in Burnley's crown and withSkypow- er's expertise arid experi- encejthe event promises to be the best ever; held in the'town,'.', said Miss Karin Wilson, chairman of Burnley Marketing Partnership. / Organised by the


the centenary of Towne­ ley Park passing into the ownership of the local authority, the opening of the new museum exten­ sion at Towneley Hall, and the Queen's Golden Jubilee. ■ Burnley Marketing


Partnership in conjunc­ tion with PSH Skypower Ltd, the event is expect­ ed to attract between 25 and 30 balloons in many shapes - such as -a beer glass, rolled-up newspa­ per and Soni'd- the Hedgehog - froin all over the country. I t will include four


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; displays by the Historic Balloon Society. Adinission is free and ample parking will be


such as ethnic henna art, children's activities and


map for all the right rea­ sons." Skypower, based in


This year, the Mayor's


Partnership was set up in 1999 to positively pro­ mote the town and brings together a wealth of marketing expertise from both the public and private sectors. I t has invested more


Wiltshire, is a leading expert in ballooning events. It is responsible for organising the biggest festival in the United Kingdom at Bristol as well as run­ ning similar events all over the world. "We have organised


Charity is hoping to raise £25,000 for a portable scanner used to detect prostate and testicular cancer and Skypower is offering a balloon ride worth £135 at the festi­ val to help boost the funds. Raffle tickets will be


mass balloon'launches — weather permitting - over the two days. : Highlights will include


than £80,000 - funded by members of the part­ nership - in initiatives such as television cam­ paigns and "I love my town" features. "Burnley has had a


events as far away as Australia and Canada as well as all over Europe," said Mr Phil Hossack, operations director and chief pilot. He said the average


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hot air balloon had a capacity of around 77,000 cubic feet. On a flight, enough


tough time over the last year and the Partnership does not deny tha t Burnley has its problems _ but so does every other town and city in the country," said Miss Wil­ son.


-'or do ' "The. Partnership isj very excited about the•


' Balloon Festival which will put Burnley on the


many positiveaspects of the borough','which are oftenoverlooked, which: make Burnley a 'great ’ place to live, work, visit


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propane gas would be used - around two mil­ lion British thermal units - to heat an aver­ age house for a month. The balloon fabric is


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rip-stop nylon, no thick­ er than an average shirt, which is specially woven and comes in panels. The temperature at


: enough to boil a kettle of water.gT;;-


the top of the balloon is around 100 degrees Centigrade v - high


/ because of wind and rain -aprolonged downpour being'able to double the weight of a balloon. •


I He said flights might have • to 'bei'cancelled


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