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I've just voted for Powis. Good luck!! :)

Thanks Haz31.....appreciate it!

We have genealogy links to Oswestry so I just voted THREE TIMES got my wife and grandson to do it too :o))) Good Luck!

Bob...thank you! :-)))

I am contacting local radio's in the morning to ask if they will broadcast it for us too.

I done it too

you arent that far behind which is fab if everyone on here does it you will be screaming ahead

x x x

I voted for your market hall :o)

Good luck Powis....you have my vote! :)

Thanks all! Your right Mookins... we are 80 or so votes behind now, could well scream ahead...I like that saying!!

thats the noise adrenalin rush gives me when Im winning at some thing

hahahah

x x x

Just added my vote PG.....good luck.

Thanks Gilli....just checking before I go to work. Their lead has extended, but 9 hours to go....

Come on everyone lets get Powis in the lead Yay!!!! go Powis! go Powis! ....... ooops sorry getting carried away there but loads of luck with it. :o))) Please let us know one way or the other?

LOL Bob, that's what I like...a positive attitude!
Yes, I'll let you know, but ....WE HAVE GONE INTO THE LEAD!! Keeping my eye on things from work!
Local radio have been broadcasting for votes.....it all helps! We are now about 37 ahead.

I have voted too!

Good luck, I have just added my vote.

Thanks ladies....we are still ahead, so every vote important!

Voting over...I never realized I was so competitive!!

We won the voting by 51. Unfortunately that is not an automatic win, the top 3 go to a panel of judges and we hear in July. But surely they'll choose a community space in a market town? Let's hope so....

Thanks ever so for your help. :-))

I was wrong, we have been listed on the voting site as .....The Winning Entry....yey! How excited am I? Such an achievement for us.....Thanks again to all who helped. :o))

WOW!!! I'm so pleased...just logged on to see if you had the results yet.....congratulations xx

Thanks Crazydi....Have just got an email confirming winning and that they want to get us on TV and the designers will be coming this week to look at project!!

~oh well done~I am pleased for you!

That's so exciting! Keep us posted with developments Pottygardener....and congratulations once again! Hope you are all celebrating there tonight!

We will be celebrating on the market today! This is such a fantastic boost for the market, for the town. We have had a lot of positive, favourable comments left on the voting site by local people. For a small market town to win a National competition like this is so uplifting. With so many shops having closed and the council wanting to build an out-of-town superstore/retail park we are 'up against it'. Now we have an ace up OUR sleeves!! OH...can't wait!

YOU WON!!!!!

oh well done hunny

now scream with delight

thats fab news

a poke in the eye for Ruby wax hehe

very well done

xx x x x

Hey Hey Hey welldone everyone a well deserved win I am sure, I will be looking for a report on T.V. but we may not get it in the North-west please let us know what day it is on and I will have a look on the local news feed online.

Congratulations on winning. What a boost for everyone. Well done.

Mookins....I did!! Lots and for a long time!

Bob...My Deco, who ran the competition, want to visit us this week with the designers and get it on TV. I'll let you know what happens.

Gee....you've changed, I didn't recognise you! Lots of people were involved in bringing this about so they were all feeling good today too!

I've had a make-over, PG :)

I hope our hall looks as good after it's make-over Gee! :o)))

Oh Fantastic PG......you won....congratulations.

Thanks Gilli....exciting times ahead!

congratulations on your win, you deserve it

Thank you Pondlady, negotiations are in progress between the competition organisers and the council, who own the building. We may be getting a visit from the architects next week. An official presentation of the win is due on 15th July.

Hello PG,

I read this way after the event but found it very interestin.
Can you give us an update, maybe with photos - if there's something to photograph that is. maybe a b4 and after thing?

x weedy weeding

Hello Weeding.....Thanks for reading this, I wish there was a positive update. MyDeco, who ran the competition had a budget that was only a quarter of what they reckoned would need to be spent to do the work they proposed. That meant we were £150,000 short! The council match funded the budget which left us £100,000 short. The council were supposed to be trying for grants/funding for the difference but they dragged their feet on that and comments in the local papers about 'why has it been left to them to do'...Errr...it's their building ~ they own it! No-one else can do anything like that. I don't know if they actually have since applied, there is no news on that.
Sad, frustrated, angry....how I feel and others too. Our little ol' market town WON a NATIONAL competition.....the boost it would have given our town, the shops, the people...the market.....would have been immeasurable.

There is still some talk that things will still progress but...call me cynical, but I'll believe it when I see it!

IF there is ever any news, or work commenced you can be sure I will post it here!

What a pity, I hope you still do hear some good news about it. That's too large a sum for a fundraising activity isn't it.