Thank you to those of you who worked or came along to our first 1950s Event.
Over 1000 visitors joined us to celebrate Rockin’ and Rollin’ the night away. We value your feedback – whether you worked on or attended the event – please let us know your thoughts so we can feed it back into discussions about next years 1950s weekend!
Comments from visitors:
“My partner and myself did so much dancing the sweat was dripping off her chin she is 79yrs old and she said it makes me feel like I’m 16 again this was the best night out for many years”
“Would have been good to have a dance workshop too”
“The atmosphere was amazing. It was well organised & really was like stepping back in time. I love the new street”
“Queue times were quite bad too. My friend spent most of the evening waiting for fish and chips!”
“Making it an all day event, with access to the rest of the museum, would be brilliant”
“I think the engagement from immersive actors could be better”
119 people responded to the survey with the following results:
- 72% of people learnt something new about 1950s history
- 91% felt it was an immersive experience
- 77% said the event was Excellent – with a further 21% saying it was Good
- 94% of people bought food with 54% purchased from Hobbs & Sons Fish and Chip Shop
- 86% satisfaction rate with food and drink purchases
