“When I was 15, I was gainfully employed by the Tales of Robin Hood. As far as first jobs go, it was great, the team there were great fun, and promoting the legend of Robin Hood still fills me with a great sense of pride. I've been away from Nottingham for most of the past decade, and when I heard the Tales had closed it did fill me with sadness and nostalgia but I was by no means surprised. After years of mismanagement and lack of investment, it was overpriced and outdated when I worked there between 2000-2002; even then we didn't think it'd last long. The fact it limped through to 2009 is nothing short of a miracle. And now there are plans for a rejuvenation to cash in on the new film?

I'd like it to work, but unless Conkers are willing to splash the cash then it'll likely be another white elephant. Tales could not sustain itself as it did not move with the times. As an educational facility it could not rival similar attractions like the Jorvik Centre, as it lacked any real credibility. It sounds this revamp will be nothing short of a quick fix to rakein some quick cash and will be closed again within a number of years.

As a concept in 1989 the Tales brought together a team of craftspeople to create a unique attraction for Nottingham. I hope this potential new lease of life for the Tales is not a merely a rush job but a complete overhaul to give the city of Nottingham an attraction it can be proud of.”

“If this project brings tourist to our city/county then bring it on.
One word of warning though,after reading a letter sent by a tourist from Grimsby, who was rebuked for taking a photo, of his wife in Broadmarsh bus station,and as said he will never visit Nottingham again,lets be more welcoming to our visitors. This letter was in the NEP last week.”

“The reason why RH hasn't be properly exploited is plain to see whenever I visit the NEP forums:
"Don't build it - it's a waste of money"
or
"I knew it would fail"
or
"Nottingham is rubbish"

This negative attitude, combined with the British love affair of watching things fail results in huge risk aversion. For us (for I am from Nottingham too) to truly milk this will require peole taking risks, a different attitude to entrepreneurs, much improved service standards (we're so far behind North America) and to get things going, maybe even spending some tax payers' money.”

“how was nottingham people the bad guy in the tale the people of nottingham was terrorists by the powers that be (sheriff so on)leading them to leave the law abiding into the forest (outlaws) robin fighted against the corrupt law.its prob just a story but i thought i would just say that”

“I think people forget that Nottingham is actually home of the bad guys in the Robin Hood tales.

That aside, why didn't the council include any Robin Hood features in the revamped Market Square?
Why haven't we got costumed characters role playing in the Market Square, strolling around talking to visitors, and staging mock fights between the Merry Men and the Sheriff's men?

Why? Because the Council can't see beyond their own pockets, and have spent / lost the citizens' money on senseless schemes, jollies abroad, and get-rich-quick bank Icelandic accounts!

Nottingham is renowned World Wide in connection to Robin Hood, and that the council have steadfastly refused to embrace this is a crying shame. Sack the lot of them, give them some of the costumes and make them work FOR Nottingham for a change.”

“the tales of robin hood was crap , that's why it closed . Open it and it will close again , it's not viable .”

“Daz, l'm saying good business comes from giving customers VFM not fleecing them.
l've been to Disney Florida and thoroughly enjoyed the experience, that may have been because l chose the all inclusive option, but even the Burrito'sand turkey legs were reasonable in price and quality.
Disgusting to my palate but reasonable in quality and price.”

“It's an embarrassment being abroad, mentioning you¿re from Nottingham and being asked "Is the castle still there?"

There shouldn¿t be just one Robin Hood attraction in the city, there should be several and a ¿Robin Hood Trail¿ linking them all together, there shouldn¿t just be a statue of Robin Hood, there should be people dressed up walking round the city as all the ¿characters¿ from the ¿story¿ (Inverness has a monster walking it¿s streets!). Get a local theatre group to perform in Market Square during the school holidays, rename trains from East Midlands Parkway to Nottingham as ¿The Robin Hood Express¿, paint one of the trams Lincoln green, have a HUGE poster at the entrance to the station welcoming visitors to ¿Robin Hood¿s Home Town¿, milk the legend for all it¿s worth.

The problem is that council tax payers will moan their money is being wasted and so nothing will get done and all the tourists will go to the Robin Hood airport instead and we'll miss out. If the film is released in May, I can¿t see the local council organising a meeting before then to discuss it never mind getting anything done about it.

It's been a joke for far too long.”

“I thought the current Sheriff of Nottingham went on a taxpayer-funded trip around America to see how to create a world-class tourist attraction? Now we hear the Tales is set for a revamp! Laughable. We're going to direct tourists to a monolithic concrete block on the ugliest street in the UK and then when the arrive at Castle Rock, they're going to look as confused as those that have gone before them.”

“John
Are you saying that Disney do not fleece their customers?”