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00:00So I'm Liam Howes and I'm Liam Munns and tell us a bit more about what's happening today.
00:28So it's the opening of our brand new shop Minitown.
00:31And tell us more about Minitown, how has Minitown come to be?
00:35So I don't know if people know but me and Liam run Mini Ravers all around the country
00:39and we decided, well we've been talking about it a long time haven't we?
00:44I think we wanted a, I mean Mini Ravers travels all over the country and it's tiring but we
00:49love it.
00:50But at the same time we thought you know what, we're getting on a bit, let's have a 9-5 job.
00:55And obviously we love kids, we've both got kids and we know Waterloo was crying out for
00:59something like this so all the idea came from that and here we are.
01:05We saw the regeneration scheme come up from Havant Borough Council so we were very lucky
01:11to get on board with them and you know with a lot of help from them, arise Minitown.
01:17Awesome and how's today gone?
01:18Today's the grand opening, obviously we've had the Mayor here, Bluey's inside, everyone
01:22seems to be having a great time.
01:24You happy with the reception?
01:25Everyone seems to be smiling and happy so yeah.
01:28Sold out.
01:29Yeah.
01:30Excellent.
01:31Yeah a lot to learn along the way but we'll, I mean within 45 minutes of being open we've
01:35picked up quite a lot already.
01:36Yeah I can imagine.
01:37Yeah.
01:38And what are the aspirations moving forward?
01:39Is this sort of a one off or do you think there'll be more Minitowns elsewhere?
01:43I mean if we're going to base it on what we've done with Mini Ravers, we started it in Portsmouth
01:47and now we're in 45 cities across the country.
01:49I don't think we're going to go that extreme because I don't think I can deal with that
01:52but yeah maybe one or two more.
01:53I don't know.
01:54We'll see how it goes.
01:55See how it goes.
01:56Obviously we love the area in general, we'll see, there's a gap in the market, we'll see
01:57what we can do but they're clearly popular and you know it's great for the state, it's
01:58great for Waterloo to have something like this.
01:59All we can say is watch and space.
02:00Awesome.
02:01Well thanks for having us guys and good luck with today.
02:04Cheers.
02:52Two seconds.
02:53Okay.
02:54Could you introduce yourselves please?
02:55I'm Gillian Harris.
02:56I'm ward councillor for St Faiths in Havant and I'm cabinet lead for regeneration and
02:57communities.
02:59I'm councillor Wade.
03:00Obviously mayor of Havant.
03:01Yes.
03:02And you sir?
03:03Janet Wade.
03:04Mayor of St Faiths.
03:05Lovely.
03:06And tell us more about what's happening here today.
03:07We've obviously got Minitown opening but how is this more significant for the bigger
03:21picture of the regeneration of Waterlooville?
03:22Yes this is significant.
03:23We've had a vacant shop start up scheme where different businesses have been getting money
03:24from Havant Borough Council to start to increase the footfall here in Waterlooville.
03:25So this is the second of quite a number of start ups.
03:26More will happen.
03:27So we're very excited because this is to get more people to come and visit to our youth
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03:29The idea.
03:30And how's it been going this morning?
03:31Everyone seems very excited.
03:32It's superb.
03:33They've done a fantastic job in there.
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