{"id":15162,"date":"2014-08-14T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=15162"},"modified":"2014-08-14T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T10:47:00","slug":"a-hearty-night-of-fun-at-the-park-hotel-in-boomtown-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-hearty-night-of-fun-at-the-park-hotel-in-boomtown-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"A hearty night of fun at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-01.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The beauty of Boomtown Fair is all the little bars and clubs that lie behind the High Street fa\u00e7ades, and one of my favourites was the Park Hotel, located uptown.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-02.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The hotel had a revolving door!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-03.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside the venue could be found a pool table (heavily propped up to counteract the considerable slope of the ground), a table tennis table, \u00a0table football, a bar, beds, a photo studio and a stage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-04.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-05.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-06.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The photo studio.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-07.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-08.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tankus the Hedge onstage. I liked this band.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-09.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-10.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Space hopper &#8216;how high can you bounce&#8217; competition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-11.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-12.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-13.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-14.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-15.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-16.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-17.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The photo studio was run by the lovely <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tillymayphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tilly May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-18.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-19.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-20.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A tickle sticker on the bar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-21.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Through a revolving bookcase could be found the secret Karaoke disco. I was invited to join in with the fun!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-22.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-23.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Party time in the caravan!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-24.jpg\" alt=\"A night at the Park Hotel in Boomtown Fair, Winchester, England, August 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More about Boomtown:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nJoin in with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/boomtown-2014-new-plans.316119\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boomtown 2104 forum chat<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/festivals\/boomtown-fair-festival.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Boomtown Fair homepage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beauty of Boomtown Fair is all the little bars and clubs that lie behind the High Street fa\u00e7ades, and one of my favourites was the Park Hotel, located uptown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[196,54,17,193],"tags":[947,946,951],"class_list":["post-15162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nightlife","category-festivals","category-photos","category-places","tag-boomtown-2014","tag-boomtown-fair","tag-park-hotel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/park-hotel-boomtown-fair-011.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-3Wy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15168,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162\/revisions\/15168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}