WIN A PRIZE WITH YOUR STORY OF:
A ‘DAY IN THE LIFE’
IN
ROMSEY 2033
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use your imagination
think ahead to a better Romsey
for young people …. but also everybody
…… and maybe win one of our prizes!
Now the challenge:
Describe for us what a better
Romsey would be like in the
year 2033.
But there’s a twist in how we
want you to do that!
Imagine that Doctor Who’s Tardis has
transported you, your family and
perhaps some friends forward to 2033.
So you are all still the same ages and
have the same hopes and fears. But the
town has changed ….. and very much for
the better.
We want you to write a story of a ‘Day in the Life’ for
you (and others) in 2033 that highlights, in interesting
and creative ways, what has got better in Romsey.
Look around, what needs improving and suggest your
positive future. Don’t limit yourself to buildings but
look all aspects of life in Romsey including services you
receive from organisations such as the Council.
Don’t miss out, you might even ….WIN
A PRIZE
WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT
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This competition is all part (an early part so watch this space!) of a major project
called Romsey Future
And this competition can play its part because you – the young people - are the
town’s future and your voice matters.
WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?
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Your story needs to be around 400-600 words. There is an example over the page
(from another town) to give you some ideas.
It can be done as a handwritten version or electronically.
Make sure you add your name, age and contact details (phone or email address) and
return your entry to romseyfuture@testvalley.gov.uk or to the Council offices at
the Former Magistrates’ Court, Romsey. Entries to be returned by 12noon on
Monday 2nd December 2013.
Prize winning entries and some others will be on display at the Council Offices at the
Former Magistrates’ Court in the New Year. Watch out for details.
The prizes are:
For up to 13 year olds:
 1st Prize: iPod Nano
 2nd Prize: £50 CD/DVD/Book tokens
 3rd Prize: Family ticket to Romsey Rapids
For 14-18 year olds:
 1st Prize: iPod Nano
 2nd Prize: £50 CD/DVD/Book tokens
 3rd Prize: Family ticket to Romsey Rapids
Entries will be judged by people on the Romsey Future Board. They are looking for
exciting ideas for Romsey and creative ways of writing the story.
YOUR CHALLENGE, YOUR FUTURE …..
….. YOUR PRIZE?
BITS OF AN EXAMPLE …. BUT … ANOTHER TOWN, ANOTHER PERSON!
(This is 425 words.)
Just think, says Mark to himself; only a few years ago, I’d have had to catch the
bus into that horrible old bus station and walk all the way out here to the
College. Now I come straight in to the new bus station and it takes me a few
minutes to walk. And what’s more, when I have to use the train to visit my
friends next Saturday I hop off one form of transport straight onto the other!
Mark likes being at the College in Churchfields; all the buildings are bright and
new and very energy-efficient, which he thinks is important. He has a good view
out over the river which makes him think that, once he gets a job, he might soon
be able to afford one of those new, low cost flats in the town centre. That
would help his travel (and costs) even more and be just what he wants. That’s
because he and his friends spend a lot of time in the town centre at evenings
and weekends now it’s so interesting with so many places to meet.
The morning at College passed by reasonably quickly, so now Mark is off into the
town to meet some friends for lunch. This time he chooses a different route,
partly along by the improved riverside. As he walks along, he thinks how nice it is
to see what are obviously tourists enjoying an area they never used to visit – but
not too many of them to spoil it.
Mark has a little time to spare so he zig-zags through the old streets, enjoying
the relative peace and quiet now so much traffic has gone, and also enjoying the
well established (and quite a few new) shops. Having thought he had time to
spare, he remembers it’s market day and hopes one of his friends has grabbed a
table in the new café on the corner of Market Place.
The most important thing they do over lunch is to decide where to meet after
College; somewhere to eat before the performance at the new theatre that
evening. It’s good up there because the town no longer shuts down at 5.00 as
everybody leaves. People now live there, shop there, go to events there – which
is of course why he’d like to live there. He also likes the new buildings, all very
different and contemporary but all nicely ‘tied together’ in the new blocks, and
all near to the water – that same river again … did somebody really plan all that?