UUP councillor Adrian Watson said a number of people had complained to him that the timing was in bad taste. Antrim Borough Council said it had been provided by a private contractor and no offence had been intended. Mr Watson said he had contacted the council about the issue after receiving several complaints from the public.
He said: "They thought it was a wee bit in bad taste. It was fair criticism." In a statement, the council said: "Over the last three years during the spring and summer at Antrim Lough Shore Park, children's activities have been provided by a private contractor.
"These include a miniature railway and various inflatables including a giant slide designed to replicate a ship. Last weekend the children's activities were operating as normal. Neither the contractor nor the council intended this to cause offence to anyone."
5 comments:
Yeah, it's only been 100 years. Too soon!
Oh cmon. That looks fun!
There's been a lot of almost hysteria concerning the Titanic over here recently.
People in tears about relatives they never knew.
Most peculiar.
They had one of those at a city festival where I was volunteering at a booth last fall. I didn't think too much about it until a friend came to relieve me and he was aghast. He said "What are they going to do next year, have the Twin Towers jumping game?"
I think that looks good! As a kid I'd have thought that was great fun. Heck, even now I'd give it a go. I've never really understood the ghoulish attraction over picking over a mass grave. In Belfast they've engaged in a titanic waste of money to build a titanic visitor's centre. It's hardly a great advert for NI, "we built that ship that sank and killed people".
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