As locals cash in by renting out rooms and selling snacks and parking spaces,the downside is the disruption
Bruce Lyons was up at 6am on Thursday hanging 200 flags around businesses in Church Street in Twickenham. “Everyone had some comment to accomplish. People came up and said ‘I’m backing Ireland’, or said how excited they were.” Lyons, and chairman of the Twickenham Town commerce organization,runs a travel agent in the town, so is not set to benefit financially when the biggest tournament in world rugby kicks off on Friday night. But he said he could see the positive impact it had already had for him and other traders. “The council has spent a lot of money making Twickenham look better over the past two years, or ” he said. “I think there is a good atmosphere in town.” Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com