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    17

    Jul 2020

    Last Updated: 17/07/2020
    Harrogate
    Harrogate

    Harrogate indoor play centre will close without help

    by Connor Creaghan

    | 17 Jul, 2020
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    Owner Lisa Mee has been putting on the pressure and even attended a demonstration in London yesterday alongside others in the industry.

    https://youtu.be/eCu7EUDcXxw

    The government dealt an indoor play centre in Harrogate a devastating blow in its coronavirus update today.

    Kidzplay Harrogate has kept a keen eye on the lockdown easing throughout hoping for the green light.

    Owner Lisa Mee has been putting on the pressure and even attended a demonstration in London yesterday alongside others in the industry.

    However, this morning Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that while most industries can now open indoor play centres and night clubs cannot.

    Lisa Mee told The Stray Ferret that it was "devastating" to hear that she cannot reopen and questioned the logic behind the decision.

    "I think, based on the conversations I've had with others in the industry, it's the end of indoor play. If we were in Scotland, Wales or Ireland we would be able to open. I don't understand the logic."


    The Stray Ferret has approached government press offices and Andrew Jones MP to ask about extra support for Kidzplay Harrogate but had no reply.