[Acrylic-bob]

This is a question I have often wondered over. I think the only memorialisation of a national figure in Accrington is the unremarkable portrait in oil of Queen Victoria which hangs on the staircase of the Town Hall. It seems the great and the good of preceding generations must rely soley on their headstones for a lasting memorial. A sad and sorry state of affairs. I would however agree with comment expressed earlier; HBC, and Accrington Borough Council which preceded it, have little or no appreciation of Art, either public or in general, which accounts for the poor state of the collections in Haworth Art Gallery, where most art galleries have some sort of aquisitions fund, however limited, the Haworth has none and must rely on the generosity of of individuals for developing the collection.