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I have put together a brief letter to 'Richy' Rix at HBC to give you something to work with, feel free to copy it or change it.
Please add your name, print it and send it! They won't do anything unless we all make a noise.

Come on chaps, I can hear the whistle, it's time to get our helmets on and 'go over the top'!


LETTER

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Mr. N. Rix
Director
Hyndburn FIRST
The Globe Centre
St James' Square
Accrington
BB5 0RE




Dear Mr. Rix,

Re: Panopticon Proposals

As you are no doubt aware, there has been considerable local dissent regarding the proposed siting of the Panopticon Sculpture on the edge of the Coppice in Accrington, as exemplified in a recent letter to the editor of The Accrington Observer and Times, dated 6th August2004, by Mr. L. Bond. I should like to endorse Mr Bond’s ideas and commend him for his public spiritedness.

If the council are in earnest in wishing to encourage tourism in the area then it would seem to be folly of the worst sort to allow such an important part of the town’s heritage to decay any further, when, with a little thought, it could be turned to the benefit of the borough.
It would also be of benefit to the borough if a small museum were to be created at the foot of the Coppice to illuminate and explain the history and experiences of the young men who fought in the Great War and also the experiences of those they left behind at home. It strikes me that we have, for too long, allowed our story to be told by people from outside the borough in books, plays and films. How much better would it be if we could begin to tell that story ourselves.

I feel sure that there are any number of independent funding bodies who would be only to happy to assist in planning and funding such a worthwhile educational and cultural enterprise.

I look forward to hearing your views on this matter.

Yours sincerely,