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Originally Posted by Gayle
One of the reasons why I try to get the funding that I get is so that things can be FREE.
But everything costs - how could the Haworth Art Gallery stay open? It needs money to pay wages, have heating and lighting and to host exhibitions. It is free for the public to enter and see the artworks within but it is not free to run. There would be absolute outrage if the council tried to sell off all the Tiffany glass and close the place. So the council must maintain it and keep it open.
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They can't flog off the Tiffany glass, or ship it's care to Preston, even though it was confirmed (by Graham Jones) the council did look into the idea.
The present councillors we have, God love 'em, are merely acting as custodians of the collection, bequeathed to the people of the town of Accrington.
Happily there's enough binding covenants to ensure that the collections still here, when they are sadly not.