not many people from walsall signing it and do you know that the 70k is staffing costs not the artifacts
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vanessa allen
12 years ago
This museum is vital to preserve memory of local heritage.
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Derek Haynes
12 years ago
What a penny pinching attitude, surely £70,000 can be saved by other means, closing down the heritage of the people of Walsall is an absolute disgrace, what cutbacks have the councillors themselves made. Museums should be saved for the present and future generations to learn about their heritage. A town/city without a museum is a place without a soul. Past councillors would be turning in their graves if they new what this present council is doing.
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Christa Barnes
12 years ago
There are plenty of other things where £70,000 could be saved. Walsall does not need so many councillors - the state of the town proves that! Reduce the number of councillors and save remunerations and 'non contributry' pension payouts.
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Christa Barnes
12 years ago
Councillors elected to the council is not a job - any payment is for representing the voter. A pension attached is sheer greed and the 'paid for Pension by the council taxpayer should cease. Any pension should be paid for by the one receiving the remuneration.
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Anonymous
12 years ago
This is not the first such philistine action. The Lock Museum a (and teh Jerome Musuem?) were lost for the sake of trivial sums while far greater sums are wasted elsewhere!
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Ann Maloney
12 years ago
I agree with Janine Perry's remarks.
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Janine Perry
12 years ago
Our heritage and history is something we should be proud of and want to share, it shouldn't be treated as if it doesn't matter.
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kirsty hall
12 years ago
walsall needs culture
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Helen Oram
12 years ago
We all need to know where we came from.
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Jordan Sam Adams
12 years ago
It's essential that we don't let our heritage be hiden away in some damp, dusty storage warehouse.
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Barry Crutchley
12 years ago
Is our town's history worth only £70,000? Isn't this about the average weekly wage for a Premiership football player? Our society is in serious trouble.
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Emma Jolly
12 years ago
Too much Black Country heritage has been destroyed. It is imperative that this museum be saved.
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lindsay j brindle
12 years ago
Hands off!!
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John T Smith
12 years ago
My family lived in Lumley Road, Walsall for over fifty years from the 1920s to the 1970s
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Diane May
12 years ago
It is important to save treasures like the Walsall archives for our generation and for future generations to understand our history. We must learn from the past and encourage young people to learn and enjoy their heritage. If past generations had been so short sighted we would have no heritage at all and would be the poorer for it.
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Elizabeth Shutt
12 years ago
Have spent many a happy hour wondering around the museum
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Andrea Dewsbery
12 years ago
Can we also apply to the lottery fund? To help too and put it in midlands today
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william cannon
12 years ago
want to visit it again next year
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Jo Digget
12 years ago
Ridiculous saving. For running an important history service. Don't you want people to learn about the past? We can learn from our mistakes you know!
not many people from walsall signing it and do you know that the 70k is staffing costs not the artifacts
This museum is vital to preserve memory of local heritage.
What a penny pinching attitude, surely £70,000 can be saved by other means, closing down the heritage of the people of Walsall is an absolute disgrace, what cutbacks have the councillors themselves made. Museums should be saved for the present and future generations to learn about their heritage. A town/city without a museum is a place without a soul. Past councillors would be turning in their graves if they new what this present council is doing.
There are plenty of other things where £70,000 could be saved. Walsall does not need so many councillors - the state of the town proves that! Reduce the number of councillors and save remunerations and 'non contributry' pension payouts.
Councillors elected to the council is not a job - any payment is for representing the voter. A pension attached is sheer greed and the 'paid for Pension by the council taxpayer should cease. Any pension should be paid for by the one receiving the remuneration.
This is not the first such philistine action. The Lock Museum a (and teh Jerome Musuem?) were lost for the sake of trivial sums while far greater sums are wasted elsewhere!
I agree with Janine Perry's remarks.
Our heritage and history is something we should be proud of and want to share, it shouldn't be treated as if it doesn't matter.
walsall needs culture
We all need to know where we came from.
It's essential that we don't let our heritage be hiden away in some damp, dusty storage warehouse.
Is our town's history worth only £70,000? Isn't this about the average weekly wage for a Premiership football player? Our society is in serious trouble.
Too much Black Country heritage has been destroyed. It is imperative that this museum be saved.
Hands off!!
My family lived in Lumley Road, Walsall for over fifty years from the 1920s to the 1970s
It is important to save treasures like the Walsall archives for our generation and for future generations to understand our history. We must learn from the past and encourage young people to learn and enjoy their heritage. If past generations had been so short sighted we would have no heritage at all and would be the poorer for it.
Have spent many a happy hour wondering around the museum
Can we also apply to the lottery fund? To help too and put it in midlands today
want to visit it again next year
Ridiculous saving. For running an important history service. Don't you want people to learn about the past? We can learn from our mistakes you know!