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Dear Friends,
Many of you will know the fine Manor
House Museum in Bury St Edmunds with its excellent collection of Clocks,
Watches, Portable Sundials, Paintings and Fabrics.
A proposal to close this
museum has just been made by Bury Council (to save money! of course) and a
final decision is to be made 13 December 2005. This is a
very short time for objections to be received.
If you know this museum and/or its
fine collections then please write as soon as possible in the hope that it can
be saved. Foreign friends should particularly get involved to
show International support for this important World-Class
Museum. Under the present proposals the best that can happen is
that the collection will be squeezed into one third of its present space with
many items going into storage.
At the very least we should ask the
Council to defer a final decision until everyone has been consulted and other
options have been considered. A period of 3 weeks is not adequate. I would
suggest the end of 2006 at the earliest.
Further details of these proposals
can be found on the Council Website at www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk
You should write to Mike Dawson, St
Edmundsbury Borough Council, Borough Offices, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, IP33
1XB, UK. or by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as
soon as possible.
I have a single page review document
of this proposal that I can send you on request.
Please pass this
information on to anyone who you think will be interested in saving this
fine and friendly Museum.
Thanks for Your kind
support,
Mike Cowham
Cambridge.
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