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> Threat to the Lancashire Mining Museum
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>As the result of a massive overspend (said to be £15 million) by its
>Social Services department, Salford City Council is seeking to make
>cuts in its budget. One proposal is to close the Lancashire Mining
>Museum at Buile Hill Park, Salford.
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>This is the only coal mining museum in North-West England and its
>collections ideally complement those of the National Coal Mining
>Museum for England near Wakefield. They form a significant
>educational and recreational resource, covering a regionally and
>nationally important industry most traces of which are quickly being
>wiped from the landscape. Their loss would, therefore, be a tragedy
>for mining history and it is up to us to protest vigorously.
>
>Please write to one or all of the following:-
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>J. Willis,
>Chief Executive,
>City of Salford Council,
>Civic Centre,
>Chorley Road,
>SWINTON
>Lancashire
>
>OR
>
>Hazel Blears M.P.
>Address as above.
>
>OR
>
>Mark Carriline,
>Director of Education,
>Salford Education Offices,
>Chapel Street,
>SALFORD
>Lancashire.
>
>Mike Gill
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>Mike Gill
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>President and Recorder of the NORTHERN MINE RESEARCH SOCIETY
>
>Britain's foremost mining history society at:-
>http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~RBurt/MinHistNet/NMRS.html
>
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