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Re: Support needed for Wiltshire Heritage Museum
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Rhiannon wrote:
oh yes it wasn't supposed to be a dig at your suggestion. I'm just railing at the idea that it should even get to a stage where people think having a jumble sale Or Whatever is an appropriate recourse. You know who would probably love it, it'd be his big society pulling together wouldn't it. Well sod that. In Wiltshire libraries are being kept open by people volunteering. Well that's all very lovely But, by stepping forward to do that, they're showing they accept it's fine to close libraries. And this (Wiltshire again) smacks of the same thing to me. Sets a precedent so other libraries, museums, whatever, elsewhere, are also put at risk because 'well Wiltshire have managed'.


It does seem immoral to make people redundant and then allow same people (if willing) to work as volunteers. As it happens I don't think many, if any, former library employees did step forward - I know of one who took a part-time job as a driver for Asda to try and keep his family afloat.

It wasn't my intention to irritate anyone by starting this thread - I just know how committed David Dawson and his team are; and what a true treasure the museum is. I guess they'll end up just opening two or three days a week.


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tjj
Posted by tjj
4th January 2012ce
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