Save Cogges Museum
MP joins talks on museum's future
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| David Cameron MP and David Freeman |
WITNEY MP David Cameron drew on personal experience when he visited the town's under-threat Cogges Farm Museum to discuss rescue plans.
The Conservative Party leader has family time with his wife and three children on Sundays at their home in Dean, near Chadlington, but has never been able to visit, because the museum is shut that morning.
It is also closed almost five months of the year, from the end of October until late March.
Mr Cameron dropped in to meet trustees and county council officers trying to end £250,000-a-year losses and remove the threat of closure.
"The first thing that needs to be done is keep the museum going for the next year and find ways forward," he said. "The place needs more visitors.
"It needs to be open all the year round. I have not been able to bring my children here, because it is closed on Sunday mornings when we have time to take the family out. Instead, we've been to the Cotswold Wildlife Park. That needs to be looked at.
"There could also be a role for business in this. We need to keep the education and spirit of the place, but a commercial partner may be what we are looking at."
The county council is reviewing the future of Cogges because of the drain on its funds.
David Freeman, the chairman of the museum's trustees, said: "We're now looking at possible commercial partners and to have it open all year round."
11:23am Monday 17th December 2007
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CommentPosted by: Hessen Von Lietner, Oxford on 5:20pm Mon 17 Dec 07
[bold]Good to see the P.M.,[/bold] oops- well I hope he will be soon, taking genuine interest in the museum- Hurrah, for Cameron!
Good to see the P.M., oops- well I hope he will be soon, taking genuine interest in the museum- Hurrah, for Cameron!
Posted by: Daren Salter, Witney on 10:31pm Mon 17 Dec 07
Indeed, this is a great sign. I really hope Cogges is here to stay. Well Done Mr Cameron, I know who'll get my vote come next election.
Indeed, this is a great sign. I really hope Cogges is here to stay. Well Done Mr Cameron, I know who'll get my vote come next election.
Posted by: Neil, Cheltenham on 4:03pm Fri 11 Jan 08
This character Hessen Von Lietner claims to come from Oxford, but in fact he writes to the Gloucestershire Echo saying he lives in Cheltenham. I should ignore any comments from him as he is thought to be mentally unstable.
This character Hessen Von Lietner claims to come from Oxford, but in fact he writes to the Gloucestershire Echo saying he lives in Cheltenham. I should ignore any comments from him as he is thought to be mentally unstable.
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