Cash blow to museum supporters.CAMPAIGNERS battling to save a famous Midland lock museum have been dealt another bitter blow in their desperate quest to fund the facility. Bosses at the musems, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA MLA abbr. Modern Language Association MLA n abbr (BRIT POL) (= Member of the Legislative Assembly) → miembro de la asamblea legislativa MLA (Brit ) have dashed the hopes of many campaigners with the news that they cannot support Willenhall This article is about the town located between Wolverhampton and Walsall. For the suburb of Coventry, see Willenhall, Coventry. Willenhall is a small town in the West Midlands of England, with a population of approximately 40,000. Lock Museum with financial assistance. But bosses at the MLA say they are prepared to look into the "exact nature" of the museum's 2008 closure, before making a final decision on whether the museum qualifies for funding from other revenue streams available to the MLA. The news comes in response to ongoing requests from Walsall North MP David Winnick David Julian Winnick (born 26 June 1933) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Walsall North. Winnck was an advertising manager and a branch chairman of the Clerical and Administrative Workers Union. . After Walsall Council withdrew its pounds 12,000 annual grant for the museum, David Winnick MP wrote asking if funding would be available under the MLA's Renaissance scheme, where museums receive government investment in order to develop as centres of excellence. Mr Winnick said: "Willenhall deserves to have such a place as a recognition of the long history of lock-making in the town." |
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