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Re: U 534 - now what?
Posted by: JerseyDavid ()
Date: January 07, 2008 11:57PM

I got my reply from Downing Street as well. I'm sorry to say I'm not surprised. To be frank, even if they were in the habit of making grants to such causes U-534 would be unlikely to get anything.

As a qualified museum worker, I've seen the horrors inflicted by the Olympics on heritage funding. Something like two thirds of the Heritage Lottery Fund has been diverted to the Olympics, and similar government grants are also vanishing. The Olympics (and other sports) are more publicity friendly as easier to sell as 'prestigious'. The heritage sector always tends to play second fiddle.

In any case, they've failed to grasp the main problem: that the boat is being butchered. Appalling.

I doubt there's anything further that can be done. A sad day for the U-boat community, and the historic vessel community at large.

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U 534 - now what? MPC 01/07/2008 08:26PM
Re: U 534 - now what? Volker Erich Kummrow 01/07/2008 11:45PM
Re: U 534 - now what? JerseyDavid 01/08/2008 12:02AM
Re: U 534 - now what? schalke 01/08/2008 07:20PM
Re: U 534 - now what? MPC 01/08/2008 08:46PM
Re: U 534 - now what? JerseyDavid 01/07/2008 11:57PM


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