Mayor Closing London Fire Brigade Museum is "economics of the madhouse" - Mike Tuffrey (London Assembly Liberal Democrats)

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Mayor Closing London Fire Brigade Museum is "economics of the madhouse" - Mike Tuffrey

February 28, 2012 5:45 PM

A series of detailed questions asked by the Lib Dem London Assembly Member Mike Tuffrey confirm the strong case for keeping the London Fire Brigade Museum open. Following a series of questions asked by Mike Tuffrey, who is a member of the London Fire Emergency and Planning Authority, it has been confirmed by the Mayor that:

since 2005/06 yearly attendance to the museum has tripled

the real cost to the taxpayer of keeping the museum open is just £81,000 a year, but the cost of the cost of closing the museum and stroring the collection is estimated to be Mike Tuffrey "The London Fire Brigade Museum is growing in popularity and is remarkably cheap to run. The idea of closing it down and spending a fortune on putting the collection in storage is simply economic madness. The facts speak for themselves that this museum should be protected.

"Meanwhile plans for a London 'Blue Light' museum should be accelerated to incorporate the whole collection of the London Fire Brigade Museum.

"However the approach being taken by the Mayor and the Conservative leadership of the London Fire Emergency and Planning Authority (LFEPA) is to rush ahead with closing the London Fire Brigage Museum and then just cross their fingers that a new "Blue Light museum might one day be created.

"Such an approach is the economics of the madhouse , both in terms of public money and in protecting London's heritage.

"It is time that the Conservative leadership of LFEPA and the Mayor of London just admitted that they were wrong and dropped any proposals to close this popular and much valued museum."

ENDS