I don't very often use this blog to promote causes, but I am asking you to sign this petition to save the 44AD Art Gallery here in Bath, which you will no doubt want to do if you have ever visited Bath or plan to any time soon. H.I. is having a show here at the end of November.
The very basic story is a very old one - Bath City Council's property division will always look wistfully at a peice of prime retail space in the centre, and begin to imagine how much more money they could make if they took it away from the not-for-profit community-based ventures and offered it to national chains for quadrillions of lovely pounds, because they are the only people who can afford Bath's rents and rates.
These community ventures will always be encouraged to move to the imporverished outskirts, and the excuse will be that the impoverished communities there will benefit from them being in their midst, but - as always - it is a matter of money.
Please sign it and forward it if you would like Bath to save just a little bit of its community spirit, nomatter where you live:
https://www.change.org/p/b-nes-save-44ad-artspace-in-bath-love44ad
Done!
ReplyDeleteYes, they told me via email, Weave. Thank you, and also thank you to Susan, Gillian and Sue too.
DeleteWith you on this one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Shawn.
DeleteDone and done. For all I complain about the politics of my village, the citizens have lifted it through art.
ReplyDeleteThank you Joanne.
DeleteHappy to promote a good cause.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Toffee.
DeleteSigned
ReplyDeleteThanks Kitty.
DeleteThanks to all of you so far - I am alerted to all your signatures, even though Tom is not my real name. They know, you know.
ReplyDeleteMany more of you have signed, I know. Each one of you will get a proper guided tour of Bath from me - so long as you don't all turn up at the same time...
ReplyDeletePerhaps we should all show up at the same time and hold a rally for the art gallery.
DeleteThere will be a rally at the same time as the Council deliberates on the outcome - see 44AD's website!
DeleteDone x
ReplyDeleteYes, I was informed - thank you.
DeleteI hope it is done, may be i missed something.
ReplyDeleteNope, you missed nothing, Yael. Thanks.
DeleteDone and, like Yael, I hope I did it right.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Maria x
Yes, you did. Thanks.
DeleteJoni Mitchell's anthem, "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot," is as true today as it was in the 70's. Most cities in the US have torn down their beautiful old building as a means of "downtown revitalization" and horrible improvements funding by the government and the developers are laughing all the way to the bank.
ReplyDeleteThank you too, Donna. I love that Joni Mitchell song, but don't you want to kill her for the laugh at the very end: (High voice) "Pave paradise", (Low voice) "Put up a parrking lot - AHA HA HA!"
DeleteI think I did it
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rachel. According to Cro's latest post, you should hurry back home immediately.
DeleteHello Tom,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting and caring. I have signed the petition Good luck
Done!
ReplyDeleteIf Bath Council are anything like most others, they should firstly look at where they are wasting money elsewhere.
Bath and North East Somerset Council is one of the few in the country who can afford to aquander money. Their revenue from parking fines alone is around £3 million a year.
DeleteI have signed and forwarded petition to 43 others, very best of luck.
ReplyDeleteThat's great, Thank you. I know you have strong connections to Bath, so you will understand what I am talking about more than most.
DeleteI did my bit!
ReplyDeleteDone from Illinois!
ReplyDeleteHooray again!
DeleteSigned, sealed and delivered !!! XXXX
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jack@!
DeleteAll your signatures have made a huge difference - around 50 of you have signed from here so far. It is very satisying to be informed of them by email.
ReplyDeleteDone - hope they accept me after the Brexit?
ReplyDeleteYou've got a couple of years yet.
DeleteDone but why is it in German? I tried various different routes but while the info about 44AD was in English all the instructions about signing were in German which I can't read. Hope it worked.
ReplyDeleteI really don't know! Maybe it was sent through Britta? See below.
DeleteFunny, mine was in German, too.
DeleteStrange.
DeleteAPOLOGIES to anyone who may have been forwarded another petition about murder and parole which purports to be from me - it wasn't.
ReplyDeleteThe trouble with Change.org is that once you have signed one, they pester you to sign loads of others. I signed one, then I got an invitation to sign it again, FROM MYSELF! I will be forced to scrap other notifications in order to stop them from pestering you all with them as well. It's a shame that they do this, and not let the people who set it up do it, but I suppose it gets loads of signatures.
Done!
ReplyDeleteSigned.
ReplyDeleteTa!
DeleteSigned. Hope for success
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