Historical artefacts are being neglected
Monday 12th January 2009, 2:29PM GMT.
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UERNSEY is neglecting its historic artefacts. They are, says the National Audit Office, being stored badly.
Culture and Leisure minister Mike O’Hara (pictured) welcomed the report that brought into the spotlight issues his department and its predecessor had for years been trying to resolve.
The NAO investigation was commissioned by the Public Accounts Committee and goes to the States at the end of the month.
‘Our heritage at the moment is stored in absolutely terribly inadequate places. We’re desperate to gain a better store and protect our heritage for generations to come,’ he said.
‘We’ve been trying to do something about it since the previous States.’
But that has met with frustration – an opportunity in 2004-5 to take over a site at Pitronnerie Road was rejected because it was designated for industrial use.
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Report Cunningly held bacj until a month before the priority debate – well done Mike.
Having seen the footage of the interior of the archive, there was the lower jaw of a mammoth. Can I suggest that C&L have a bit of a rationalisation. Mammoth bones aren’t on the list of what I would like preserving.
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Perhaps Jackie, you could contact the Museum service and help them to throw out all those artifacts that you don’t like. Perhaps you could also spare a thought for all the Guernsey people that are interested in things that you might not be.
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I agree with Jackie. Perhaps it’s time to auction off many of the ‘non Guernsey’ items and use the funds to properly look after those that really do matter.
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Yes, Ray and Jackie, you’re both right. It’s high time to clear out the clutter. Spending more on storage for old junk masquerading as important artifacts is a sheer waste of increasingly limited public finances.
Among the few decent bits that really are worth keeping, I’m sure there’s plenty of stuff gathering dust that can be sold off, skipped or recycled. And talking of chucking out the rubbish, why not bin Steptoe O’Hara at the same time? He hasn’t got a let to stand on in this economic climate so he should be the first to go on the skip!
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The mammoth bones are probably part of the Guille Alles or Lukis collections and therefore of great significance to Guernsey
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