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Written by Bruce
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Friday, 21 August 2009 10:35 |
 It seems that The National Waterways Museum at Gloucester docks is facing possible closure due to a shortage of volunteers to help run it. This is obviously related to the problem we are having of getting back in for a follow up investigation. Does anyone fancy volunteering and being an on site investigator?  The museum's budget has been slashed after British Waterways saw a £10-million cut in its budget for the coming year. The cuts have forced the nationalised company, which receives an annual grant from the Government, to direct all available funds to operating the nation's canals. The museum, which once employed four full-time and two part-time staff, is now run by one full-time manager and one part-time staff member. It has already started closing on Mondays and Tuesdays and has cut its opening hours.
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