Letters Re: Blists Hill Victorian Town and the Art Fund Prize 2010 The Blists Hill Victorian Town has been Long-Listed in the Art Fund Prize 2010 for Museums & Galleries, the largest arts prize in Britain. I hope you can lend your considerable weight in helping the Museum by publishing this letter. We are up against some very strong competition including the Natural History Museum, the Ashmolean, Oxford and Hampton Court. We have to prove that we have excellent support from our volunteers, visitors and friends if we are to progress and ultimately win the £100,000 prize on offer. History tells us that to win the important public vote we will need over 300,000 votes, so we need to make a positive early start. Please can you ask your members to vote today by following the link www.artfundprize.org.uk and then follow the Vote for your favorite link? It should only take about 30 seconds. If they can leave a nice comment too, that would be great. Many thanks Steve Miller Chief Executive The IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST Coalbrookdale Telford Shropshire TF8 7DQ
Stewards needed for the National AGM
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s was announced in the last issue of the Shroppie Fly Paper, the IWA’s National AGM will be held on Saturday 25th September 2010 at the Grove School, Market Drayton. We need at least eight stewards on the day from 9am to help with reception, coffee, and car parking. It would also be desirable to have someone trained in First Aid at the event. A free lunch will be provided. If you would be willing to be a steward or the First Aider, please contact Peter Brown, 34 Waterside Drive, Market Drayton TF9 1HU (telephone 01630652567, e-mail iwa@peter-quita.demon.co.uk) as soon as possible. September might seem a long way off, but the Branch Committee has quite a lot to organise in order to ensure that everything runs smoothly and that the Branch’s reputation is upheld. Peter Brown
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