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John Shaw of Blackpool Music School says action by Blackpool Council is set to impact the charity which supports hundreds of people

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00:00Hi, my name's John Shaw. I'm the Chairman and Founder of Blackpool Music School.

00:06Blackpool Music School has been going for the last 18 years and we've been here for the last 13 years.

00:12We were very shocked a few weeks ago to find out that we don't have to call on our phone call.

00:18Receiving this letter was a big shock to us because, as far as we're concerned, we do own the land that the cars park on.

00:27If this is pushed away and we can't park here, it will push all the cars down the streets.

00:35But we have actually 155 students a week coming in and also 11 tutors.

00:44So if this forecourt closes, basically it will do us a great deal of damage.

00:51We have disabled people coming up on the forecourt and we do need that forecourt desperately.

00:57But it also puts a strain on our finances if we've got to buy or lease it.

01:03As far as we're concerned, we own the forecourt.