00:00Okay, so tell me what's brought you out here tonight.
00:03So, over the course of the last six months we've been engaging with Horsall Council
00:08following the resort that we had in February to haul the plans to St Horsall Leather Museum in its current location.
00:16And yesterday plans were announced very last minute that plans were going to be signed off this evening by Council bosses.
00:25So essentially we've had about 24 hours to get everyone back together, to get scrutiny back up
00:31and to raise awareness that we think this is an awful decision.
00:36Public have not been consulted properly on it and our heritage has been treated awfully.
00:44There's a level of outrage I can tell right now.
00:47What do you think you can get from this protest? What impact would you like to make from this protest?
00:53So, as I said, we have consulted with Council leaders and we have put proposal after proposal forward.
01:01We have spent the last six months rallying support of industry, academia, education
01:07and we still feel like we're not being taken seriously and transparency is not being upheld.
01:13So, really I think we'd like to see that the public is properly consulted on this and that they have a choice in heritage that far predates Horsall Council.
01:27And it is part of Warsaw's heritage as well as a museum.
01:29Absolutely. We have a 400-year-old heritage here in leather, in leather work, in laurenery.
01:35And I just think it's too precious to be treated so half-handable basically.
01:43And what's been the level of support you've had from the public so far?
01:47So, over the last six to seven months since we started the initial campaign, the support we've had from the public has been amazing.
01:53We've had people from as far away as the Royal College of Art, livery companies, educational bodies really, really getting behind us.
02:02as well as the local community. And we just want to be here to represent the public feeling that this is really an outrage.
02:12From industry, academia and education bodies, massive show of support from the community
02:19and still Warsaw Council are not liaising properly with the constituencies and the residents that they are meant to serve.
02:26So, we're here today to show them that you can announce things very last minute
02:31and we're still going to turn up and make a noise because our heritage is far too important for us to just give up on like this.
02:38Yay!
02:40What's it?
02:41Where it is!
02:42What do we want?
02:43I love the museum!
02:44Where do we want it?
02:46Where it is!
02:48What do we want?
02:49I love the museum!
02:50Where do we want it?
02:52Where it is!
02:53What do we want?
02:54I love the museum!
02:55Where do we want it?
02:56Where it is!
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