Ken supporting D.H. Lawrence

[BoyScoutKevin]

Thank you for trying, Iain. Maybe with that much support, someone will come up with the money to replace the cuts that had to be made, and the house can be saved. Thank-you again.

[Iain Fisher]

I can't find any updates.  Maybe it is too early.

I agree about hating to lose bits of history.  Another bit to go is Ringo Starr's house as a child in Liverpool, about to be demolished.

[BoyScoutKevin]

It's been almost four weeks since this was posted. Any updates to this thread? I, for one, hate to see anything historical lost, literary or not.

[Iain Fisher]

And here is the original letter
www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2010/oct/17/letters-beveridge-clegg-emails

[Iain Fisher]

Ken, along with Glenda Jackson, novelists Salman Rushdie and Martin Amis and others have written to The Observer to help save the DH Lawrence heritage Durban House.  The house, in the former mining town of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, houses a temporary exhibition space, as well as permanent displays on mining and the author of Lady Chatterley's Lover and Sons And Lovers.  Because of cuts it may be closed.

The letter states "We are united in our belief that DH Lawrence is one of the world's most important writers and that he has a unique place in British culture that should be celebrated.

"We are therefore appalled by Broxtowe council's proposal to close the DH Lawrence heritage centre in his home town of Eastwood.

"Cultural funding can all too easily be concentrated only in the centre of our cities. We call on Broxtowe council to guarantee the continued survival of this national asset."

The link is here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-11564563

Details of the house are here
www.broxtowe.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4700