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News Release 25th September 2009GOLD MUST BE SHOWN IN LICHFIELDMichael Fabricant says the Saxon gold recently discovered in Hammerwich "must be put on show in Lichfield or Hammerwich. While a permanent home may be found in the British Museum for this unique treasure, it is only right and fitting that local people should have the opportunity to see it easily. Possible locations that immediately come to mind are St Mary's Heritage Centre in Lichfield or Lichfield Cathedral. Both locations are easily accessible and have a claim to showing these early Christian relics. "I resist talk of putting it on show in Shugborough simply because the County owns that site. "I also hope that some - if not all - of these relics of Saxon life in Mercia will find a permanent home in Lichfield District. "Meanwhile, I say to Gordon Brown following his selling off cheap our national gold reserves when he was Chancellor, that I hope he notes that Hammerwich has done its best to restore them!" |
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