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/•• ../They’were prepared; at great^fj” -^''; I ■ .expense/in
prder.to.bid fora granpSgfe1 ; / which would have helped pay{to^rpf? ." restore this remarkable buildihg to’ ’ ^ / its'.Victorian splendour;;. y.■'•■
^..~The,ultimate-failure to secure^C.. , / -the moneyhad nothing to’do with»:^lf;
. Evelyn;;who chairs the Morecambe//j “ ■••■•V\fint«’.Gardens Preservation Tru^SSc : Iristeadf the attempt fell at the final $ 0 hurdle’when Lancaster City Council:.*/*' was unable to provide a three-year ■
. . subsidy for the theatre. " ■. Evelyn, a no-nonsense worpan. ; • of 73 with a steely determination in ,
—her eyes,-was sorely disappointed; / '. - gutted; It meant a potential £12.5m \ . :, was lost and she and hertrusty,^/)- - /-team of volunteers were back.-
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■ 2009/ Evelyn is surprisingly buoyant -;S;- when I meet her and there is a . /■//:■•/
•//sense of pride as she smooths h e r / / ; : hand over page after page of plans, ./ / showing how the auditorium of
; .-: this magnificent theafaecould be * ’ transformed.
- „ - ,3 - "We've lost the opportunity ■
.. about two to three million," she /
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„........... She seems undaunted, not just ... by the numbers involved but also r ' by the magnitude of the task. While' -she is desperate forthe project to
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be finished on the one hand/on the other she demonstrates admirable ..
, patience and an acceptance that - each small step takes the Grade II „„ . | l isted building doserto its’original j ’
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cost £33,000, money raised by t h e / / / Friends of the Winter Gardens,/-
- money until we've raised it firs t ," /' - she'says, showing off the entrance ,
■ ■ andbararea^recentlyrefurbished'^/ , .-V by v o lu n te e rs ; '.J / _ / ■/« ■.
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/Here7rnodem furniture ahd,:v.*''-._.|/' -• ../.bngHt paintwork contrast with
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RENAISSANCE: The auditorium at the Morecambe Winter Gardens, which is a the centre of a £3m fund-raising drive to get the building restored
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J Gardens Preservation Trust; . the magnificent auditorium; .
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