Jubilee cups for every primary school pupil in Darwen (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Jubilee cups for every primary school pupil in Darwen
3:00pm Thursday 9th February 2012 in Darwen
CELEBRATION Coun Joan Helliwell with one of the jubilee commemorative cups to be handed out to children in Darwen
DARWEN Town Council will spend £13,000 to give every primary school pupil in the town a china cup for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
The council was split at its meeting on Tuesday over whether the giveaway should take place.
But a narrow vote carried the motion and 4,000 cups will be handed out over the the jubilee weekend.
A similar initiative took place for the Silver Jubilee in 1977, and Coun Trevor Maxfield said it would be a nice gesture.
He said: “I was given one in 1977 and I’ve still got mine. It went in a cabinet and has been there ever since.
"It is a nice gesture and, with all the flags that will be put up in the town for the jubilee weekend, it will raise the profile of the town and bring people in.”
Coun Joan Helliwell also thought it was a good idea.
She said: “Darwen is a traditional town and we are trying to hold on to those traditions, as well as create new ones of our own.”
Coun Roy Davies said he also received a mug during the Queen’s visit to the town after her coronation in 1953.
But town council mayor Paul Browne said the cups were a waste of money. He said: “I am not against the idea, but I think £13,000 is a lot that could be better spent elsewhere.
“People might think I am being a killjoy, but I believe in looking after the pennies that people have put into Darwen Town Council.
“I know it is the jubilee and everyone is making big efforts, but I think it is a waste of money.”
The Queen’s Diamond Ju-bilee celebrations will centre on an extended weekend on June 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Comments(27)
makaveli96
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3:32pm Thu 9 Feb 12
HarwoodBiker
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3:37pm Thu 9 Feb 12
What right has anyone got to spend taxpayer's money on promoting a monarch which many people can't stand anyway?
useyourhead
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3:46pm Thu 9 Feb 12
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happycyclist
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3:59pm Thu 9 Feb 12
We're still £27,000 in the black with that!
living the end times in BB1
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4:11pm Thu 9 Feb 12
Coun Roy Davies said he also received a mug during the Queen’s visit to the town after her coronation in 1953. Bless
What an absolute waste of money.Utterly digraceful in the current economical mess that we are all supposed to be in together.And with whats going on with the NHS are you positive the receivers of the said cups can actually read whats on them..? Unlike in 1953 and 1977 a completely different world to what we live in today. Infact in 1953 and 1977 it was a time that you could afford to die in unlike the world we survive in today.£13.000 could have run a soup kitchen for the rising numbers of homeless people for a number of years.Coun Trevor Maxfield Coun Joan Helliwell Coun Roy Davies need to realise that some kids not much older than the ones they are giving these cups to are living on the streets.The good people of Darwen should be up in arms protesting this mindless decision.
happycyclist
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4:22pm Thu 9 Feb 12
darwenTower
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4:24pm Thu 9 Feb 12
happycyclist wrote:Oh yeah, local mugs for local mugs.
I trust the mugs will be made in Britain...?
I was talking to a councillor some time ago about the need for some bins at Shorey Bank.
Apparently there isn't the money for that.
Malthus
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4:40pm Thu 9 Feb 12
happycyclist wrote:They are more likely to be China from China. However, at least the child recipients will be able to use them as begging bowls when it is time for them to earn their keep.
I trust the mugs will be made in Britain...?
twinkerthescout
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5:09pm Thu 9 Feb 12
May she rule for many more years and I hope some grown-ups get the mug too, not just students.
hasslem hasslem
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5:20pm Thu 9 Feb 12
ponto52
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5:30pm Thu 9 Feb 12
happycyclist
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5:54pm Thu 9 Feb 12
hassy bloke
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8:59pm Thu 9 Feb 12
kimboy1
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10:18pm Thu 9 Feb 12
Let the little ones enjoy it while they still can. God bless........
english rose 1
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1:00am Fri 10 Feb 12
kimboy1 wrote:kimboy1 - no doubt, like myself, u voted 'no' in the referendum to establish Darwen Town Council ? Those who voted 'yes' were clearly told that it would add an average of £11 to the council tax. Don't blame the council, blame those who voted 'yes'.
Our Darren kids are going to enjoy every minute of this, Let them enjoy the little things in life, Things are for giving NOT RECEIVING. We on the other hand being adults know quite well that our beloved council will be drawing the money back for it in our ever increasing council tax.
Let the little ones enjoy it while they still can. God bless........
guinless
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5:08am Fri 10 Feb 12
english rose 1 wrote:you should really be blaming the people who couldnt be bothered to get off their lazy backsides and vote at all they seem to be the ones who are whinging about darwen council now. i voted no and refuse to vote in the darwen talk waste of money shop council elections.
kimboy1 wrote:kimboy1 - no doubt, like myself, u voted 'no' in the referendum to establish Darwen Town Council ? Those who voted 'yes' were clearly told that it would add an average of £11 to the council tax. Don't blame the council, blame those who voted 'yes'.
Our Darren kids are going to enjoy every minute of this, Let them enjoy the little things in life, Things are for giving NOT RECEIVING. We on the other hand being adults know quite well that our beloved council will be drawing the money back for it in our ever increasing council tax.
Let the little ones enjoy it while they still can. God bless........
Graham Hartley
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6:25am Fri 10 Feb 12
hasslem hasslem
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8:10am Fri 10 Feb 12
english rose 1 wrote:and i know of one particular councillor who says that DTC is a total waste of money - but does nothing to rid the town of this waste of money and happy to keep his place on the council and charging the people of darwen their addtional precept year after year ad infinitum - another bloated plutocrat full of his/her own bloated ego....any guesses english rose?
kimboy1 wrote:kimboy1 - no doubt, like myself, u voted 'no' in the referendum to establish Darwen Town Council ? Those who voted 'yes' were clearly told that it would add an average of £11 to the council tax. Don't blame the council, blame those who voted 'yes'.
Our Darren kids are going to enjoy every minute of this, Let them enjoy the little things in life, Things are for giving NOT RECEIVING. We on the other hand being adults know quite well that our beloved council will be drawing the money back for it in our ever increasing council tax.
Let the little ones enjoy it while they still can. God bless........
ivy at home
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9:39am Fri 10 Feb 12
ide much needed litter bins,and some floral arrangements for our bare town centre
danclough
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10:16am Fri 10 Feb 12
happycyclist wrote:The cups will be produced in West Yorkshire
I trust the mugs will be made in Britain...?
english rose 1
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2:08pm Fri 10 Feb 12
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He regularly attends parish council meetings (where the parish precept is probably higher than in Darwen). And guess what ? - they voted to pay for commemorative cups !
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Hasslem - start your campaign now to get rid of 'total waste of money' Goldshaw Booth Parish Council.
Incredible Hulk
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5:13pm Fri 10 Feb 12
I want my mug and I want it now.
Or I'll get angry and you wouldn't like me when I'm angry,
White Eagle
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5:41pm Sat 11 Feb 12
tenerc
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4:43pm Wed 15 Feb 12
so you have £13,000 to spend, it is to benefit the whole community, and have NO ongoing costs, so give us your ideas.
Graham Hartley
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9:24pm Wed 15 Feb 12
tenerc wrote:Err... give the children a few pound coins each - don't they (the coins, not the children) have the monarch's head?
i think this is a good idea, people say the money could be spent better, but don`t say where.
so you have £13,000 to spend, it is to benefit the whole community, and have NO ongoing costs, so give us your ideas.
Or shall we have signs at the town boundaries pleading for the monarch's help in the matter of separating Darwen and Blackburn? The signs should be made of plastic rather than metal.
For those who consider that the monarch has reigned long enough, £13000 multiplied by the number of boroughs in the country gives enough for effective anti-monarchist responses of all sorts...
tenerc
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7:29pm Thu 16 Feb 12
so that is £8000 (as 4000 cups are being made) spent on nothing to mark the occasion.
"i`m out" moving on... NEXT!
happycyclist says...
3:11pm Thu 9 Feb 12
Aye, you're right there, Paul. There's £100,000 that could be better spent on other things if we didn't have Darwen Town Council.
Free mugs? We're all mugs in Darwen.
I think it's a nice gesture and well worth the money. It's things like this that make people feel that they belong to the town.