Snub to Arts festival shows lack of insight

I was saddened to read Pendle councillors have not got the insight to encourage our Luther Greenwood Festival – a Colne event for more than 60 years – and would rather let it vanish into obscurity.

By The Newsroom

Published 2nd Dec 2014, 17:35 BST

At the festival awards are given for taking part in music drama and dance to encourage our young people and give them life skills.

I feel this decision fails the young. This festival gives each child a chance to shine in the Arts in an age when we are bombarded by technology.

The refusal of £1,000 (used to hire The Muni from Pendle Leisure Trust) is a tip of the iceberg.

Colne has many famous people to its name: Wallace Hartley, Luther Greenwood and members of the Hartley and Birtwistle families, all accomplished in their field. What does the future hold?

Gillian Herbert