Dismore condemns Church Farm Museum theft
Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly member and parliamentary candidate for Hendon has condemned the overnight theft from outside Church Farm Museum. Thieves have dug up and stolen nine or ten of the big ancient York Stone paving flags from the paths around the front and the east end of Church Farm.
Mr Dismore said:
“This is the inevitable consequence of the Conservative Council’s closure of the museum, and after over 3 years, their inability to find someone to take it on. Their so-called negotiations with Middlesex University are going nowhere, as it is clear they are not really interested in taking over this historic listed building because its uses are so limited.
“An empty unused building like this is an open invitation for thieves.
“The Council has been and is spending thousands on security at the former Museum, for little good it does; and Boris Johnson’s cuts in the police service haven’t helped either.
“The Council should be ashamed of themselves. they will have to replace the missing flags at no doubt considerable expense to the council taxpayers of Barnet, but it is difficult to see how new stones will be able to replicate the appearance of the stolen old ones.
“Conservative Barnet could not care less about our Borough’s history and historic buildings”.
