Town leather museum site 'to be sold off to college'

CAMPAIGNERS' FURY AT DECISION

- RACHEL ALEXANDER Local Democracy Reporter

WALSALL'S famous leather museum building will disappear - despite pleas from the community to save it.

Walsall Council met last week to approve plans to buy a new town centre building for the museum, and the disposal of the existing museum at Littleton Street West to Walsall College.

Walsall College plans to locate its special educational needs and disability service in the current leather museum, which forms part of the college's Broadway site.

Over a dozen Walsall residents gathered outside the council house to protest the plans.

Andy Boys said: "What the council has achieved tonight is to organise a meeting at the 11th hour without people who have been involved in this.