History lesson to be learned on good causes

From: James Anthony Bulmer, Peel Street, Horbury, Wakefield.

ONE begins to get the impression that city councils in Yorkshire think more about building venues for tourism, entertainment, art and sport, and yet, appear to neglect young people who are desperately looking for a future.

Over the last few years money generated from the lottery has been used to help build museums, arts centres, entertainment and leisure venues and hospitals, plus £2.3bn on the Olympics.

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Now we read that £3.6m from the lottery could go to the building of historical archives in Wakefield to house documents recorded from the year 1704 onwards.

Is our history more important than the future, especially for the hundreds of young people who have been prompted into education that, for some, could put them into debt for a long time? As the lottery generates £30m each week to give away to good causes, surely the future of young people is cause enough for our concern?

Let the lottery invest in something productive for the young as history has a habit of repeating itself.

The various councils’ seemingly insatiable hunger for tourism, leisure and history and future glory should heed the adage “pride cometh before a fall”.

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