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believed that if there was a vote taken as to whether they should 
keep Towneley, there would be a large majority in favour of 
retaining it. (Hear, hear.) 
Mr. J. S. Collinge, J.P., seconded, and said the Mayor took 
an active and intelligent interest in the furtherance of the points 
mentioned by the lecturer. In the preliminary steps, Burnley 
were trying to proceed on the lines Mr. Phythian had mentioned. 
It was very easy to have articles of Art and vertu offered and to 
accept them, but the Committee would in doing so be not only 
committing themselves, but those after them, so that they must 
give heed to the point mentioned. 
Mr. J. T. Lupton supported. 
In reply, Mr. Phythian said that his idea was to warn givers 
that their gifts would be judged. As to the nearness of the 
gallery to the town, he thought that the surroundings of Towneley, 
with its ready access, made it eminently suitable. 
