Casting a bell, John Taylor's & Co. Loughborough, February 2023.

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Mind you, responses like this one largely come from people who have otherwise no professional connection with #HeritageOrgnaisations, #HeritageSites or the #HeritageIndustry. Because if they did, they'd know it's easier to squeeze water from a stone than a penny out of funding to pay for staff AND upkeep. If you want more staff, prices have to go up. But then people won't visit b/c now tickets costs even more than the previous 8 quid. So families look at an average spend of 25 per location