Thornaby Town Hall

A few years ago Stockton Borough Council (SBC) sold the Town Hall back to the People of Thornaby for £101,000 and its with great delight to read that the Town Hall Project Group have been successful in passing stage 2 of the Heritage Lottery Fund. Fantastic News.

The Thornaby Independent Association fought for many years to bring the Town Hall back into the rightful hands of the Thornaby People and to safeguard it from further neglect at the hands of SBC and the elements. I can't thank them enough for giving their time and effort to the cause.

But what does angers me, is that the Labour party that sold it back to the people of Thornaby stand outside for photographs to put on their leaflets and Social Media pages. It absolutely stinks!

These very same people who in council meetings of the Town Council show their true colours by going against any plan for the Town Hall. Yet even the Councillor who is on record saying its a waste of public money is seen in images and on leaflets outside of the Building smiling for the camera.

So lets be clear, Thornaby and Stockton Labour Party hate the fact that the Town Hall is the hands of the People of Thornaby and have done to this very day.

Lets all be grateful that we have true passionate people in the TIA who want to see the very best for the town and want to protect our heritage, that has been destroyed at the hands of SBC.

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