SIR – After being bought a cup of tea for £1.80 in the otherwise deserted National Media Museum cafe, I joined the seven other participants and experienced an exhilarating involvement in the world of motor racing through the 2.45pm showing of Rush at the Pictureville Cinema this week.
It was a superb film, which I enjoyed tremendously, but it was only by chance that I learned about it, and it was apparent that not many others were aware of what they were missing.
It may be that this day was an exception, and hopefully it was, but we really do need to have a progress report on what the spending of £120k has done to the viability of the cafe and what increase there has been in audience figures since the new management took over.
The Council subsidises the National Media Museum through a peppercorn rent for the building, and therefore Bradfordians have a right to know what progress has been made towards financial viability and the continuing involvement with our city’s cultural scene.
Let’s hope that it is genuine good news and that the 45,000 whom the T&A reported had petitioned for the retention of the complex have confirmed their signatures through active patronage.
John Pashley, Westcliffe Avenue, Baildon