Secretary of State, Wigan MP Lisa Nandy has visited Museum of Wigan Life.
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00:00I've got to hold it.
00:02There you go.
00:04Well done.
00:06Cancel the video, he's going to be joining us in about 15 minutes.
00:08I thought Greg Gates would be late, didn't he?
00:10Yes, we won't be long.
00:12Maybe it's something I need to ask Chris,
00:14is how did we end up
00:16going against the tide
00:18and investing at a time when everyone else was cutting?
00:20We've always been really good, I think.
00:22We've been really supportive
00:24and really see the value.
00:26The oldest object is that little black basalt pot there.
00:28That's 5,000 years old.
00:30This little pot and that little herring.
00:32There we go.
00:34Right, hang on.
00:36Chris, come and give me a hand.
00:38No good at jigsaws.
00:40You want to show me?
00:44No, that would be at the bottom.
00:46Come on.
00:48Wonderful.
00:50I've sort of made a pot.
00:52I feel like you need to pose with your creation.
00:54See, he does such a good job.
00:58Half exhibition,
01:00half museum, stores, look.
01:02That's why we've got these storage bits here
01:04and the mesh on the walls
01:06and the pallets.
01:08We've organised it by...
01:10Yes, so in our collection
01:12we've got about 35,000 objects
01:14and I would say
01:16at least
01:18500, 600 pieces of artwork.
01:20Whether that's local artists
01:22or from local scenes.
01:24Everyone is here.
01:26Yeah, wonderful.
01:28I love that.
01:30It's the sort of thing you never get.
01:32It's amazing.
01:34Yeah.