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Derry: John sees missed opportunity |
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 |
John Thompson, who has managed the Amelia Earhart Museum for the past twenty years, feels the City Council has missed a great opportunity to increase tourism in the region through their decision to close the museum due to lack of funding. The council has asked that it be opened once a week with the help of volunteers, but John believes that the museum could attract increasing numbers of visitors due to the release of the movie “Amelia”, starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor. At the end of her transatlantic flight Amelia Earhart landed in Gallagher's field in Ballyarnett.
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