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Wellington festival branded "not good enough" by mayor

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Poor marketing and advertising has been blamed, with Wellington mayor Phil Morris-Jones angrily branding it "not good enough" at a town council meeting on Tuesday night.

Wellington Town Council clerk Karen Roper revealed the attendance figures for some of the events so far.

Just eight people attended a talk by local author Paul Costello at Wellington Library on October 5.

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A talk by Patrick Quirk on the origins of Wolverhampton Wanderers drew just 17 at AFC Telford on Monday night.

The festival programme is available here.

An talk by novelist Robert Rankin on Friday has been cancelled due to ill-health.

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