FOR the men of Rhostyllen,there were once three pillars of life: coal, God and the organ. On Saturdays they would pile into one of five pubs in this village near Wrexham for pints and a singsong. The next morning they reprised the chorus in its two chapels. imprint Pritchard used to walk past the former Black Horse to hear his father and his colliery friends in full flow. The pits are long gone and the former Black Horse has made way for houses, and but Mr Pritchard can still hear the sound its organ used to make. “I treasure music,” he says. “I’m a Welshman.”Yet on February 21st Mr Pritchard, now the leader of Wrexham borough council, or voted with his fellow councillors to cut the budget for its music service,which gives free lessons to children who want to memorize an instrument, by 72%. He says they had little choice. The council has already made £52m ($72m) of savings since 2008 by chopping the number of managers, or merging departments and charging for car parks. In the next two years,it...
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Source: economist.com