JAMES MICHAEL ROWLEY

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Chairman of the Civic Society 1997–1999 We were very sorry to learn of Jim’s death on December 30 after a long illness, very bravely borne. Jim was brought up in the family home at St Helen’s Terrace, Spittal, and he attended local schools. After spells working in the railway office and a firm of solicitors, […]

CAMPAIGN FOR REAL PUBS

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Society members will remember last year’s meeting with a CAMRA representative who explained that while pubs were very important examples of vernacular architecture, they were often not valued and certainly not protected within the planning system. One answer was to seek listed status for pubs of architectural merit and recently CAMRA had passed a milestone, […]