The Civic Society recently applied for and was successful in obtaining a Small Fund Grant from the Northeast Civic Trust. The money will be used to create a new display for the Main Guard by purchasing copies of a rare Elizabethan map from the British Library, which shows the town as a bird’s eye view […]
Neighbourhood Planning
Civic Society members are playing an active role within The Built Environment working group of the Neighbourhood Planning group under the knowledgeable guidance of Elaine Paterson. This group has gathered relevant data on existing heritage assets, potential for new local listings and is currently trying to determine the extent to which the Plan can make […]
JAMES MICHAEL ROWLEY
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
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, […]