A year earlier (1989) the Circle had emerged from Peter's fertile imagination and with his enthusiasm tempered by his friends John Beynon, John Tipton and Bob Storey it gained support from the Wales Tourist Board and the European Commission as part of the European Year of Tourism’. This Appreciation is also available as a .pdf
Walled Towns Research
from David M Bruce, Convener and Secretary Walled Towns Heritage; Former Academic Adviser, WTFC and EWT- European Walled Towns for friendship and professional co-operation, former Principal Lecturer . UWE,Bristol
Wednesday 28 September 2022
Peter Osborne MBE 1921-2022 - Life President of Walled Towns Friendship Circle (later European Walled Towns).
Thursday 7 July 2022
Saturday 27 November 2021
Peter Osborne 100 today - Congratulations from all walled towns!
Walled Towns Heritage
Peter Osborne
Grants for Young People and Education in Walled Towns.
Peter Osborne, MBE founded the Walled Towns Friendship Circle in 1989 in Tenby and was its President until the year 2000 and continues as Honorary President for Life of European Walled Towns. In 2016, he provided a fund to create Grants for Young People and Education in Walled Towns. Walled Towns Heritage has been created to administer the grants and with
Peter’s 100th Birthday on 27th November 2021,
we can announce that grants have been made for the education of young people in five walled towns in Great Britain and Ireland: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Caernarfon, Conwy, Chester and the City of Derry/Londonderry. In all, over 80 percent of the funds have been disbursed. The Friends York walls has self-funded a parallel initiative and provided invaluable technical educational support. The North Wales Walled Towns Friendship Link is coordinating the projects in their area, a Bristol old walled city project is in prospect and a Symposium and continuing network to sustain the initiative is planned for 2022.
In Berwick-upon-Tweed, West Street Junior School is being funded to implement an historical diary project (adapted from one designed for York schools) for level 3 learners centred on the fortress town for the Summer term 2022.
For Bristol Old City, a scheme to explain the significance of 2023 as a 650 year anniversary of the independent County status of the town and city is projected (no grant committed as yet).
In Caernarfon the Humanities department of the Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, will create a full unit of work over the summer term for all year 7 learners. With 90% Welsh speakers the medium will be Welsh and the project will culminate in a visit to the walled town by coach and boat with an excursion to Conwy as well. The School e-magazine will report the events.
In Conwy,a similar project will involve pupils from the Ysgol Aberconwy.
For Chester and potentially other walled towns,
the Chester Museum has commissioned a virtual reality exploration and tour of towers in the city walls for the use of schools with ‘Hi-Impact’.
In City of Derry/Londonderry the Friends of the Derry Walls has initiated the design of a souvenir guide to the full and varied history of the City of Derry and its ‘London’ walls for the use of its local schools. The grant will also act as a catalyst for further fundraising for urban archaeology.
In York, the Friends of the Walls is implementing the diary project designed by former Ofsted Inspector, Bill Hill.
So Happy Birthday and
unbounded thanks, Peter.
With love and best
wishes
Margaret Shaw
Berwick-upon-Tweed
David Bruce, Bristol
Vicky Macdonald,
Conwy
Jane Hebblewhite,
Chester
Mark Lusby, Derry City
Bill Hill, York
Monday 24 February 2020
Walled Towns Heritage Minutes Jan 23rd 2020 in York
Walled Towns Heritage
link to Published version Minutes Jan 23rd 2020 in York
Tuesday 29 October 2019
"Opening Minds and Overcoming Barriers" Berwick-upon Tweed 16th-17th Oct 2019
They were hosted by Berwick's Conservation Area Action Group (CAAG), with other participants from Berwick and York.
Synopses, Profiles and Presentations are available here
Monday 14 October 2019
Facebook link for Walled Towns Heritage and Berwick Booklet
Opening Minds – Overcoming Barriers
Tuesday 22 January 2019
Walled Towns Heritage update
FOLLOW UP MEETING 22ND JANUARY 2019 IN CHESTER.
We visited him on 21st February:
Keeping Peter Osborne updated and delighted to see Peter going about Tenby on his mobility scooter.
Sunday 6 January 2019
Walled Towns Heritage
Meeting to develop this initiative is to be held on 22nd January 2019. Watch this space!
We were pleased to announce a new initiative launched in Berwick-upon-Tweed 19th October 2017.
Wednesday 11 October 2017
Italian Walled Towns and Walled Towns in Italy
On Tuesday 10th October in Bristol at 7.30pm
I delivered the illustrated presentation (48 slides) which can be found in .pdf form here. A written version is in preparation from a transcript of the talk and Q&A session:
Not only in Italy can 'Italian Walled Towns' or at least Italian styled fortified towns be found. - see the website of the Bristol Anglo-Italian Circle for rest of their programme
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Monday 18 September 2017
"Pedestrian Priority Shopping Streets"
The website is
Friday 15th |