Peter Osborne MBE 1921-2022 - Life President of Walled Towns Friendship Circle (later European Walled Towns).

A Quaker service of celebration was held in Tenby on 1st August 2022 for Peter who recently died in Tenby aged 100 had had two or more successful careers before I came across his new Walled Towns Friendship Circle by the happy co-incidence that I had a student working in the near-to-Bristol walled town of Chepstow.

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

STOP PRESS - PROGRAMME WITH EXTRA SPEAKER FROM YORK at Ravenna Seminar and AGM

David Warburton of the City of York and Historic Towns Forum  is to give the keynote address on  ‘‘VIEWING YORK’S WALLS IN THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE’’.

All delegates from walled towns are invited to bring short presentations 5-10 mins about their towns download latest programme details - see events page

Public Seminar and AGM

 Ravenna

30^th Sept – 2^nd Oct 2015

Seminar Fee just €100

Please register via EWT form

PROGRAMME 

WEDNESDAY 30th SEPTEMBER 2015 start

Arrival of participants

20.30 Welcome Reception ...(for full programme)

Chichester Symposium - Transport in Walled Towns AND other presentations

On the Thursday morning of the the Chichester Symposium, I gave a presentation on Transport in Walled Towns: Space, making SPACES, for people in walled towns.
Lowry in Berwick-upon-Tweed was my inspiration
For my slides see link and for all the presentations at the Symposium see the Page ""EWT XXIV ... "on this website:
http://www.walledtownsresearch.org/p/ewt.html

February 2013 EWT NEWSLETTER published

The February 2013 EWT NEWSLETTER has now been published on line and been circulated to Members . It has news of the President's plans, a retrospective of the work of the past President, future and past events and articles on student field study trips, the walls of Chichester and Valletta as 2018 European City of Culture.

Contents

Message by President Mr Joe Spiteri 3

Farewell to Peter van Roosmalen 5

EWT Executive Meeting and AGM in Gmund 6

Capdepera 8

Schedule of Events and Activities for Executive Meeting 10

International Conference at Narva 12

Members Update 13

Walled Towns as ideal destinationsfor student field study trips 14

Report on Chichester’s City Walls Project 15

EWT Conference/AGM: Derry-Londonderry 15

Valletta named European Capital of Culture for 2018 16

Article in EWT newsletter Feb 2013

Walled Towns as ideal destinations for student field study trips.

Student field study trips can be of great value to any walled town that can attract them. An undergraduate field study trip abroad may take up to 50 students and three members of staff for a week – almost always out of season.

Walled Towns Symposia 1991-2012; 2013,2014

(as amended after corrections from Huib)
1. 1991 - Cardiff (Wales)
2. 1992 - Cittadella, (I) 
3. 1993 - Loches (FR)
4. 1994 - Derry/Londonderry (N-Ireland)
5. 1995 - Mdina (M)
6. 1996 - Drosendorf an der Thaya (AU)
7. 1997 - Chester (England)
8. 1998 - Piran (SL)
9. 1999 – Zadar (CR)
10. 2000 - Tenby (Wales)
11. 2001 – Elvas (P)
12. 2002 – Soave (I)
13. 2003 – Waterford (IR)
14. 2004 – Chichester (England)
15. 2005 - ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL)
16. 2006 – Verona (I)
17. 2007 – Plasencia (E)
18. 2008 - Canterbury (England)
19. 2009 - Osmangazi – Bursa (TR)
20. 2010 – Fredericia (DK)
21. 2011 – Lucca (I)
22. 2012 – Gmünd in Carinthia (AU)
Planned
Derry/Londonderry 2013 N.Ireland
Chichester 2014 England