Walled Towns Heritage Minutes Jan 23rd 2020 in York

Walled Towns Heritage

Patron Peter Osborne MBE

link to Published version Minutes Jan 23rd  2020 in York

"Opening Minds and Overcoming Barriers" Berwick-upon Tweed 16th-17th Oct 2019

The Walled Towns Heritage group - David Bruce (Bristol), Jane Hebblewhite (Chester), Mark Lusby(Derry/Londonderry), Vicky Macdonald (Conwy), Margaret Shaw (Berwick) met up with additional distinguished speakers - Dennis Rodwell, Brian Wilkinson, Stephen Scott and bill Hill, in the fine Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Hall.
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

The children and head teacher Ann Robertson from Tweedmouth West First School

Facebook link for Walled Towns Heritage and Berwick Booklet

Updates on current progress are usually first posted on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/walledtowns/ but this is the text of the participants booklet

 

Opening Minds – Overcoming Barriers

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)

Highly recommended for all walled towns

The Civic Trust and the UK Government Department of Transport have just issued revised guidance for the design of streets where people and traffic mix. It is highly recommended and Street Design for All is available through this link. It is a shame that none of the examples of good practice quoted are from walled towns - Chichester, Chester or York might have been cited but have not sufficiently carried through the 'de-cluttering' of their mixed use streets. 'De-cluttering' means doing without or removing all those signs and anti-pedestrian barriers so loved by 20th Century Highway Engineers.
Examples of bad practice could have been shown from walled towns - this advice can be used to remove them. Good examples can be found across Europe in walled towns. Neither good nor bad will now be named (and shamed or rewarded) in this post but further examples will be found and walled towns are invited to submit thier best practice and acknowledge where they can make improvements.

Update to China links page- a Dissertation on York's City walls

The China links page now includes a link to a Dissertation on York's walls by Nana Zheng. It is big file that takes some time to load.
I quote below an article "THE CITY BEYOND WALLS - interview with Mr David Bruce" which shows how the EWT is perceived by an interviewer from another quarter of the world, Nana Zheng, who has had it published in ARCHNEWS 2012:10 pp 114-8.in Chinese and English.

Derry man tours English Walled Towns

Mark Lusby from Derry last week toured England, visiting a number of walled towns in preparation for designing a great EWT Symposium in Derry in October 2013. See more on green ways to visit walled towns page

York Walls East-West Event

A link from the Friends of York Walls

"East met West at concert, 14th JanWhat a fantastic night! - East met West at a very enjoyable concert on 14th January 2013. St Helens Church full to brimming. The singers, dancers and all performers were fantastic. Many thanks to Nana Zheng for organising the event. ADMIN, JANUARY 16, 2013"

Twitter for walled towns

York Walls Charitable Trust has sent me the following note:

"I am wanting to link up with all other walled cities in the UK and Europe.I use twitter to contact various organisations and I find it very useful.Could you let me know who within your organisations uses twitter ...please?

Kind Regards

Keith

Follow us on twitter @yorkwalls

-- 
Keith R Myers,
Chairman,York Walls Charitable Trust."

The Chinese Links page updated

This post reports that the Chinese links page has been updated with an edited translation of Nan Zheng's interview with David Bruce and now together with the more controversial conclusion of the Chinese version.

New EWT Newsletter

June2012 EWT Newsletter is now published on the EWT website.

Contents includes 

• ·       a message from Peter van Roosmalen, President,(2)
  · An article introducing the Friends of York's Walls (3)
  · A note about the recently launched ENCLOSE European project (7)
  · An article on Woudrichen by Dr Frank Petter (8)
  · The full programme for the Annual Symposium in Gmuend in Kaernten, Austria September 2012 (10)
  · Future events include an Executive meeting in Cap de Pera Mallorca in spring 2013 and the 2013 Symposium and AGM in Derry/Londonderry later in the year.

The important news, announced in his Message, is that Peter van Roosmalen is resigning as President after the next AGM (in September at Gmuend). Nominations are to be submitted by the end of June. It is thought that two or three candidates will emerge. Voting by Member Towns will only be in person by a representative actually present at the AGM.