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<title>Ledbury and District Civic Society ... &#x22;Looking after Ledbury&#x22;</title><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/index.html</link><description>Ledbury and District Civic Society News</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><dc:rights>2008 Ledbury and District Society Trust Ltd</dc:rights><dc:date>2012-01-19T15:42:38+00:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:52:47 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Litter Bins restored</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>News</category><dc:date>2012-01-19T15:42:38+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/ceb8ba960f09bb5bc3ff21a2b81a12ef-37.html#unique-entry-id-37</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/ceb8ba960f09bb5bc3ff21a2b81a12ef-37.html#unique-entry-id-37</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Over the years the condition of the bins deteriorated so since neither Ledbury Town Council or Herefordshire Council budgets allowed for repairing such street furniture,&nbsp;the Society decided to initiate and pay for remedial action and commissioned Martin Jeynes, a well-known Ledbury builder and lifelong resident, to repair and redecorate all the bins. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Master&#x27;s House</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>Buildings</category><category>History</category><dc:date>2009-01-01T16:53:09+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/fe4bc6035b3d9cb9fd7eb970d550acb5-36.html#unique-entry-id-36</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/fe4bc6035b3d9cb9fd7eb970d550acb5-36.html#unique-entry-id-36</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[One of the oldest buildings in Ledbury, The Master&rsquo;s House was the home of the Master of St Katherine&rsquo;s Almshouses, which, with St Katherine&rsquo;s Hall and Chapel and a 17th century timber-framed barn, form part of the St Katherine&rsquo;s Hospital site, which occupies about 2 acres on the west side of High Street. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>John Masefield</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>People</category><dc:date>1967-05-12T16:36:40+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/4df777d2bef16f4f3e5bb65fc3a719a6-33.html#unique-entry-id-33</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/4df777d2bef16f4f3e5bb65fc3a719a6-33.html#unique-entry-id-33</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The men made a practice of walking beside their teams as they entered the market place, and as warnings to those in the main street they cracked their whips with a skill and noise that encouraged their teams... and the horses responding to the cheer, with their great souls greatly exhorted and the great trees brought round the bend.&rsquo;
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Peter Harling</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>People</category><dc:date>2010-12-01T16:35:52+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/e46f8432691cc22a1e972eb9e88b1aa9-32.html#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/e46f8432691cc22a1e972eb9e88b1aa9-32.html#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A stalwart of local government, having served on all the councils that covered Ledbury in recent decades, Peter Harling served on Hereford and Worcester County Council and the old Malvern Hills District Council, of which he was chairman, in the days before local government reorganisation.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sue Harling</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>People</category><dc:date>2011-01-15T16:30:04+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/2144b5a27584fc093130229747a243b4-31.html#unique-entry-id-31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/2144b5a27584fc093130229747a243b4-31.html#unique-entry-id-31</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The most vivid memory I have of this time was having my left hand tied behind my back with string to make sure I wrote with the right hand, in fact I did everything left handed so I went home and complained to my parents and all they said &ldquo;and quite right too, we don't want anyone left handed in this family&rdquo;. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Pip Powell</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>People</category><dc:date>2010-02-23T16:28:33+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/f37bf06d6ca226a7f8caa35ffd22143e-30.html#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/f37bf06d6ca226a7f8caa35ffd22143e-30.html#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[With kind permission of Ledbury Portal, here is a link to an article Pip wrote about Ledbury shopping in the 1930s. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Peter Garnett</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>People</category><dc:date>2006-11-09T16:26:54+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/38bcf7f2133e707125cd0b12275892db-29.html#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/38bcf7f2133e707125cd0b12275892db-29.html#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I first met Lorna and Peter in 1964, when we all arrived to play tennis one evening at Ledbury County Secondary School, where Peter had arrived to take up his appointment as Deputy Head and teacher of history. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Heritage Database</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>News</category><dc:date>2011-06-01T09:25:21+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/81a3a03d4adba25e09d884c829e658b0-28.html#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/81a3a03d4adba25e09d884c829e658b0-28.html#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Compiled by English Heritage, the National Heritage List for England is a searchable database of all nationally designated heritage assets including Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments, Registered Parks and Gardens, Registered Battlefields and Protected Wreck Sites. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Cookies</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>News</category><dc:date>2011-05-28T13:35:04+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/2f0de7ef574877995a6e4b738cb44a08-27.html#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/2f0de7ef574877995a6e4b738cb44a08-27.html#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Frankly I think cookies are an invasion of privacy although I accept they are necessary in some matters so if it transpires that I need to obtain your consent then I shall end the arrangement with the monitoring company. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>BBC Radio Hereford &#x26; Worcester</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>News</category><category>BBC Radio</category><dc:date>2011-03-29T17:24:19+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/9068802842db647dab72ef8b4d299b78-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/9068802842db647dab72ef8b4d299b78-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A while back, the Society was contacted by the weekend producer on BBC Hereford and Worcester radio about a regular feature on Saturday breakfast programme when, just after 08:00, someone with a knowledge of local history would to come into the studio and chat to the presenter in a live broadcast. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Social history through art and painting </title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>News</category><category>Art</category><dc:date>2010-10-11T13:54:26+01:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/2f3632c725acfd21d1e4d86042cadafb-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/2f3632c725acfd21d1e4d86042cadafb-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Each catalogue, which is approximately A4-size hardback, and priced at &pound;35 or thereabouts, contains full colour images of each painting, and, where known, the artist&rsquo;s name, the title of the painting, the medium and execution date. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Heritage Trail Map</title><dc:creator>Michael Lever, pp Ledbury and District Civic Society </dc:creator><category>News</category><category>History</category><dc:date>2012-01-13T09:28:16+00:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/3f6149ce4a06e50f110e59154ddb8b66-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ledburycivicsociety.org/lookingafterledbury/news_files/3f6149ce4a06e50f110e59154ddb8b66-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We are delighted to announce that more than 2100 Heritage Trail Maps have been sold. 
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