Litter Bins restored
19 January 2012 15:42
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, 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. The work has been completed and Ledbury can be proud that litter has smart receptacles waiting to be of service. The photograph shows Martin putting the finishing touch to the litter bin at the entrance to Bye Street car park.
Heritage Trail Map
13 January 2012 09:28
We are delighted to announce that more than 2100 Heritage Trail Maps have been sold.
Heritage Database
01 June 2011 09:25
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.
http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/
A search of Ledbury (using advanced search County of Herefordshire, Ledbury (Unitary Authority=County of Herefordshire) produces 247 results!
http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/
A search of Ledbury (using advanced search County of Herefordshire, Ledbury (Unitary Authority=County of Herefordshire) produces 247 results!
Cookies
28 May 2011 13:35
Commencing 26 May 2011, all UK businesses and organisations running websites in the UK are required by law to obtain people’s consent before they install cookies on their machines. (A cookie is a line of code that enables websites to monitor visitor usage, etc: it does not identify the actual user.)
None of the websites that I run and maintain install cookies, but the company whose services I use to monitor usage does install cookies. I am checking the legality of that as far my responsibility is concerned. 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.
Michael Lever
pp Ledbury and District Society Trust Ltd
None of the websites that I run and maintain install cookies, but the company whose services I use to monitor usage does install cookies. I am checking the legality of that as far my responsibility is concerned. 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.
Michael Lever
pp Ledbury and District Society Trust Ltd
BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester
29 March 2011 17:24
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. The producer has gathered a group of people from different organisations in Herefordshire and Worcestershire and the idea is to call upon the individual every 6-8 weeks or so. No payment is offered, but there is the opportunity for free publicity.
The committee decided the person to represent the Ledbury and District Society Trust would be Dr Sylvia Pinches.
Dr Pinches will be on the breakfast show on Saturday 9 April.
BBC Hereford and Worcester is on 104FM and 94.7FM
Social history through art and painting
11 October 2010 13:54
Those of you interested in art and painting, as well as social history, may like to know about The Public Catalogue Foundation (“PCF”), a registered charity based in London.
The PCF was set up to photograph and record all oil, acrylic and tempera paintings in publicly owned collections in the UK. That includes works in museums (both on display and in store) as well as paintings in council buildings, universities, hospitals, police stations and fire stations. It is estimated there are some 200,000 such paintings in the UK. However, at any one time some 80% of these are hidden from public view, being either in storerooms or public buildings in official use.
The aim of PCF is to improve public access to these paintings by producing a series of affordable colour catalogues on a county-by-county basis. These will later go online allowing the public free access to the works they own. The benefits to the collections are considerable and include free digital images, improved records, an income stream for painting conservation and education, and improved publicity. These benefits come at no cost to the collections, many of which face severe financial constraints.
Each catalogue, which is approximately A4-size hardback, and priced at £35 or thereabouts, contains full colour images of each painting, and, where known, the artist’s name, the title of the painting, the medium and execution date. Also, information about the organisation where the paintings are displayed or stored. The PCF is working its way round the country and 26 catalogues have been published so far.
The catalogue for Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire was published in 2009 and the volume presents 1800 paintings from 77 collections. Paintings in Herefordshire are in Bromyard, Hereford, Kington, Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, and Hereford’s collection includes a large number of works by Brian Hatton.
Please visit PCF’s website - http://www.thepcf.org.uk - where you can find more information and shop for catalogues, also Christmas cards, greeting cards and postcards. You can join as a Friend which offers a newsletter, and discounts on catalogue prices and free postage. You could also become a Patron. Also, if you are searching for paintings by a particular artist, there is a free index of articles for the catalogues Volumes I-XX. All in all, the PCF is a fabulous project to support.
Michael Lever.
The PCF was set up to photograph and record all oil, acrylic and tempera paintings in publicly owned collections in the UK. That includes works in museums (both on display and in store) as well as paintings in council buildings, universities, hospitals, police stations and fire stations. It is estimated there are some 200,000 such paintings in the UK. However, at any one time some 80% of these are hidden from public view, being either in storerooms or public buildings in official use.
The aim of PCF is to improve public access to these paintings by producing a series of affordable colour catalogues on a county-by-county basis. These will later go online allowing the public free access to the works they own. The benefits to the collections are considerable and include free digital images, improved records, an income stream for painting conservation and education, and improved publicity. These benefits come at no cost to the collections, many of which face severe financial constraints.
Each catalogue, which is approximately A4-size hardback, and priced at £35 or thereabouts, contains full colour images of each painting, and, where known, the artist’s name, the title of the painting, the medium and execution date. Also, information about the organisation where the paintings are displayed or stored. The PCF is working its way round the country and 26 catalogues have been published so far.
The catalogue for Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire was published in 2009 and the volume presents 1800 paintings from 77 collections. Paintings in Herefordshire are in Bromyard, Hereford, Kington, Leominster, Ross-on-Wye, and Hereford’s collection includes a large number of works by Brian Hatton.
Please visit PCF’s website - http://www.thepcf.org.uk - where you can find more information and shop for catalogues, also Christmas cards, greeting cards and postcards. You can join as a Friend which offers a newsletter, and discounts on catalogue prices and free postage. You could also become a Patron. Also, if you are searching for paintings by a particular artist, there is a free index of articles for the catalogues Volumes I-XX. All in all, the PCF is a fabulous project to support.
Michael Lever.