Friday, 10 January 2014

HERITAGE NEWS 012

First issued: 8th November 2013

Annual General Meeting

A reminder that the Trust’s Annual General Meeting will be taking place at the Garrison Library on Thursday 14th November at 6pm. Please do take the time to attend as your feedback is important to us. The Minister for Heritage, the Hon. Steven Linares, will be present and will be giving an update on Government Policy and projects with regards to heritage.

Annual Dinner
The Heritage Trust’s annual dinner took place last Thursday 31st October. The dinner was very well supported by the membership who took the opportunity to enjoy a heritage themed evening in the pleasant surroundings of the Rock Hotel. The dinner was attended by the Minister for Heritage, the Hon. Steven Linares and also the Trust’s Patron, HE Sir Adrian Johns. The event was the last Trust event for Sir Adrian and the opportunity was taken to thank him for his support over the years. The evening was rounded off with a talk by guest speaker Thomas Knowles, Deputy Head of Investment at Historic Scotland who spoke on heritage and small nations and the latest technological techniques that Historic Scotland is using to document, record and manage their historic monuments. Many have already shown interest in attending nest years dinner, making sure that this event goes from strength to strength as a way of celebrating Gibraltar’s Heritage and also creating debate on the latest heritage issues where we see that many of the issues faced in heritage conservation are not just unique to Gibraltar.

This year’s Heritage Awards were also presented at the dinner. This year’s awards are a mix of building refurbishments and three properties, a large scale restoration of Harding’s Battery and for a website promoting stories from Gibraltar’s history.

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