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NEW BOSS AT GUILDHALL
MAJOR HISTORIC RESTORATION Experienced heritage building conservation project manager and historian Nic Fulcher has been appointed to run and develop a major tourist destination in Coventry.
Nic has joined No Ordinary Hospitality Management (NOHM) as Heritage and Venue Manager at the historic St Mary’s Guildhall following its £5.6 million restoration. He was the Projects Manager at Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford since 2013, and oversaw the redevelopment of New Place, the site of Shakespeare’s former family home, as a sculpture garden.
He said: “I am delighted to be on this incredibly exciting project. One of the most interesting features of St Mary’s Guildhall is its longevity and colourful history. From its establishment to the War of the Roses when Coventry was declared the Capital of England, through to becoming a Victorian soup kitchen and its remarkable survival of the Second World War bombings. The building is
something of a hidden gem.” Nic is pictured outside the Grade I listed building with Ron Terry (right), Operations Director of NOHM.
BOOST TO WILDLIFE NEW NATIVE HEDGEROW IN BARFORD 110
The Bar Zero Environmental Group in Barford has planted a native hedgerow providing both a visual barrier and shelter for wildlife and capturing some of the CO2 from emissions.
The area is on a narrow strip of land at Oldham’s Bank between the A429 and the river Avon where there is a community orchard frequented by dog walkers and families.
The group applied to Warwickshire County Council’s Green Shoots Fund for a grant towards the cost of planting. J and A Growers at Wasperton, supplied the hedging ‘whips’ (young plants) free of charge. Liz Harrison-Hall, who is part of the group, said “We hope the hedge will improve biodiversity and wildlife habitat, lead to an increase in pollinators and support a variety of insects, birds and small mammals. It will also protect dog walkers, picnickers and young families from noise and fumes, and improve the air quality for residents.”
PRIZED MEDAL RETURNS RIBBON WEAVING ACCOLADE
A unique part of Coventry’s past has been purchased by the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum and will go on display in its History Gallery.
The Herbert has bought the ‘Great Exhibition Prize Medal’ which was awarded to the Coventry Ribbon Committee for the Coventry Town Ribbon in the 1800s.
Queen Victoria was so impressed with the ribbon that she ordered a large quantity of it and the Herbert now holds several lengths of it. Herbert curator Ali Wells said: “The Coventry Town Ribbon was woven specially for the 1851 Great Exhibition and its story is perhaps the pinnacle of Coventry's ribbon weaving history.”
In 1849, Prince Albert visited Coventry inviting the town to prove that it was the leading centre for ribbon manufacture. The project was driven forward by ribbon manufacturer Charles Bray, a close friend of author George Eliot.
A committee was formed and the brief to design a ribbon for the Great Exhibition was given to the Coventry School of Design. The ribbon was designed by 20-year-old Thomas Clack and woven by Thomas Robinson on a Jacquard mechanism mounted on a single hand loom.
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