Stepping Back in Time to Assist a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Volunteers from Ellie Mae came out to help spruce up the Deliverance with a new paint job.
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ey also did some other volunteer work in and around St. George including:
Tucker House Gardening
St Peters Silver & Brass cleaning
Somers Garden planting
Environmental protection with Blue Bird Box construction & painting
Fort St Catherine painting canons
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Attached are the Minutes from the 2017 Annual General Meeting which was held on 13 February, 2018
In a few minutes there was, so far as the soldier could see, not a living thing left upon the common, and every bush and tree upon it that was not already a blackened skeleton was burning. The hussars had been on the road beyond the curvature of the ground, and he saw nothing of them.
Later this shield staggered up on tripod legs and became the first of the fighting-machines I had seen. The gun he drove had been unlimbered near Horsell, in order to command the sand pits, and its arrival it was that had precipitated the action. As the limber gunners went to the rear, his horse trod in a rabbit hole and came down, throwing him into a depression of the ground. At the same moment the gun exploded behind him, the ammunition blew up, there was fire all about him, and he found himself lying under a heap of charred dead men and dead horses. (more…)
It took a while for Chris Blandford to understand the significance of Stonehenge.
Granted, he was 8. Scrambling over the stones and going for an ice cream were more his speed.
A lot has changed.
At 70, he is president of World Heritage UK. It is his job to protect Stonehenge from the ravages of more than a million visitors a year.
It means keeping people at a distance from the once clambered-upon stones. His newborn grandson will probably never have the experience at the prehistoric monument that he did.
“That’s a bit regretful, but I’m OK with that if it means preserving the stones,” Mr Blandford said.
“A lot of them are great places for children to run around and learn about the world.”
He’s visiting the island this week as part of a review of Unesco World Heritage Sites. He oversees 30 in Britain and also the Town of St George in Bermuda
“Bermuda is on par with the pyramids of Egypt,” he said. “All World Heritage Sites are equal. All these sites have outstanding universal value.
“The report will probably get circulated to most of the UK agencies who are partly responsible for World Heritage Sites. I will be looking to find examples of good practice. Hopefully, it will influence the UK Government to support World Heritage Sites more.”
He became World Heritage UK’s first president last June, after working with them as a consultant for 30 years.
“I’m not a historian, but a retired landscape architect and master planner,” Mr Blandford said.
“I started out studying geography. I love looking at the cultural significance of a historical spot. Because of my background it’s easy for me to understand the issues and assist on planning. When World Heritage UK asked me to be their president I said yes because I have a great passion for the subject. Now, a lot of my work is advocacy to get the UK government to support the sites more fully.”
He is currently looking at a proposal to put a high-rise building next to the Tower of London.
Some think it might improve the economy of the surrounding area; he worries it would ruin the ambience. “I’ve often been accused of holding up progress,” he admitted.
At community meetings, things can get pretty heated between stakeholders.
“There tends to be very polarising views on development,” Mr Blandford said. “It can be difficult to get the two sides to come together.”
He spends a lot of his free time tramping over World Heritage Sites around the world. Some aren’t always in the best condition.
He hesitates to name a favourite, explaining that they are “all totally different”.
http://www.royalgazette.com/lifestyle/article/20180502/bermuda-on-par-with-pyramids-in-egypt