Historic Buildings Section
Annual General Meeting 2008
The AGM of the Historic Buildings Section was held on 19 March. This
was a time of celebrations. The Section has now been in operation for a
quarter of a century and one of the founding members, John Crook, gave
the evening lecture, while our current chairman, Bill Fergie has now
completed ten years in the post. Another of our founding members, Edward
Roberts will be giving the OGS Crawford Lecture at the main AGM on the
vital role of dendrochronology in helping us understand our past: the
Section can offer both continuity and continuing intellectual
development.
The AGM showed the Section in continued good health, with an
interesting, and often over-subscribed set of visits and talks, and
sound finances. An indication of the range of visits during its existence
is given in the latest Newsletter.
The committee was re-elected en bloc but we are always
looking for new members to contribute to our work. Please see
or contact members of the committee or talk about it on one of
the visits and find out what is involved. Edward Roberts, the
editor of the Section Newsletter also appealed for more copy for
the Newsletter; he would welcome contributions via email.
John Crook gave us an interesting talk about the problems and issues in
revising Pevsner's Buildings of North Hampshire; keeping up with new
buildings, our changing understanding of existing buildings and our
changing perceptions of what a 'Pevsner' should do. We all look forward
to its appearance; one of three volumes to replace the existing single volume
(Isle of Wight has already been published).
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