Wednesday 28 October 2009

Joint meeting with Chester Archaeological Society

THE ROMAN COLONY OF SENA GALLICA: RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS

Today’s SENIGALLIA – Chester’s twin town – had its origins in the 3rd century B.C.  Archaeologists Marcello Montanari and Roberta Leone will report how excavation and preservation have been linked with effective display in a modern building.  There may be lessons for our troubled amphitheatre site.

Wednesday 18 November 2009

CHESTER – A HISTORY AND SOME REFLECTIONS

Simon Ward, senior archaeologist with Cheshire West and Chester Council’s Historic Environment Team, will talk about his recently published “Chester: a history”, which gives new insight into the activities of the people who contributed to the City’s development.

JUBILEE YEAR

 Wednesday 20 January 2010

FIFTY NOT OUT!

Our Jubilee Lecture Series (which runs until the end of 2010) begins this evening with a resume of the Trust’s activities since 1960.  This ‘interactive presentation’ will be led by Vice President, Stephen Langtree, with help from others with an even longer memory!

Wednesday 17 February 2010

LIVING BUILDINGS – ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVATION: PHILOSOPHY, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

Donald Insall’s outstanding “Living Buildings” was recently published to celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Donald Insall Associates.  It was the 1968 Insall Report which proved a pioneering study for Chester’s conservation: Donald Insall CBE, recipient of the 2000 Europa Nostra Medal of Honour, will reflect on this and other work of national significance in his lecture.

Wednesday 17 March 2010

A NEW PEVSNER FOR CHESHIRE

It was October 1971 when Sir Nikolaus Pevsner and Edward Hubbard spoke to the Civic Trust about their just published “Cheshire” volume in the groundbreaking ‘Buildings of England’.  In recent years the series has been both expanded and revised, bringing Macclesfield-based architectural historian Matthew Hyde, working on a new “Cheshire” with Clare Hartwell, to look again at Chester.  He will consider changes in judgments as well as in the townscape over the 40 years.

Wednesday 21 April 2010

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER 2005: 5 YEARS OR 171 YEARS OLD?

The University of Chester has been making history since 1839 when it was founded by such pioneers as the great 19^th century prime ministers, William Gladstone and the Earl of Derby and a former Archbishop of Canterbury.  Graeme White, Dean of Academic Quality and Standards at the University, will trace the long debate about higher education in Chester.