Cirencester
Civic Society
Cirencester Civic Society
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Society
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Cirencester
Civic
Society
Registered
Charity No. 251381
Photographs © Michael Clarke 1999
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Cirencester
Civic Society exists to preserve the character of this historic
and friendly market town, and to make people aware of the need to
look after it. The streets and parklands are rich in architectural
treasures not only of Roman times but of the mediaeval, Georgian
and Victorian eras: the result is a town of pleasant and diverse
visual quality, which has been protected by attentive guardians
of previous generations. Today that task falls to voluntary bodies
such as the Civic Society: in this time of economic, technological
and social evolution, we seek to conserve those buildings, streets
and prospects which give the town its distinctive character.
But Cirencester
is not a museum, stuck in the past - it is a busy market town. People
visit it or decide to live in it because it is a modern community,
working and trading in a pleasing setting. The problem today is
to maintain that attractive quality and yet accommodate recent massive
changes in taste, lifestyle and the economy.
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