Berkshire Branch AGM 2017

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Berkshire Branch AGM 2017

Photograph: Richard Eassie (Chairman), Hon Mary Bayliss JP (High Sheriff of Berkshire) and Richard Benyon (MP for Newbury). Photograph by Nigel Keene

The AGM in 2017 will be held centrally in Berkshire - the date to be confirmed around June/July 2017.

Last year's AGM at Englefield House, near Theale, was attended by the CPRE Berkshire Board and 60 members and guests. The keynote speech was given Henry Oliver from the North Wessex Downs AONB .

The CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England ) Berkshire Branch gathered in the Long Gallery at Englefield House, for their Annual General Meeting 2016. They welcomed the Lord Lieutenant of the Royal County of Berkshire, and recorded apologies from Vice Presidents:Sir Philip Wroughton KCVO JP, Dr Christina Hill Williams DL and the Chairman welcomed some 60 members, guests, Parish Councils, and Councillors to the meeting.

A keynote speech was given by Henry Oliver NWD AONB on the 'History of the North Wessex Downs”, which covered wide ranging topics, giving focus to a farming background, and an undisputed passion for the natural environment. He believes that the drive for growth must not destroy our rural countryside areas and we need support for the AONB countryside which has developed over many generations. He responded to many questions.