Civic Society's Leading Role in City's Heritage ; Viewpoint

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Dear Editor, Blue plaques are nothing new to Birmingham and indeed it is The Birmingham Civic Society - and not English Heritage - that has been responsible for their growth in Birmingham (Birmingham Post, Property News, December 3). Interestingly, all of those mentioned in your article were erected by the Society.

Indeed, the Society has been erecting plaques since 1953 prior to which time they were erected by the Corporation of Birmingham - until responsibility was passed to the Civic Society. Today there are some 80 or so plaques throughout the city commemorating such varied luminaries as Sir Roland Hill, Tony Hancock, Washington Irving and Oscar Deutsch. And the process never stops.

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Civic Society's Leading Role in City's Heritage ; Viewpoint

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