Meeting to launch Friend's of Lord Hill’s Column
A meeting is being at Shirehall in Shrewsbury at 6pm this evening to launch a Friends of Lord Hill’s Column group.
The group will help to promote and look after The Column, and help raise funds to replace Lord Hill’s statue.
Open to all, the meeting will discuss and agree the objectives and activities of the Group and appoint a Chairman and other committee members. It will also consider ways to make more of The Column as a tourist attraction.
There will also be an update about the planned replacement of the statue, which won public support at a meeting on 9 September.
Shropshire Council, Shrewsbury Town Council, Shropshire Tourism and the Waterloo Association are all set to be represented at the meeting, and it is hoped that the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings will be on hand to pass on their experiences of setting up and running a successful Friends group.
Keith Barrow, Leader of Shropshire Council, said:
“At the public meeting in early September there was unanimous support for replacing Lord Hill’s statue with a replica, and a lot of support for setting and a Friends of Lord Hill’s Column group to help look after the Column, and to help with fund raising. This meeting will launch the Friends group and anyone who would like to join is welcome to join us.”
For more information about Lord Hill’s Column, visit the Lord Hill’s Column Facebook page, or email any questions to lord.hill@shropshire.gov.uk.
