1946, Inaugural meeting of the York Civic Trust is held

has description | a une description: The first meeting of the York Civic Trust was held in in the Mansion House, official residence of the Lord Mayor of York. It was chaired by Archbishop of York, Dr C.F. Garbett, and the historian Prof. G.M. Trevelyan made a speech saying that the association's functions should be not only to preserve the beautiful antiquities of York but to develop a 'positive informed public opinion and cultivated taste.' He acknowledged that tastes changed with time and beautiful buildings would be built in the twentieth and twenty-first century too, but emphasized that the key words should be 'beauty, tradition, dignity and cleanliness.' The Archbishop, in moving for the adoption of the constitution, said that ancient buildings and interesting places had four major enemies: time, malice, commercial greed and ignorance, of which the last was the worst.
has type | est de type: historical
took place on or within | a eu lieu le ou dans l'intervalle de temps: 19 July 1946

is referred to by | est référencé par: 'York Civic Trust Association: Twofold Objective,' Manchester Guardian, 19 July 1946, p. 8

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