Notice Board.................................1
Alnwick and the changes... ......1
Allerburn House..........................2
Dodd's Lane &
Three Tuns Lane......................3
Picture quiz...................................4
Chapel Lane Campaigners......... 4
News in brief................................ 5
Fly-tipping.................................... 6
Land for housing......................... 6
Affordable housing......................6
Planning matters..........................7
Bus subsidies................................ 7
About Alnwick Civic Society..... 8
Who's Who?..................................8
Diary dates....................................8
Quiz answers................................8
A gem worth preserving
it was once described by'the Duchess of Westminster as an absolute gem and one of the reasons why Dodds Lane in Alnwick had thousands of pounds of goverment money‘spent on it to renovate and bring it up the standard it is — today.
It is an old fashioned bow window in the lane which is part of the property used by Radio Rentals who have since left the fF town. “ay «| It is a gem and» e needs to be pro+< ij | tected because it is,, now in the severe. risk category a Recently the local yobs have started to punch holes through- the small glass) panes. They were cut | because blood inside the window tells its, own story. After a local resi-| dent complained. they were repaired but recently another five have” been broken. This is the only window, of its kind, as far as r know in A Inwick. It is well worth preserving. It may be a case for the Civic Society to take on: board. 4
OS Map
Dodds Lane by Barbara Woodhouse
Photo of Dodd's Lane, 1975
In 1995 Alnwick District Council was successful in its bid for a Conservation Partnership with Northumberland County Council and English Heritage. The Civic Society was one of a number of bodies invited to participate in the planning and execution of a range of improvement projects, and as one of its contributions to the work of the Team it has made a study of each of the six surviving lanes with public access that link Green Batt to the centre of the town.
Plans submitted Jan 1986