Blue Plaque panel will decide who joins Ebenezer’s creator
Tuesday 15th September 2009, 2:29PM BST.
he Blue Plaque panel, left to right: Deputy Gloria Dudley-Owen, Edith Le Patourel, Bailiff Sir Geoffrey Rowland, Dr Jason Monaghan and Helen Glencross. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0841804)
The Blue Plaque panel, left to right: Deputy Gloria Dudley-Owen, Edith Le Patourel, Bailiff Sir Geoffrey Rowland, Dr Jason Monaghan and Helen Glencross. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0841804)
A PANEL has been created to consider nominees for Guernsey’s Blue Plaque Scheme.
The plaques recognise islanders who have made important contributions to the Bailiwick or the wider world.
Bailiff Sir Geoffrey Rowland, who will chair the panel, said: ‘When the Blue Plaque Scheme was launched in England 140 years ago, it had an immediate impact.
‘It is one of the oldest in the world.
‘Nowadays it is administered by English Heritage. We have been able to borrow from the experience found in England and adapted it to meet our local need.’
He thought the introduction of a Blue Plaque Scheme was long overdue.
‘I am confident that it will capture the public imagination. But we are going to be very selective, just as the English Heritage is.’
Organisations and individuals can make nominations.
The Museums Service will administer the scheme. Director of museums Dr Jason Monaghan was confident enough islanders would put forward ideas.
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