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WEM CIVIC SOCIETY
Aims of WEM CIVIC SOCIETY
  • To stimulate public interest in the area.
  • To promote high standards of planning.
  • To secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic or public interest in the area.
Membership is open to all those who have an interest in the preservation of the best of Wem & Wem District along with development that is sustainable and appropriate to the area.
Wem High Street,
as seen from the Church Green, February 2010

Activities of Wem Civic Society
The society offers a programme of meetings and the chance to be come more actively involved in projects relating to the aims of the society. The talks usually centre on subjects relating to Wem or with a Shropshire aspect. There is an annual trip. Members can also become involved in a number of projects relating to the broad aims of the society.

Projects of Wem Civic Society

Installation of the handrail.
 WEM WAR MEMORIAL:

This major project involves the improvement of the area around the memorial and the repair of the War Memorial.
Phase I of the project, the handrail installation, has been completed. The image to the left shows the rail being installed, the one below, the completed installation. The handrail was designed to complement the lamps sited at the top of the processional steps.
Phase II will involve (a) assessing and repairing the effects of erosion on the monument and (b) replacing the deteriorating reconstituted paving around the monument with stone slabs.

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The Swords & Ploughshares Project started at the end of 2011. It consists of a number of smaller projects that will eventually merge into the main work. In outline, it will cover Food, Farming and War in Wem and the Surrounding Villages. Data being collected about the High Street in the 1950s is intended to be available for the 2012 Jubilee celebrations and that on WWI for the centenary of the outbreak of the war in 2014.
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Wem Harvest Market, 2nd October 2010.
    MARKETS
    WCS members, as part of the Wem Combine Harvesters, have played a key part in the development and organisation of two Quarter Markets in Wem, the Spring and Harvest Markets. The first Harvest Market was held in Wem Town Hall in 2010. The next Spring Market will be on Saturday March 24th 2012 and the Harvest Market on Saturday 29th September 2012. The society also takes stalls in other markets to raise money for the various projects.

The Society is also involved in the development of a Town Design Statement for Wem.

  • Meetings are normally held on the third Tuesday of each month at the Senior Club in Chapel St., Wem starting at 7.30 pm.
  • Annual Subscription: £9.00
  • Visitors: Meetings are usually open to the public, only a nominal £2.00 being requested, which is deducted from the subscription on becoming a member.
  • Information about meetings can be found on the notice board at the junction of Leek Street and High Street in Wem or this website.
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