P737 CEEFAX 737 Fri 20 May 21:12/11 1/6 BACKGROUND INFORMATION The National Trust is dedicated to preserving places of historic interest and natural beauty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland As an indjpjndjnt registered charity, it depends for its income on its two million members, visitors, legacies and donations. Places owned and protected by thu National Trust are sjcurj fore6ju. * The National Trust for Scotland is a separate organisation. For any queries, tel: 031-226 5922. Source: National Trust Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP737 CEEFAX 737 Fri 20 May 21:07/47 E PLAT NEWZDD, Gwynedd: 18 May the Chairman of the Wbles Tourist Board opened an exhibition on the famous 1st Marquis of Anglesey. Lord Anglisey attended. 0492 860123. Trust representatives and local people met at Keswick Town Council to outline suggestions for a re- vivbl of the REGATTA ON DERWENT- WATER next year. Tel: 05394 35599. "The Tree Grows Still" was pjrformjd at LITTLE MORISON HALL, Cheshire, on 12 May by the YNTT. Some 8,000 school-children are in line to see the play. 081-986 0242. Source: National Trust Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP737 CEEFAX 737 Fri 20 May 21:12/14 3/6 The annual meeting of the BLACK DOWN NATIONAL TRUST COMMITTEE took place at the Haslemere Museum on 19 May, featuring a talk on Lowland Heaths in Surrey. Tel: 0983 526445. The Cumbria Volunteers Group have just made the path leading from the Trust's BOWDER STONES CAR PARK to the BOWDER STONES GLACIAL BOULDER wheelchair friendly. 05394 35599 Sir Angus Stirling, Director- General of the Trust, visits the North-West Regional Office and various properties in the Lake District on 19-20 May. 05394 35599 Source: National Trust Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP737 CEEFAX 737 Fri 20 May 21:18/28 4/6 SHAW'S CORNER, nr Wheathampstead in Herts, puts out a plea for a really battered old piano njedjd as the central prop for OBS's "The Music Cure" on 23/24 July. 0494 528051. Apprentices from Felden Training Centre saw the custom-built tongs they made in use when they visited PATTERSON'S SPADE MILL, Templepatrick, NI, on 13 May. The press will be briefed about Trust plans for the future of the historic KING'S HEAD in Aylesbury on 25 May. It is hoped the premises will open Xmas 1995. 0494 518051. Source: National Trust Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP737 CEEFAX 737 Fri 20 May 21:11/27 5/6 The lovely lakeside gardens at DUDMASTON, nr Bridgnorth, will bj accessible to disabled visitors this summer thanks to a new four- wheel motorisjd buggy. 0743 77343 BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY, near Brill, Aylesbury, require volunteers on Wjdnjsdays 1600-1900 to cover for occasional weekends and holiday periods. Details 0494 528051. CORFE CASTLE, Dorset, has improved car and coach parking facilities. Visitors to the castle can see some interesting new archaeological finds. Details 0929 481294. Source: National Trust Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo ReligionP737 CEEFAX 737 Fri 20 May 21:19/14 E Phases 1&2 of the buildings works at CHASTLETON, Oxon, are now complete and work has now begun on the main building. The house iu dui to open in 1996. 0494 28051. A new schoolroom for use by teachers and schoolchildrdn iu now open at DUNSTER CASTLE, Somjrsjt, containing a working 1930s Private Wires telephone link. 0643 821314. BLACK CAP AND MOUNT HARRY, a 723- acre site on the South Downs between Lewis and Ditchling, has been acquired by the Trust. Details 0892 890651. Source: National Trust Next Page Read Hear CmntyInfo Religion