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Maurice Philpot remembered

June 12, 2023

Maurice William Philpot was a good friend of the society, a member of our executive committee from 1982 to 1985, who gave the society a right of estovers on a Norfolk common. His friend of 20 years, Phyllis Mills pays tribute to him. Maurice was born on 28 June 1942 and grew up in a…

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Michèle Kohler, 1945-2022

April 14, 2023

Michèle Kohler, who has died aged 76, was a generous supporter of the Open Spaces Society. Michèle was born in California in 1945. The family moved to New York after the war where her parents were both family doctors. She read history at the University of Rochester, New York, when she was only 15. In…

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