{"id":754,"date":"2020-12-16T12:44:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=754"},"modified":"2020-12-16T12:44:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T12:44:25","slug":"december-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"December 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRebus Angustis Fortis\u201d is the motto on the Cobbold coat-of-arms.\u00a0 \u201cCourage Through Adversity\u201d.\u00a0 It comes to mind at the end of this unsettling year.\u00a0 I have seen so many instances of it in 2020.\u00a0 How extraordinary our NHS and Care workers have been.\u00a0 How brilliantly so many have persevered through lockdowns and restrictions, family drama and tragedies.\u00a0 Our health, livelihoods, businesses, friends, relations and neighbours have all been put at risk.\u00a0\u00a0 And with what fortitude and imagination so many have fought back,<\/p>\n<p>A sad and happy year ends with sad and happy news.\u00a0 Very sad, is the passing of Bryan Poole who I had the privilege of getting to know as a Governor of Knebworth Primary School.\u00a0 I served with Bryan on the Premises Committee of the School Governors from the beginning of 2009 to the beginning of 2013.\u00a0 He was a lovely man and a brilliant supporter of the school.\u00a0 His good company and good humour made it a pleasure to take on the not-so-thrilling tasks of health &amp; safety audits and boiler repairs and security fencing and playground resurfacing\u2026 the list goes on\u2026 and on\u2026\u00a0 I am sure Bryan is now pointing out to St Peter that the gates need their hinges checked and probably could do with a lick of paint.\u00a0 I am in awe of the amount of time Bryan volunteered for the school.\u00a0 I managed only four years.\u00a0 Bryan started in 1989.\u00a0 That\u2019s over thirty years of giving up his personal time in the interests of our local school.\u00a0 He will be much missed and I send sympathies and best thoughts to his wife Lynda, a similarly dedicated volunteer and previous editor of this magazine<\/p>\n<p>Happier news is that last month Martha was unanimously voted President of Historic Houses, a national association representing over 1600 independently-owned historic houses and gardens.\u00a0 She will hold the position for four years, and is the first female president in the association\u2019s fifty year history.\u00a0 It is a great tribute to all her hard work and dynamic management of Knebworth House, and her commitment to heritage issues, locally, regionally, and across the country.<\/p>\n<p>She and I and all our family wish all our neighbours in Knebworth a very Happy Christmas,<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HenryCobboldKH\">@HenryCobboldKH<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-755 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CobboldCoatofArms_bw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"542\" height=\"690\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CobboldCoatofArms_bw.jpg 542w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CobboldCoatofArms_bw-236x300.jpg 236w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 542px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 542\/690;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRebus Angustis Fortis\u201d is the motto on the Cobbold coat-of-arms.\u00a0 \u201cCourage Through Adversity\u201d.\u00a0 It comes to mind at the end of this unsettling year.\u00a0 I have seen so many instances of it in 2020.\u00a0 How extraordinary our NHS and Care &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=754\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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