New Ellesmere road signs to honour Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb
The place name signs on the four main routes into Ellesmere will be altered to let visitors know it is the birthplace of Eglantyne Jebb - founder of Save the Children.
Councillors agreed the plans at this week's town council meeting and it is hoped the signs will be changed in time for the charity's centenary celebrations in May.
The international relief agency was launched in 1919 when Eglantyne and her sister Dorothy Buxton called a public meeting at London’s Royal Albert Hall to highlight the plight of children starving in cities such as Berlin and Vienna at the end of the First World War.
Eglantyne pioneered the development of the charity when her sister, who was married to a Liberal MP, decided to become more engaged in politics.
The Heritage Lottery Fund is also providing a £21,000 grant to the Ellesmere Sculpture Initiative for an 18-month project which includes a wide-ranging programme of community events and activities to mark the 100th birthday.
The centrepiece will be a landmark memorial sculpture next to the town’s Mere.
