by Arash Hekmat
The author and humanitarian Terry Waite CBE has lent his support to a campaign to have one of the most famous caravans in the UK returned to Wilmslow.
Romany’s caravan is arguably the country’s smallest tourist attraction and has rested in the town for the past 70 years.
But Wilmslow.co.uk reports that it was removed from the memorial gardens in South Drive at the end of last year for urgent restoration work and may now be relocated to Bradford.
Mr Waite, who was held captive in Lebanon from 1987 to 1991 during his time as an envoy for the Church of England, has now written to the caravan’s owner Cheshire East Council calling for its return.
The news provider states that he said: “It is with some degree of alarm that I hear today that the East Cheshire Borough Council no longer wishes to act as custodian of the Romany Vardo.
“As you will no doubt be aware, Romany was the first BBC Naturalist and one of the most distinguished residents of Wilmslow. Without a doubt, he is a part of Wilmslow’s heritage.”
The caravan, known as a vardo in Romany, is thought to be the country’s smallest tourist attraction. It gained fame for featuring in many of the children’s books and radio stories of Reverend George Bramwell Evens.
