{"id":10773,"date":"2015-12-29T08:48:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T08:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coopsy.co.uk\/thenews\/?p=10773"},"modified":"2015-12-29T08:50:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T08:50:52","slug":"roger-amerena-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/index.php\/news\/local-news-brighton\/2015\/12\/roger-amerena-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Amerena"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial Black', 'Avant Garde'; font-size: 14pt;\">Roger Amerena<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">As Chairman of Brighton and Hove Heritage Commission, Mr Roger Amerena has a keen interest in the preservation of old buildings and the architectural history of Brighton.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Montpelier Hall<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2334\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Montpelier-Hall-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2334\" src=\"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Montpelier-Hall-7.jpg\" alt=\"image of Montpelier Hall showing its lovely garden\" width=\"570\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Montpelier-Hall-7.jpg 570w, https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Montpelier-Hall-7-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Montpellier Hall-garden<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">He has resided in Montpelier Hall since 1985. A lovely house in the centre of Brighton, Roger has carefully maintained it and its Italianate garden as well as hosting many events there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Roger&#8217;s father was a WWII navigator in an RAF Lancaster bomber and saw action over Germany at the end of the war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Roger went to School in Sussex and then worked in the city of London as a stockbroker becoming successful, which enabled him to devote his time to his passion-architecture and the \u00a0preservation of old buildings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">A leading figure in Brighton and Hove&#8217;s Blue Plague committee he has arranged many unveiling. Since his input these have become a familiar event in Brighton and Hove&#8217;s calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Blue Plague committee commemorates worthy historical people who lived some or all of their lives in Brighton and went on to achieve successful in a particular field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Recent new plaques have included the painter Turner, a famous pioneering female doctor, and an engineer at the railway station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Unusually attended by the Mayor and other civic dignitaries, nearest next of kin, who have been meticulously traced, are able to have a sentimental day being really proud of their forebearer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Roger usually makes his speech immediately after the dignitaries, and \u00a0the party celebrates with refreshments and social networking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Roger Amerena has tirelessly promoted Brighton and Hove using his home to entertain the great and the good of this marvelous city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Many societies would be at a loss as to where to host their annual drinks party if it were not for the generosity of Mr Amerena.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The social gatherings at his home are always outstanding. In the summer months guests in the garden can enjoy the shade of mature trees whilst sitting beside the fish pond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the winter a great log fire blazes in the hearth warming visitors as their sip their mulled wine and reminisce of all those who must have been entertained in decades past.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Amerena by William Mills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[1395,1121],"class_list":["post-10773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-brighton","tag-montpelier-hall","tag-roger-amerena"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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