A series of repairs are needed for Blickling Hall's Long Gallery ceiling, near Aylsham after damage from deathwatch beetles and previous repairs caused cracks.
Hilary McGrady, director-general of the National Trust. Pic: National Trust
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The ornate doors of East Anglia s stately homes are about to be thrown open to visitors once again.
Attractions such as Blickling, Felbrigg and Oxburgh halls, Horsey Windpump and sites in Suffolk such as Ickworth and Sutton Hoo will allow indoor visitors again from May 17.
Russell Clement, general manager at Oxburgh Hall, near Swaffham, said: Our teams have been busy over the last few weeks making final preparations and getting ready to re-open our doors again. It’s going to be wonderful to be able to welcome visitors back inside and we look forward to your visit.
Civil servants worried it could dissuade some from attending and pose a security risk.
An October 1997 note on the affair was published by the Public Record Office for Northern Ireland as part of the annual release of Government archives.
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PN Bell
Senior NIO official PN Bell wrote: “Now that Sinn Fein are, following the restoration of their ceasefire and full membership of the talks, a constitutional party, I can see no justification for not extending an invitation which, almost certainly, they will accept.”
The Maryfield Secretariat near Belfast was established as part of the Anglo-Irish Agreement which instituted closer north/south cooperation.