Canterbury Women’s Refuge receives the leasehold from Crowbridge to move into a disused pub housing 7 women and their children at any one time. The pub’s name was ‘The Rising Sun’. From the start we always operated an ‘Open Refuge’ – this philosophy still stands today. Pat Edwards volunteered and campaigned for us and today still serves as our Chairperson.
1979
Announcement Date: May 14, 1979