{"id":48518,"date":"2026-10-30T14:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48518"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:54:18","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-supporters-invited-to-adopt-colchester-jumbo-tower-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48518","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Supporters invited to adopt Colchester Jumbo tower panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jumbo_Water_Tower,_Colchester,_Essex,_UK_photographed_by_Ritchie_Hicks.jpg#file\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/500px-Jumbo_Water_Tower2C_Colchester2C_Essex2C_UK_photographed_by_Ritchie_Hicks.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48519\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6994991652754591;width:419px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/500px-Jumbo_Water_Tower2C_Colchester2C_Essex2C_UK_photographed_by_Ritchie_Hicks.jpg 500w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/500px-Jumbo_Water_Tower2C_Colchester2C_Essex2C_UK_photographed_by_Ritchie_Hicks-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jumbo_Water_Tower,_Colchester,_Essex,_UK_photographed_by_Ritchie_Hicks.jpg#file\">Ritchie Hicks, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fundraising campaign is giving supporters the chance to adopt part of Colchester\u2019s historic Jumbo water tower, reports <em>The Colchester Gazette.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>The Colchester Gazette<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Essex Heritage, the charity leading the restoration of the historic landmark, is inviting individuals and businesses to sponsor one of the 264 cast iron panels which form the tower\u2019s iconic water tank\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesman for North Essex Heritage said: \u2018The Love Jumbo Appeal offers individuals, families, businesses and organisations the opportunity to become part of the next chapter in the story of Colchester\u2019s favourite landmark.\u2019&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazette-news.co.uk\/news\/26539075.supporters-invited-adopt-colchester-jumbo-tower-panels\/\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image: Ritchie Hicks, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A fundraising campaign is giving supporters the chance to adopt part of Colchester\u2019s historic Jumbo water tower, reports The Colchester Gazette.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1076,18,1077,29,255],"class_list":["post-48518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-colchester","tag-conservation","tag-essex","tag-heritage","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48520,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48518\/revisions\/48520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}