Gabrielle Davis

She is notable for volunteering to head the "defence of our heritage" movement against a vote by Canterbury City Council Executive Committee on 21 January 2010 to close Herne Bay Museum and Gallery and other repositories of local heritage for the sake of saving £112,600 per year.

[1][2] She was born in about 1941,[3] in Canterbury and lived in Herne Bay, attending La Sainte Union Convent School which was run by the Sisters of La Sainte Union des Sacrés-Coeurs, and is now closed.

She was fund-raising officer for six years at Cats Protection in Canterbury, and is now Trustee for Animals Worldwide.

[6] In October 2009 Canterbury City Council said it had to save £3.5m for budgeting purposes.

In response to the Council vote to close the museum, she volunteered to "head defence of our heritage", in spite of the fact that the vote for closure was made by her Conservative colleagues on the council.