SETTING A BENCHMARK

The founding chair of the New Lanark Trust has been honoured with a memorial bench. Harry Smith, who died in 2013, was honoured by family and friends at New Lanark. Provost of the Royal Burgh of Lanark from 1971-74, he chaired the working party set up to consider the future of New Lanark. They recommended the complete restoration and regeneration of the historic village. New Lanark joined UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 2001.