left
Salvo
Gateway to the world of ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE & ANTIQUES, doors, fireplaces, furniture, gardens, glass, ironwork, kitchens, lighting, radiators, stone, windows and woodwork. RECLAIMED BUILDING MATERIALS, beams, bricks, flagstones, flooring, roof slates and tiles, timber. Some new, replica and reproduction. DEALERS & ADS. http://www.salvo.co.uk salvo.co.uk Salvo US salvo.us http://www.salvoweb.com salvoweb.com
right
Home
 
Directory
 
For Sale
 
Recraft
 
Wanted
 
Dismantling & Demolition
 
Stolen
 
New & Repro
  
UK
Search Again?
You are here : UK
Browse using locations
Bedfordshire (1)
Belfast (2)
Berkshire (20)
Borders (2)
Bristol (12)
Buckinghamshire (11)
Cambridgeshire (5)
Cheshire (7)
Clwyd (1)
Co Armagh (1)
Co Durham (3)
Cornwall (2)
Cumbria (6)
Derbyshire (6)
Devon (10)
Dorset (8)
Dumfries & Galloway (2)
Dyfed (2)
East Sussex (5)
Essex (6)
Fife (1)
Glamorgan (5)
Gloucestershire (37)
Grampian (inc Aberdeenshire) (2)
Greater Manchester (10)
Gwynedd (5)
Hampshire (11)
Hereford & Worcs (12)
Hertfordshire (96)
Highlands (2)
IoM (1)
Jersey (1)
Kent (17)
Lancashire (9)
Leicestershire (4)
Lincolnshire (3)
London East (42)
London North (15)
London North West (9)
London South East (19)
London South West (52)
London West (243)
Lothian (8)
Merseyside (9)
Middlesex (5)
Norfolk (68)
North Yorkshire (7)
Northamptonshire (4)
Northumberland (4)
Nottinghamshire (2)
Oxfordshire (12)
Shropshire (1)
Somerset (56)
South Yorkshire (8)
Staffordshire (9)
Strathclyde (6)
Suffolk (4)
Surrey (35)
Tayside (1)
Tyne and Wear (5)
Warwickshire (11)
West Midlands (16)
West Sussex (28)
West Yorkshire (5)
Wiltshire (6)
Search For

in  Help
Links
Advertising
Books
eSalvo Weekly
Salvo Calendar
Salvo Fair
Salvo News
Service & Stats
eSalvo
eSalvo

Email :  
Latest eSalvo Newsletter
User
Current activity :
23 users online
0 logged in.
---------
Your user : Guest
Your status : Guest
---------
Login
Contact Salvo

To send a text message to Salvo or to chat to Salvo via Skype please click the button below

 

PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to send an email message to an advertiser you will have to register as a user or login. Please click the link here - register or login

UK
News :
The crane logo shows
Salvo Code businesses
Results 1 - 25 of 1018 items found : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 . . . | Next
Above: Darren Jones, left, with designer Cleve West on the award winning show gardenLot 5289. Shepherd's hut c1850 with furnishings [photo © GazeClimbing St John's Church bell tower [photo ©L SkillingStaddle stone and reclaimed walling at Masco [photo © MascoPeter Hone with Basil takes a break from plaster casting in The Hone Exchange [photo © LASSCO
Salvo promoting reuse in the 1993 Salvo Directory [image © SalvoSalvo Fair HQ - not raining too much today. Here's hoping there'll be sun for us in six weeks timeSecond hand clothes in a warehouse [photo cc net_efektFacebook group: Save Victoria Park's Lamp PostsTrainspotters new app for browsing stock
Period Living, June 2012, Feather Your Nest by Caroline Wheater, page oneEnamel slate fireplace [photo Cardiff RecNo 10 Downing Street door knocker from an article by Lee JacksonRobert Barley's garden themed foyer at Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair [photo decorative fairBillingsgate cast iron overdoor which sold for £6,680 [photo © Andrew SmithReal Homes Magazine May 2012 page one with photo of Salvo Fair at KnebworthAnthony Reeves, Lassco, and Eric Knowles (top), John Cameron and Ian Parmiter (bottom)

UK WASTE STATISTICS ANYONE?
Defra writes that this topic provides information on waste generation and management. Particular areas of interest are waste arising from households, business and construction and demolition. A range of data sources are used to collect data on these themes, including administrative sources and surveys. Total construction and demolition waste for England was estimated at 77.4 million tonnes in 2010.

Why is this important? Construction and demolition waste forms a significant contribution to landfill. Increasing the recycling and reuse of waste within the industry will help to conserve the dwindling landfill resources. A new methodology for estimating total waste generation has been used to produce estimates for 2008-2010. This has been developed in partnership with other agencies and industry bodies.
Defra: Waste & Recycling
Defra: Construction and demolition waste, England
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 834

Location : UK > London South West
Category : Reference
IP : Logged
ID : 66855
User : 1 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 24 May 2012 23:43:30
Date Modified : 24 May 2012 23:43:32;

RECOLLECTIONS ON A MISERABLE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW EXPERIENCE
Three years ago, I was part of the crowds and mayhem that is Chelsea Flower Show and it was hard work. The particular way we did it (my wife and I) was doubly hard as we commuted daily from the yard here in Yapton, West Sussex to the Chelsea show ground throughout the build-up, the show itself and then the break-down. The last part was the hardest of all as we had not made a single sale and were physically and emotionally exhausted!

The reason I thought Chelsea would be a good idea was because I needed to exhibit and promote my Small House that I had made two years before. The Small House was some eleven foot high from ground to the top of its clay chimney pots and was built in the style of a clapboard house such as are found throughout East Sussex and Kent. The roof was tiled in four inch wide tiles that I had had made by a potter in Hampshire. He also made the clay chimney stack that was constructed to straddle the apex of the building thus giving the appearance that it was authentic. The small nine-pane windows were carefully designed by myself after consulting with Charles Brooking (of the Brooking Collection of Windows and Architectural Fitments) and learning about Georgian 'knife edge' glazing bars. They had to look 'right' and they did when the whole assemblage was put together.

Although in my mind I felt I was 'sculpting' the house rather than building it I acknowledged that my 'work of art' was undoubtedly a building as opposed to a piece of fine art and as such it needed the right place to show it. I had formerly some success, some years before, at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition with my home-cast bronzes but the RA was not the place for my Small House. I felt Chelsea was.

I have written before about this house but it seems an appropriate time with the show happening about now to relive some of the problems and adventures we experienced while at Chelsea.

One of the problems was having three dogs and making the ridiculous decision to take them up each day and smuggle them into the show ground while we built the garden and prepared the rather complex house interior! We went as a Trade Stand with the idea that we would offer ourselves as Small House and Buildings designers and constructors. Our house was not necessarily for children - it had multiple uses I felt - but the main thing was that it was aesthetically pleasing. I was convinced I would sell more than one and the price tag I put on the one exhibited was £25,000.

The theme of the show that year was 'nature' and I duly prepared the inside of the building as a natural history 'den' or study and the surrounding garden complete with wild plants and mosses. It looked good when it was finished. I had professional help to build the house and tile the roof for me and Caroline and I built the garden. It took every single minute of every single day to complete and as the final minutes ticked away for us to be done by 6.00pm on the Sunday before the commencement of Press Day on the Monday we had only just finished. We had been getting up at 4.00am each morning to be at the showground for 7.30 am and had not finished until 8.00pm each evening. I had to be on my stand at 8.00am for the Monday when not only the press would be there but the Queen and other members of the Royal family plus the VIP's.

Of course my work on the nature theme was in a way quite superfluous as we were a trade stand anyway and therefore no matter how attractive our building and garden was we were not going to get any coverage from the BBC who televise the show highlights and who were not going to give me any advertising by way of a TV interview on my wild flower and moss conservation theme which was utterly genuine and totally sincere! The RHS is of course a registered charity so no promotion from them either. The 'theme' is for the exhibited gardens and did not apply to trade stands.

To comply with the RHS environmental policy in the first place, I had found it easier to use new FSC accredited timber rather than the second-hand timber I had mounds of back at my yard. When I say 'easier' I mean that it was quite nightmarish to try to convince the application board panel that I was a legitimate and third generation architectural/scrap metal recycler whose family had been in the business since 1908! It all took too long to attempt to prove this. My word was not good enough. The RHS wanted written proof of everything so in the end, tired of trying to prove my legitimacy, I went to my local builders merchants who were in fact not my first choice for timber supplies but were the only ones in my locality that could supply me with accredited ply and sterling board and the certification to boot!

During build-up, the dogs were smuggled in and actually behaved themselves and kept their heads down so to speak. They were though, very soon discovered by the eagle eyed and soft footed official who kept an eye on our part of the showground - we were in Ranelagh Gardens - but who was a dog owner himself and was not only sympathetic to my need to have my dogs with me but actively helped me with them providing water bowls for them and giving them the odd Schmacko dog treat and alerting me if I needed to hide them!

When the show opened on the Monday I was punctual at 8.00am and manning my stand as required -Little Ranelagh House/The Small House and Building Company - but it was so quiet I went off to see what was happening in the main part of the show. When I got there I saw the Queen and prince Philip wandering around and sneaked up behind the Queen and took some pictures of her. There were various celebrities about and other Royals too. Caroline arrived about 11.00 am and all I had to report was that a young woman and her mother who had come into the house to view it had expressed an interest in possibly ordering one. I had asked the woman and her mother if I could take a photograph of them as they looked so 'decorative' in the building. They agreed. When later I showed Caroline the photos she recognised the woman as Helena Bonham-Carter. I had failed to recognise her!
Various celebrities visited our house and the Queen and Prince Philip but no one bought! I was though awarded the Certificate of Commendation which is the trade stand equivalent of a silver medal, for our garden. That was nice.

The following day was bedlam and thousands of people seethed around the show. This day was for RHC members, with the general public coming in on the Wednesday. I had put a sign up outside Little Ranelagh House as required with our stand number on it and placed this on the front boundary fence mimicking an estate agents 'for sale' board and also saying 'Look Inside'. During the course of the week I calculated that over 7,000 people had viewed our house! They were queueing down the walkways all day to come in. My face ached from wearing a perpetual smile! Despite this volume we still did not make a sale! In short I was asking too much!

It had been instilled in me by the RHS to be committed and vigilant over Health and Safety issues on my stand and I had been spoken to prior to setting up our stand, over their anxieties of my having a laid hawthorn hedge on one side of my garden. They were anxious someone would impale themselves on the thorns yet they expressed no concern whatsoever over the pointed topped, chestnut palings that formed the front garden. I managed to keep both with stringent promises to attend carefully to public access to the house and garden. With this in mind on the Wednesday as Caroline and I drove towards London and the show and it was becoming increasingly obvious that we were not going to get there in time for opening I became worried about the public letting themselves into the house and/or garden without my directing them.

When we were accepted for the show we were told by the RHS selection board that if we had any problems at all we must contact Miss X who would help us with our problem or query or whatever. She was "our first port of call". The only time I really needed help was that Wednesday morning when I tried to contact her to ask her to take down the sign inviting people to look inside as I was not going to be on site in time. I phoned continuously every few minutes or so from Leatherhead onwards as we approached London. All the time it went to voicemail. She never answered at all. As it happened we arrived and the queues were as long if not longer than before but thankfully no accident or incident had occurred! However I was really angry about this lack of back up when I needed it and continued to call her throughout the day but she did not answer. About three that afternoon I spotted her walking past our stand eating an ice cream and immediately phoned her and once again it went through to voicemail! She just was not answering her phone! I was infuriated! I could potentially have incurred trouble from the RHS if someone had hurt themselves on my stand because I could not get there due to her not picking up her phone and heeding my anxiety .

I made an official complaint against her which was investigated. The following year - last year - I applied to once again be part of the show but was turned down. I was told, when I asked, that Miss X was on a years 'leave'. My submission for last year was of no less a standard than the year before had been in fact I thought it better. Having been awarded the certificate of merit I thought it would be a doddle getting in again. I was wrong. Am I black listed? I did not try for this year and presumably Miss X is back and maybe answering her phone, maybe not.
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 826
Images :


Location : UK > West Sussex
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66844
User : 13036 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Salvo News subscriber)
Date Created : 24 May 2012 15:37:49
Date Modified : 24 May 2012 18:44:49;

Above: Darren Jones, left, with designer Cleve West on the award winning show garden
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW WINNERS
Lichen Garden Antiques supplied an antique well head, carved stone flame finials, reclaimed walling stone and reclaimed paving to the Brewin Dolphin garden at Chelsea Flower Show designed by Cleve West which won a Gold medal and was voted Best Show Garden by the judges.

This was the second year in a row that the Cotswolds company has helped to win the Best Show Garden award. "It takes almost a year to put one of these show gardens together and is a huge amount of work for everyone involved," said an ecstatic Darren Jones, Lichen's managing director, "Cleve is an inspirational designer to work with and we are thrilled to share in his success."

The walling stone and wellhead both came from the Cotswolds, but Darren traveled to Europe to source paving and the flame finials.

Architectural Forum lent Diarmuid Gavin some spiral staircases, green enamel lampshades and maybe a bath or two for his 80ft pyramid garden which won a special award in the gift of RHS president for Most Creative Show Garden. He also won a silver-gilt medal. "I feel extremely honoured to receive the Most Creative Show Garden award as its the first time it's been awarded by this president and hasn't been awarded to any garden for the last five years. It's made all the hard work my entire team has put in over the last year totally worth it," he told the Daily Mirror where he is a gardening columnist.

Andy Triplow of Masco and The Old Radiator Co was also a contributor, lending a gazebo to Tendercare, on a stand of plants trees and shrubs which also won a silver medal.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lichen Garden Antiques, Architectural Forum, Masco and The Old Radiator Co are Salvo Code dealers and Architectural Forum, Masco and Old Radiator Co will be at this year's Salvo Fair.
Chelsea Flower Show: Cleve West, the ‘allotment gardener’ wins Chelsea second year in a row
Double delight: Mirror columnist Diarmuid Gavin's Chelsea Flower Show garden scoops two awards
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 828
Images :
Above: Darren Jones, left, with designer Cleve West on the award winning show garden

Location : UK > London South West
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66819
User : 1 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 23 May 2012 20:45:25
Date Modified : 24 May 2012 10:16:58;

Lot 5289. Shepherd's hut c1850 with furnishings [photo © Gaze
SHEPHERD'S HUTASTIC £10,500 AT GAZE BYGONES SALE
A c1850 shepherds hut with shaped sides, complete with bed, table and cupboard with its stove on cast iron Gothic wheels, sold for £10,500 at Gaze's rural and domestic bygones sale last Saturday. Another mid-Victorian shepherd's hut 'for restoration' went for £750. A set of four shepherd's huts cast iron wheels managed £400 even without the axles.

A total of 1,039 lots were sold with a seemingly larger than usual number reaching substantial prices. Yes, the sale was of a higher quality possibly, but even so some large runs of smart prices were evident. Among several coppers a 27inch copper copper made £400. Several Kenrick door porters were offered of which the top lot was an original Mr Punch at £60. There were two collections of Thorley feeds and Watson soaps advertising lots, of which an enamel sign 'Thorley's Food - I'm Off For Some' and pig illustration fetched £1,400 and a Watson's Matchless Cleanser made £320. A superb 36ins high Muratti's cigarettes cabinet with mirrored pediment sold for £2,500. Top lot in an extensive and well-supported tools section was a Norris 54 plane, 22ins long, which sold for £1,000.

Upcoming sales at Gaze's include Modern Design 9th June, Architectural Salvage 30th June and Bygones 28th July.
Gaze: 19 May 2012 Rural & Domestic Bygones
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 825
Images :
Lot 5289. Shepherd's hut c1850 with furnishings [photo © Gaze

Location : UK > Norfolk
Category : Shop, Pub, Church, Telephone Boxes & Bygones
IP : Logged
ID : 66765
User : 1 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 21 May 2012 18:00:38
Date Modified : 21 May 2012 18:06:48;

ADVERTISERS WANTED FOR ATG'S SALVO FAIR FEATURE
The Antiques Trade Gazette are putting together a feature on Salvo Fair this summer. Joan Porter needs stories from exhibitors about items they are hoping to bring along. (We understand things may sell between now and then)

We have had some great stories through already from some of you, but need a few more. Big photos of big items, old items and items with stories, would be great. Descriptions of the item, the provenance, why you bought it, what someone else could do with it and a price would all be helpful.

If anyone is interested in advertising along side the article and supporting Salvo Fair, please contact Carissa Walton carissawalton(at)atgmedia(dot)com or 020 7420 6642.

Thank you for your help!

Ruby Hazael
01225 422300
Salvo LLP Bath UK
Salvo Fair
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 831

Location : UK > Berkshire
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66699
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 17 May 2012 14:19:04
Date Modified : 17 May 2012 14:19:09;

Climbing St John's Church bell tower [photo ©L Skilling
VERTIGO
Our latest job in St John's, Chatham in Kent involved getting a sanctuary lamp down from its high position above the nave. The only way we could do it was by balancing a very tall stepladder on top of the main altar and then unhooking the weights, chains and all.

The height was not so great, only about 16 or 17 feet, but there was that moment one step from the top when the vertigo kicked in. It was the bit where I had to twist around, try and lift this thing that weighs the same as a pretty heavy suitcase off its chain and at that point the ladder quivered and flexed. I looked down and there was Mick and Kevin holding the base of the ladder and instead of feeling comforted, I just have this realisation of how they would be if I overbalanced, tumbled and smashed my back on the encaustic tiles below.

Kevin, the fireman, would immediately go into professional mode with well practiced platitudes from some government manual, would make a neck brace from a section of pew and then call the emergency services using some special insider code. Mick, on the other hand, who is quite emotional, would probably start crying out, "Oh my God! I knew this was going to happen! He's paralysed isn't he?!"

Both scenarios were equally awful. "I can't do this…", I murmured, and clambered down. In an instant, the 18 stone Kevin took my place on the ladder, raced up it and claimed the lamp.
My cowardice bothered me.

The next morning before anyone else arrived I resolved to climb the bell tower; this was the only way to reclaim my mojo and kick out that wimpy punk ass bitch ladder wobbler. The way up involved four stages. First one, up to the centre gallery with the rotten floor; second up the 25/30 foot vertical pigeon-filth encrusted ladder up to the trapdoor. This took a couple of attempts.

The first time, I bottled it when I realised how stiff the trapdoor was and that one had to shove it all the way over whilst hanging onto the ladder with the other hand. When I finally managed this, I peered into the dark space that housed the church clock. It was rank and to enter it I would have to haul myself over the lip of the hatchway, my body dangling over the drop. The floor up there might be rotten or it might not. There might be a carpet of pigeon carcasses to sink my hands into. Maybe adventurous, high-altitude rats feeding on the dead pigeons.

I climbed down again. Then I realised that what I had to was physically the same as when I climb into my mother-in-laws attic and that wasn't so bad. I climbed up very quickly, without ever looking down, pushed the now loosened hatch open and dragged myself up into the first tower chamber, all the time muttering 'Grandmas Attic, Grandmas Attic' under my breath.

From there to the actual bell chamber involved another small staircase and one last, very ricketty, very long ladder but I managed this with the help of my new mantra. I figured even a very rotten ladder wouldn't completely disintegrate - a rung might snap but the side supports surely wouldn't just separate leaving me to plummet another 20 feet onto the dank platform below where no-one would hear my screams.

As I admired the bells which probably no-one had seen or rung for 20 years or more (we first quoted on this church 10 years ago and it had been shut for ages before that) I realised that if someone had said "You can have the bells if you want" I'd have to confess that looking at them was the very best that I was going to manage. Not that English Heritage, The Victorian Society et al would sanction such a thing - this was yet another one of those buildings that was going to have to be destroyed by arsonist vandals before anything positive could happen to the site.

I peered through openings to the streets below and felt pleased with myself. But the fear did not go. Even though I knew the floors and ladders were solid I still couldn't shake the feeling that I was close to dying in some way. The wind that whistled around the tower seemed more powerful than anything man could muster. Why shouldn't it blow this ancient structure down? Everyone said that the building was basically in a state of near collapse. At times it seemed as though the gusts of wind were making the tower sway. Looking at the sea in the distance I realised that to crack a neurosis like this I would have to get a job as a bloody steeplejack.

Back on the ground, I was thinking about how quiet the tower was, just like all long abandoned buildings, when our new team arrived for the day.

"What have you been doing?" one of them asked.

"Just sorting things out," I replied.
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 826
Images :
Climbing St John's Church bell tower [photo ©L Skilling

Location : UK > Kent
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66688
User : 173 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Salvo Code Dealer)
Date Created : 16 May 2012 16:08:23
Date Modified : 16 May 2012 16:08:27;

WINCHCOMBE RECLAMATION AND PADSTOW RECLAMATION MERGE
Winchcombe Reclamation Ltd purchased Padstow Reclamation in December 2010 and the two traded as separate companies. It was always a bit confusing that Padstow Reclamation's yard was in the heart of the West Midlands so to reduce admin costs and offer both sets of customers the best possible range of products and services, we have merged the two companies.

You will notice 'WR' which stands for both Winchcombe and Wombourne Reclamation will lead on all our promotional material and our website name is now shorter and easier to spell

Taken from a press statement
- - - - - - - -
Winchcombe and Padstow are both Salvo Code dealers
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 833
Images :


Location : UK > West Midlands
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66687
User : 1 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 16 May 2012 15:23:06
Date Modified : 16 May 2012 15:23:09;

Staddle stone and reclaimed walling at Masco [photo © Masco
BUSINESS BISCOTTI AT MASCO
Masco made a foray into hosting local business network meetings in April by launching its Aston Down Business Biscotti free networking event. This was so successful that it is now holding one on the last Wednesday of every month from 9.30am-11.30am. There's no need to book, Masco writes, you just turn up and network for an hour or two.

Business Biscotti is about promoting local businesses, networking and building contacts in an informal, but slightly quirky and different environment, compared to the run of the mill hotel foyer or conference room.

Masco's staff would love to see you at the next meeting and remember to bring along plenty of business cards, and guests, if you would like to promote or introduce your business to Stroud, Cirencester and surrounding areas. All types of business are welcome as this is about growing all local businesses not just architectural salvage. The next meeting is on Wednesday 30th May.

Masco continues to grow, with some really interesting new quirky items on show, from galvanized steel shell fish buckets, original clay water pipes to unusual prayer book holders, which when polished look really stunning. We have planted some with pansies, or they could be used for kitchen utensil or even umbrella holders.

Our garden yard stock continues to grow, with a great range of staddle stones now available, which make an interesting addition to any landscape along with stone troughs of all shapes and sizes. Just arrived are two lovely rhubarb forcers.

When the rain finally stops, we can provide you with some delightful deckchairs perfect for relaxing on a summers evening or a great range of garden furniture to suit all garden sizes.

Visit us online or at our Aston Down yard to view our newly acquired items or email or call 01285 760886. Masco will also be having a pitch at this year's Salvo Fair.
Business Biscotti at Aston Down
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 836
Images :
Staddle stone and reclaimed walling at Masco [photo © Masco

Location : UK > Gloucestershire
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66657
User : 1 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 15 May 2012 10:29:52
Date Modified : 15 May 2012 11:28:38;

Peter Hone with Basil takes a break from plaster casting in The Hone Exchange [photo © LASSCO
DAREN GREENHOW AND PETER HONE SHOW NIGHT AT LASSCO
You are invited to LASSCO Three Pigeons for a fun informal evening of Sculpture, Live Music, Food and Drink. Friday 18th May 2012 6pm to 8pm

We'll be showcasing the latest amazing sculpture of Daren Greenhow as we launch his Olympiad Exhibition. You can meet Daren and be the first to see his latest creations. Daren's show is part of Oxfordshire Artweeks. All are welcome - please bring some friends!

We will also open our new gallery 'The Hone Exchange' - the most extraordinary transformation to befall a Telephone Repeater Station. It has been created by Peter Hone in homage to The Soane Museum and is destined to become a local landmark in its own right.

All this is offered up to the sounds of The Little Bulb Band who will entertain us as we swig local ales from the Shotover Brewery, sip-a crisp-white or two and grab some nibbles.

We look forward to seeing you - it is five years to-the-day since our launch party at The Three Pigeons so we'd love to share that landmark with you: our friends - both current and future!

Daren Greenhow, a former Insect Physiologist, uses salvaged metalwork, cogs, scrap metal and architectural salvage to create beautifully wrought and witty sculpture - large and small. He is sculpting on an Olympian theme. At LASSCO Three Pigeons we will have our own Olympic torch. This is the second exhibition that Daren has staged with us for Oxfordshire Artweeks - the first was a sell-out with Daren having to go back to the workshop to meet demand afterwards. So don't hesitate if you want to buy one - you have been warned!

Peter Hone is a celebrated Master Plaster Caster. He is also a collector and authority on Coade Stone - the decorative "artificial stone" created by the redoubtable Mrs Eleanor Coade in her Lambeth factory from 1769. Coade's sculpture and decorative architectural ornament was used by architects and designers from the 18th Century onwards and has become highly sought after. Peter's obsession with neo-classical ornament has led to a passion for reproducing it in plaster as well as, to emulate Mrs Coade, a weatherproof material to his own recipe: 'Hone Stone'. Peter's London apartment has to be seen to be believed - the floors, walls and even the ceiling are given over to stoneware and plaster castings. It has featured in numerous publications. We are delighted that Peter has applied his casting magic to our old Telephone Repeater Station in a quiet spot at The Three Pigeons - now called 'The Hone Exchange'. Come and see the transformation. Make your own home like Soane's with some Hone Stone. Make the Master Plaster Caster work Faster!

The Little Bulb Band: Providing a wonderful soundtrack to our evening we are thrilled to invite this collective of raw talent and enthusiasm. In their own words they are "committed to making music that is wild, imaginative and fully theatrical". They received a thunderous reception in Great Milton as part of their recent touring show; we've managed to tempt them back for more ... this time in the fabulous setting of our Architectural Salvage wonderland.

LASSCO Three Pigeons, Milton Common, Oxfordshire OX9 2JN.
6-8pm Friday 18th May 2012 - Plenty of Parking in our own Car-park and on London Road.
Tel: 01844 277185
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 836
Images :
Peter Hone with Basil takes a break from plaster casting in The Hone Exchange [photo © LASSCO

Location : UK > Oxfordshire
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66656
User : 221 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Salvo Code Dealer)
Date Created : 15 May 2012 09:46:57
Date Modified : 15 May 2012 09:47:02;

Salvo promoting reuse in the 1993 Salvo Directory [image © Salvo
REAL SUSTAINABILITY 1: THE REUSE OF RECLAIMED BUILDING MATERIAL
The lack of building salvage businesses at the recent flagship construction exhibitions such as EcoBuild and Grand Designs Live shows that reuse is far from being considered sustainable by the mainstream construction sector and green building movement.

But the activity of reclaiming and reuse, as opposed to recycling and destruction, is at the centre of the sustainability compass and is usually the very best way to be sustainable. This has at least been recognised, via Brussels and the EU, in UK domestic law in the 2011 Waste Regulations which made it mandatory to reclaim, or 'prepare for reuse' as the EU described it, by giving reclaiming the highest ranking within the waste hierarchy of reclaim, recycle, energy from waste and disposal. Prior to the new Waste Regulations the activities of reclaiming, recycling and energy from waste were considered equally good which meant that much reusable material was either burnt, crushed, composted or mulched, since the latter are easier to undertake while reclaiming for reuse is often more difficult but usually better.

Sustainability in construction starts with the adaptive reuse of whole intact buildings, either in-situ or moved to a new location if necessary. This should mean sensitively repairing or replacing rot or damage reusing reclaimed material where possible, and simple upgrading of thermal performance by repairing cracks and installing draftproofing and insulation. When new services are installed, all fixtures and fittings including cornices, skirting and flooring should be marked or photographed, carefully removed and set aside for reuse afterwards. Reuse of reclaimed building material should dominate the specifications for building materials needed for the adaptive reuse or repair of existing buildings. But even the most sensitive repairs seem to generate a large amount of potentially reclaimable material, most of which is currently landfilled or recycled.

Reuse kicks in once complete or partial demolition is decided upon. This might be totally clearing away a building, or partially destroying by the gutting the interior of a building and only leaving the facade. It usually involves removing sound but unfashionable kitchens and bathrooms, removing old doors and windows, replacing roof coverings with new, and destroying and replacing all plants and landscaping. If any of these is being contemplated then everything conceivably reusable which is to be removed should be saved for reuse, preferably in the rebuild.

Oh, but there's no room on site to save everything, there is not enough time to undertake a careful dismantling, who wants an old kitchen or bathroom, and how do I get planning permission to reuse, I hear you ask.

Firstly check with your local planners that they are supportive of reuse. The Planning Acts do not preclude reuse and the Waste Regulations encourage it. Be warned that some officials have a strangely negative attitude to reuse, but do not let that put you off. Their subjective opinions must be grounded in law - so ask them which laws prevent the reuse which you are proposing. There are some arcane legal aspects which might crop up. The UK Water Bylaws, for example, disallow the reuse of old lead-lined cisterns (other than as a direct replacement) and early metal mixtures in newly installed plumbing. Technical problems of the legalities of reuse normally can be solved. Very occasionally you may hit a brick wall, so ask before you do anything. Call Salvo if things seems like a lost cause - we can often help when others cannot.

Salvo suggests that salvage dealers write to different planning authorities within their sales catchment area to make sure they are generally supportive of the reuse of reclaimed building material in construction. If they are not supportive the salvage dealer may be able to resolve the issue, or ask Salvo to tackle them, which could then pave the way for more reuse by their customers. Apart from the Waste Regulations, since 2008 the UK government's own Code for Sustainable Homes recommends the reuse of reclaimed building material in new build homes and conversions.

The client must be a reuse keeny, if not a fanatic, for maximal reuse. Then the client's professional team and construction contractors must all be chosen with their enthusiasm for reuse in mind. Ideally, the final part of the team should be a salvage contractor on hand to advise on deconstruction, to offer cleaning repair and storage services, to resupply reclaimed building material in the right condition and at the right time needed for the rebuild, and to make sure that reusable material which cannot be reused on the rebuild is advertised for sale so that it can be reused on other projects - the more local the better. If demolition, dismantling or deconstruction (call it what you will) does take place, every scrap of reusable material should be saved.

How can the reuse of reclaimed material be measured in its sustainability performance against new products?

Salvo first wrote about sustainability and reclaimed material in the early 1990s when it calculated the embodied energy of reclaimed building material and published simple statements about the embodied energy equivalent of reclaimed building materials, related that to the construction material in a new building (see the attached graphic from the 1993 Salvo Directory). This approach, although valid to a degree and well in advance for its time since embodied energy still forms a major part of LCA-thinking, would be far too simplistic for today's Life Cycle Analysis professionals of which there were none in 1993.

Sustainability today considers not just the environment, but also society and economy. Apart from embodied energy it covers environmental issues such as water use and pollution, as well as social and economic issues such as creating communities where people want to live and work and financial viability within a market economy.

Next: Real sustainability 2: The sustainability checklist

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The author was a member of the committee which produced 'BS8905: 2011 Framework for the assessment of the sustainable use of materials - Guidance'
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 832
Images :
Salvo promoting reuse in the 1993 Salvo Directory [image © Salvo

Location : UK > Somerset
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66623
User : 1 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 14 May 2012 15:02:34
Date Modified : 14 May 2012 16:15:57;

FREE TRADE TICKETS FOR RIPLEY
Arthur Swallow have a limited number of free trade tickets available for the trade day on 18th May for their first Home, Restoration and Salvage Show at Ripley Castle near Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

Email tickets(at)asfairs(dot)com by Tuesday 15th May to apply.
Home Restoration & Salvage Show
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 836
Images :


Location : UK > North Yorkshire
Category : Events
IP : Logged
ID : 66554
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 10 May 2012 21:14:42
Date Modified : 10 May 2012 21:16:37;

Salvo Fair HQ - not raining too much today. Here's hoping there'll be sun for us in six weeks time
SALVO FAIR 2012 ALMOST FULLY BOOKED
With six weeks to go til Salvo Fair 2012, there are a handful of spaces left for businesses selling architectural salvage, garden antiques and reclaimed materials. If you are interested in booking please call Ruby Hazael on 01225 422300.

For the full up-to-date list and business details see the link below.

Angela Rose Antique Textiles
Antique Church Furnishings
Antique French Chair & Sofa Co
Antiques By Design Ltd
Arc Reclamation Ltd
Architectural Forum
Architectural Salvage Source
Architecture et Materiaux Authentiques
Artgarry
Beautiful Bygones
Beyond France
Black Country Metal Works Ltd
Brass Products Ltd
Cast Iron Reclamation Co
Chiltern Antiques
Christal Antiques
Coach House Antiques
Cox's Yard
D W Designs
E W Trading
Ecovril Ltd
Gary Wallis Antiques
Goston Antique & Designs
Hive Antiques
In-Situ Manchester
Inside Outdoors
Keir Lewis
Lighthouse Emporium
London Ornament
MASCo Walcot Architectural Salvage
Morris Country Interiors
Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Martin Duigman
Metro Retro
Millstone Ltd
Mongers
Morways Developments
Mr & Mrs Sparke
Mr Matthew
Old Bakery Antiques
Olliff's Architectural Antiques
Ornate Products
Period Living Magazine
Pottery World Home & Garden
Quint Hughes
Reclamation Warriors
Reusefully
Rood Wood
Salvo Fair 2012
Search & Rescue Antiques
Smiths Architectural Salvage
Source Antiques Ltd
Sutton & Son Antiques
T W Gaze Llp
Thatching and Building Co
The Old Radiator Company Ltd
The Original Homestore
Timba Furniture
Touch of Class
UK Architectural Heritage
V&V Reclamation
Van De Wouwer Decorations
Vintage Fridge Company
Vintage Archive
Wellers Auctioneers Ltd
White House Antiques
Woodstone Ltd
Salvo Fair 2012 exhibitor list
Booking form download
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 836
Images :
Salvo Fair HQ - not raining too much today. Here's hoping there'll be sun for us in six weeks time

Location : UK > Berkshire
Category : Events
IP : Logged
ID : 66553
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 10 May 2012 21:03:42
Date Modified : 10 May 2012 21:03:46;

Second hand clothes in a warehouse [photo cc net_efekt
HOLD ON TO YOUR HAND-ME-DOWNS!
The price paid for second hand clothes has tripled in the UK in five years. The rag trade paid £220 a tonne for old clothing in 2007 and now pays £650 a tonne.

A chain of UK shops called Cash4Clothes will buy a full bin bag of old clothes for £5. With 31 shops already up and running the owner of Cash4Clothes hopes to open 50 more.

Criminals are increasingly targeting textile recycling banks in order to steal old clothing and ship it to countries where they can get a good price. One charity placed a tracker in some clothing in a textile bank when they noticed a drop in the amount of goods donated. They tracked stolen donations to trailer bound for eastern europe.

The market for used clothing has boomed mainly due to the expansion of the EU into eastern europe, which has made it easier for a trade in winter clothing to form. Summer clothing has always been destined for Africa. A piece of second hand clothing with a UK shop label is highly valued in Europe and Asia.

FT: Prices for second hand UK clothes soar
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 831
Images :
Second hand clothes in a warehouse [photo cc net_efekt

Location : UK > West Midlands
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66552
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 10 May 2012 20:26:47
Date Modified : 10 May 2012 20:38:28;

£80 MILLION TO BE INVESTED IN WASTE SECTOR
On 25th April, Vince Cable announced that £80 million will be made available to two specialist fund managers to invest in small scale waste infrastructure businesses.

Headed up by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) the areas likely to receive funding are recycling, reprocessing, pre-treatment and energy from waste.

Salvo does not know if the architectural salvage trade are entitled to investment from this new fund, and suggest that the trade contact their local MPs to find out.
Cabinet Office: Government makes landmark green investment
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 831

Location : UK > London West
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66545
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 10 May 2012 14:34:59
Date Modified : 10 May 2012 14:35:03;

BOOK NOW TO ADVERTISE IN SALVO FAIR 2012 GUIDE
Dear Readers,

The twelfth Salvo Fair is just around the corner! We are currently putting together the special Salvo Fair Guide edition of Salvo Magazine. In June 2012 we estimate 6,000 visitors over the three days, with 3,000 printed copies of the Fair Guide being circulated at the fair, to all subscribers and also available to download from SalvoWEB.

The guide is a 24 page, A5, full colour leaflet with a list of exhibitors and general site plan.

If you are interested in advertising please call Ruby Hazael on 01225 422300. We can create the artwork for you at no extra cost or you can send us a pdf or jpeg. Sizes and prices are as follows:

Full page w.13.8cm x h.19.5cm £390
Half page w.13.8cm x h.9.6cm £220
Quarter page w.6.8cm x h.9.6cm £125

All exhibitors booked by May 14th will have a listing in the Fair Guide.
Please call me if you have any questions. The deadline is May 18th.

Best wishes,
Ruby Hazael
Salvo LLP Bath UK
01225 422300
07855 010969
Salvo Fair
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 836
Images :


Location : UK > Berkshire
Category : Events
IP : Logged
ID : 66528
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 10 May 2012 10:57:03
Date Modified : 10 May 2012 11:03:04;

Facebook group: Save Victoria Park's Lamp Posts
FACEBOOK GROUP FAILS TO SAVE LAMPOSTS FROM LONDON PARK
Victoria Park in Hackney, London had the last of its Victorian style lamposts removed in recent weeks.

More than 1,000 Facebook users joined a group called 'Save Victoria Park's Lamp Posts'. Although the lights were not original Victorian ones, they seemed to have appealed to many people who thought they added a certain charm to the park.

Unfortunately despite the Facebook group and a local petition the lamposts were removed. A photo on the Facebook page shows them in a skip.

A Facebook user said 'A park worker told me that 'they weren't really Victorian, and they never worked anyway.'
Facebook: Save Victoria Park's Lamp Posts
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 831
Images :
Facebook group: Save Victoria Park's Lamp Posts

Location : UK > London East
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66382
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 03 May 2012 20:59:20
Date Modified : 16 May 2012 15:05:55;

Trainspotters new app for browsing stock
TRAINSPOTTERS NEW APP AND POP UP SHOP
Gloucestershire based Trainspotters, the industrial lighting, furniture and salvage business, have created an app for browsing through their stock on a smart phone or tabloid. And following on from the pop up restaurant trend, trendy Trainspotters are having a pop up shop in London for ten days.

To meet face to face with clients and reach a new audience, Trainspotters have secured a showroom at 25 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields, London from Friday May 4th to Sunday May 13th, open 11am - 7pm.

The Trainspotters app has been created by Playmi and can be downloaded free from iTunes. Users can easily browse through stock, see prices, description and photos, and contact the business with queries via an email with stock details in it, or telephone them directly.

Trainspotters website
Get the app!
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 831
Images :
Trainspotters new app for browsing stock

Location : UK > London East
Category : Events
IP : Logged
ID : 66377
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 03 May 2012 14:22:46
Date Modified : 03 May 2012 14:27:57;

Period Living, June 2012, Feather Your Nest by Caroline Wheater, page one
FEATHER YOUR NEST AT SALVO FAIR
Period Living's June 2012 issue features a four page article from Caroline Wheater on the plethora of decorative antiques at the annual Salvo Fair.

Included in the article are exhibitors Charlotte's Garden, Inside Outdoors, UK Architectural Heritage, Lighthouse Emporium, Abacus Antiques, Old Radiator Company, Antique Church Furnishings and Trinity Marine.

Salvo Fair will be held at Stubbings Estate, Maidenhead from 22nd - 24th June. Friday is trade day.
Salvo Fair
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 836
Images :
Period Living, June 2012, Feather Your Nest by Caroline Wheater, page one Period Living, June 2012, Feather Your Nest by Caroline Wheater, page two Period Living, June 2012, Feather Your Nest by Caroline Wheater, page three Period Living, June 2012, Feather Your Nest by Caroline Wheater, page four

Location : UK > Berkshire
Category : Events
IP : Logged
ID : 66366
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 03 May 2012 11:55:44
Date Modified : 03 May 2012 11:55:46;

Enamel slate fireplace [photo Cardiff Rec
CAN YOU RESTORE ENAMELLED SLATE FIRES WITH WOODBLOCK SCRAPINGS?
Exclusive: That black enamelled slate secret formula in full

George Eugene Magnus of Pimlico was the inventor of enamelled slate which he patented in 1840. He was also the inventor of tarmac roads, the earliest experimental version of which was also in Pimlico - hence the use of asphalt in the recipe below. Could this be a way of reusing woodblock floor cleanings?

Magnus exhibited a two-sided bathroom, a patent billiard table and various objects inlaid after the style of a Florentine mosaic at the 1851 Great Exhibition. He also exhibited at the 1855 Paris Exhibition and the 1862 London Exhibition.

His recipe, which originally was intended to compete with black marble and inlaid specimen tables, follows:

The Ingredients
7lbs Linseed oil
llb Umber ground
3lbs Spirits of tar
llb Asphaltum

The Method
1. Mix the ingredients well together and paint on to the flat slate surface with a brush.
2. Place in a kiln and heat to slightly more than 200"F.
3. Allow to cool.
4. Polish with Pumice and rotten stone, by hand.

- - - - - - - - -
Taken from SalvoNEWS 172 dated Saturday 12 September 1998
Clare Snooker Museum: The Magnus Masterpieces
SalvoWEB: Cardiff Reclamation slate surround [photo © Cardiff Rec
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 829
Images :
Enamel slate fireplace [photo Cardiff Rec

Location : UK > London South West
Category : CHIMNEYPIECES, FIREPLACES & GRATES
IP : Logged
ID : 66272
User : 1 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 27 Apr 2012 17:08:26
Date Modified : 27 Apr 2012 17:08:28;

DEFRA MAY CRACK DOWN ON WASTE HIERARCHY
At the Crestwood environment planning conference recently, discussions were held about 'twin tracking' permit and planning applications for recycling plants. Jeff Rhodes, planning and permitting manager for the Biffa Group. commented on how the environment agency should have a more positive attitude towards applications for plants.

Interestingly John Galvin, waste regulation and crime team leader for Defra, appeared to indicate that Defra may become more forceful on the waste hierarchy. He said "The waste hierarchy is now a priority consideration for anyone handling waste … there is a big debate whether the legal footing will bring the changes we want to bring about, to prevent waste and to prepare for reuse, recycle, recover etc and time will tell on that whether we need to have further developments."
Lets Recycle: Agency must recognise hierarchy
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 831

Location : UK > London West
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66240
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 26 Apr 2012 14:41:59
Date Modified : 26 Apr 2012 14:42:01;

No 10 Downing Street door knocker from an article by Lee Jackson
FAMOUS LONDON DOOR KNOCKERS
Author of The Cat's Meat Shop blog, Lee Jackson, has written an article on door knockers based on pictures from Harmsworth Magazine 1898/99.

He begins 'What souvenir of a great man can compete with the knocker of his door? A door-knocker is to a man's house what a sign is to a shop or tavern; but it is also something more.

Take, for instance, the knocker on the door of the official residence of the Prime Minister, No. 10, Downing Street. No less a person than Lord Beaconsfield once described to a friend this particular knocker as having a marked resemblance to the features of his political opponent, Mr. Gladstone.

There is no knocker in existence, we may fairly state, that has been handled by so many distinguished people as this one. If only the friends of Mr. Gladstone were enumerated, they would make up a long list of illustrious names, and many Prime Ministers have resided at the unpretentious, old-fashioned mansion so conveniently situated for the Houses of Parliament.'

Lee Jackson is a writer of books in print and online, photographer and Victorian enthusiast.
Cat Meat Shop blog
Victorian London website
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 829
Images :
No 10 Downing Street door knocker from an article by Lee Jackson

Location : UK > London West
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66223
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 26 Apr 2012 09:43:52
Date Modified : 26 Apr 2012 09:43:55;

Robert Barley's garden themed foyer at Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair [photo decorative fair
BATTERSEA IS BLOOMING
New this year to the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea, London is a garden themed foyer designed by Robert Barley with the Queens jubilee in mind.

Exhibitors include Antiques by Design, Antique French and Sofa Company, Gary Wallis and Vintage Fridge (all who will also be at Salvo Fair this summer).

Guy Trench, from Antiques By Design, said "We've had good sales and a lot of interest in the cog lighting. The industrial tables are also doing well. It is very wet outside but the customers keep coming. All in all a it's been a good fair so far."

John Bodrell, from Vintage Fridge, said "We've had great feedback from visitors and made some good sales. It's the first time we have exhibited here and people seem to like seeing something a bit different. We're weren't expecting lots of sales here, as we expect people will want to see the rest of our stock on the website before they choose their vintage fridge, but it seems like we may be proved wrong!"

Gary Wallis said "The fair seems to have been buoyant! There seems to be a lot of activity and garden gear has sold well as you might expect. Generally the footfall has been good and the atmosphere is positive. Christopher Coates-Walker from the Antique French Chair and Sofa Company was rushed off his feet "Yes, it is very busy!"

The Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair is on until Sunday.


Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 828
Images :
Robert Barley's garden themed foyer at Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair [photo decorative fair Vintage Fridge stand at Decorative Fair Battersea [photo John Bodrell Antiques By Design stand at Battersea Fair [photo Guy Trench

Location : UK > London South West
Category : Events
IP : Logged
ID : 66222
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 26 Apr 2012 09:26:45
Date Modified : 26 Apr 2012 20:08:06;

Billingsgate cast iron overdoor which sold for £6,680 [photo © Andrew Smith
1877 BILLINGSGATE CAST IRON OVERDOOR MAKES £6,680
An eight feet wide (255cms) polished cast iron overdoor from Billingsgate fish market in London sold for a triple estimate £6,680 at a regular antiques sale at Andrew Smith's in Itchen Stoke on 28th March.

Billingsgate, a watergate from the river Thames to the City of London, named for a legendary ancient king Belinus, became a fish market by act of parliament in 1699. In 1873 the old market building was demolished and replaced by an arcaded market designed by Horace Jones and built by John Mowlem from which the grille came, having been removed in the 1960s or 1970s.

The double-sided lunette grille displayed the arms of the Worshipful Company of Fishmonger's crossed keys with crossed and diving fish, flanking the sword and cross of St George which are the arms of the City of London together with its motto 'Domine dirige nos' - 'Lord direct us'. It was cast in 1877 by Cottam & Willmore, a foundry known for stable and drain fittings which was by 1892 taken over by Hayward Brothers & Eckstein of Borough.
Andrew Smith & Son
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 825
Images :
Billingsgate cast iron overdoor which sold for £6,680 [photo © Andrew Smith

Location : UK > Hampshire
Category : Architectural METALWORK
IP : Logged
ID : 66211
User : 1 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 25 Apr 2012 14:16:57
Date Modified : 25 Apr 2012 14:25:17;

Real Homes Magazine May 2012 page one with photo of Salvo Fair at Knebworth
SALVO FAIR - APRIL UPDATE!
With the April showers well and truly set in, it's time to look ahead to sunny June and Salvo Fair!

Exhibitors bookings are on track for a super, proper salvagey fair. To mention but a few, Cox's Yard, Source Antiques, Olliff's Architectural, Architectural Forum, Architectural Salvage Source, MASCo, Old Radiator Company, Woodstone, Smiths Architectural, UK Architectural Heritage, E W Trading, Reclamation Warriors, Insitu Manchester and Chancellors Church Furnishings.

Editorial in the mags has already been great this year with three features in Period Living, double page spreads Real Homes and Listed Heritage, and mentions in Homebuilding and Renovating and Antiques Trade Gazette. Local advertising and marketing has begun today with a 10,000 postcard newspaper insert and a 6,000 Stubbings events flyer mailout.

Friday's trade day is sure to deliver. Five hundred registrants have booked to visit on the Trade Day from all over the UK, and from Belgium, Germany, US and Canada. The deadline for complimentary trade tickets is 1st June.

The Fair will be held at Stubbings Estate, Maidenhead on 22nd - 24th June. Conveniently located between the M4 and M40, Stubbings is preparing for a summer of fairs and music events.

To book a pitch at Salvo Fair, call 01225 422300. Or download a booking form from Salvo Fair website.

Salvo Fair 2012
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 836
Images :
Real Homes Magazine May 2012 page one with photo of Salvo Fair at Knebworth Real Homes May 2012 page two HomeBuilding & Renovating May 2012 Listed Heritage Magazine May/June 2012

Location : UK > Berkshire
Category : Events
IP : Logged
ID : 66207
User : 156 ; ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 25 Apr 2012 12:09:10
Date Modified : 27 Apr 2012 09:19:55;

Anthony Reeves, Lassco, and Eric Knowles (top), John Cameron and Ian Parmiter (bottom)
PARMITER AND REEVE AIRBRUSHED FOR 'PUT YOUR MONEY'
Anthony Reeve and Ian Parmiter appeared alongside Eric Knowles and John Cameron in Wednesday's BBC2 TV antiques gameshow 'Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is' but only on condition that their business identities were anonymised for television.

The show consists of two competing antiques celebs - in this instance Eric Knowles (Antiques Roadshow and many others) and self-professed Knowles acolyte, John Cameron - going to an antiques fair - in this instance Porte de Vanves Flea Market in Paris - where they buy items which they can resell to dealers for more money.

BBC iPlayer website: 'Two well-known experts from the world of antiques go head-to-head over a week of challenges to see who can make the most profit from buying and selling antiques - all of which will be donated to a charity of their choice. The dealers are in a different buying location each day: an auction house, a car boot sale, a foreign antiques market and a UK antiques fair. They must then sell their purchases for as much money as possible. On Friday, the duelling dealers compete in the ultimate challenge - The Showdown - where at least half of their items must be sold at the Showdown auction. Once the deals are done, one expert is crowned the Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion. Eric 'Knocker' Knowles and John 'The Hammer' Cameron head to the Porte de Vanves Flea Market in Paris to do battle in this no-holds-barred dealing competition. Which dealer can translate those French bargains into more brass back in Blighty?'

Some of the dealers involved were described using their full names. These seemed to be genuine colleagues of Knowles or Cameron. Reeve and Parmiter were only described as 'Ian' and 'Ant'. Describing Ian as Ian Parmiter would have been a giveaway resulting in an immediate hit on Google for Parmiter Antiques. Similarly 'Anthony Reeve' or 'Ant Reeve' and antiques would find Lassco Three Pigeons on Google. Ant's 'Lassco' logo on his work fleece was airbrushed for the programme. Basically it would be hard if not impossible to track either Ian or Ant down unless you already knew who they were.

So how did the celebs get on with the dealers? Cameron bought an enamelled Coca-Cola thermometer backing plate for €50 in Paris, asked Parmiter for £130-£140 who offered £100 which was accepted. Knowles bought a late 19thC French fender for €60, asked Ant for £130 who offered £75 and settled for £85.

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is in its sixth season. Produced by Reef Television at 5.15pm on BBC2, the first episode raised an audience of 1.4m (12%), and is rated as 'Popular Factual'. It was produced and directed by Oli Sloane (Grave Trade and others), executive producer for Reef was Alex Dundas (Big Brother and others), executive producer for BBC was Lindsay Bradbury (Commissioning Executive Editor, Daytime responsible for: Daytime Factual on BBC1 and 2).
BBC iPlayer: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (Available until 5:59PM Wed, 25 Apr 2012)
Enquiries : Send a message
Story Type : 831
Images :
Anthony Reeves, Lassco, and Eric Knowles (top), John Cameron and Ian Parmiter (bottom)

Location : UK > London West
Category : News Stories
IP : Logged
ID : 66017
User : 1 ; Antique/Reclamation/Salvage Trade ; (Administrator)
Date Created : 19 Apr 2012 22:52:15
Date Modified : 20 Apr 2012 10:06:30;


Results 1 - 25 of 1018 items found : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 . . . | Next


spacer
Site powered by Salvo! | About Salvo, legal, privacy & warnings

Copyright 1994 - 2012 © Salvo Llp. Copyright of text and photos input by users.