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FOOTBALL SHIRT REUSE BRINGS JOY

When football clubs replace their kit for a new season or players move on to a new club a hardly used football shirt can suddenly go out of date.  So what can a football supporter do with the old one? An alternative to abandoning the shirt at the back of a wardrobe would be to donate it to Afrikit. 



Afrikit is a charity bringing the joy of owning your own football shirt to poor children and adults in Africa. Apart from the fun side a football shirt can also help to bring communities back together. Shirts donated in 2010 are now being worn to play football in Kenya, Tanzania and Lesotho. 



Afrikit is interested in all donations whatever the age, size or quality. The charity even takes shorts and socks as well.  Collection points are located in Decathlon stores around the UK.  But co- founder, Jack Hands, said Afrikit is ' looking to expand, so is actively seeking partners who will put shirt bins up for us! '

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PULPIT ON THE MOVE

Finally worked out how to have a nice collage of pictures (thanks, Photobucket) rather than the opaque system Tumblr provides (no offence, and thanks for the free service anyway). And to celebrate here is a little action sequence showing our marvellous boys in action moving a pulpit base in a church near Guildford. 



It was that worst of all church jobs - a building site. And while we did not actually see anybody doing any work while we were there - tea drinking, paper reading, aimless wandering and watching us was as good as it got - the builders had nonetheless managed to rip up all the flooring just before we turned up to remove the 8ft high pulpit. Thanks for that.



This meant that we had to move the thing old style; busting it up and dragging it off. As I had done my back in a couple of days previously - sneezing, believe it or not -  I restricted myself to undoing some of the x hundred screws that the OCD Victorian nutter carpenters had used to make this thing, and taking out of focus pictures of our follically challenged crew scuttling towards the exit. Wa-hey! Wish I had done a little film, then you would get the sound effects as well. Tucked inside the pulpit was a little time capsule envelope of stuff, I will scan soon and this can be the next installment of the exciting Frimley Pulpit Series.

Chancellors: Antique Pulpits For Sale from £250 to £4,500 for a Christopher Wren pulpit

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BAG FOR LIFE

If you love style but care about the environment then why not take a look at ethical fashion. The Ethical Fashion Programme has collaborated with Vivienne Westwood in her 2011 SpringSummer bag collection. The bags made from reused fabric are all one of a kind and also help women in Africa. 



The women make the bags from advertisement banners and safari tents in Nairobi, Kenya. The aim of the programme is to empower the women through quality work that also minimises the negative impact on the environment. It also enables the community to build a skilled workforce to raise living standards for the future. The Africa get-a-life shopping bag is one that will last you a lifetime too.

Vivienne Westwood: This is not charity this is work

International Trade Centre: Ethical Fashion Programme

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FREE PRE-DEMOLITION AUDIT TRAINING OFFERED BY BIOREGIONAL

BioRegional Reclaimed has organised two free pre-demolition and reclamation audit workshops, in Ashford on 23 February and Oxford on 23 March, using a reclamation-led approach to demolition with real life case studies that provide practical guidance.



With the rising costs of disposal of construction waste the demolition phase of a development can offer a major opportunity for measurable savings. By identifying construction material that can be reused, a developer can reduce the amount of waste sent for disposal as well as contribute to organisational carbon targets and wider sustainability objectives.



With an audience composed of all sectors of the construction chain, from procurement and design to build, this workshop will not only introduce new ideas but will also allow delegates to understand the perspectives and perceived constraints of material reclamation for other sectors of the construction industry.



Bring outdoor gear because after a morning of introduction and training the delegates will use their knowledge to carry out a visual inspection of a site in the venue area.



Programme led by Jonathan Essex, BioRegional:

09.00 Arrive for coffee

09.30 Introduction and Welcome

09.40 ICE Demolition Protocol

10.00 Waste Minimisation and Reuse best practice

10.30 Carbon Accounting

11.00 Coffee

11.20 The Pre-demolition audit toolkit and Reclamation Surveys

12.00 Worked examples

12.30 Questions and Answers

13.00 Lunch

14.00 Off site deconstruction and Pre-demolition audit

15.00 Best Practice case studies and contract clauses

16.00 End



This project is part funded by the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) as part of the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007-13.



Free registration: Email Matt dot Sullivan at BioRegional dot com or Tel: 020 8404 4238.

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RECLAIMED BRICK CAVERN CELEBRATES BEATLES ANNIVERSARY

The Cavern club is today celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the first appearance of The Beatles on 9 February 1961. 



In 2007 the Cavern celebrated its 50th birthday with a 13 hour party. The Beatles played hundreds of gigs at the Cavern Club between 1961 and 1963. The original club was located in the cellars of an old Victorian warehouse which was demolished in 1973 to allow a shaft to be built for the Mersey underground railway Link improvement. In 1983 it was decided that the Cavern should be rebuilt, following the death of John Lennon, a few yards away from its original location, reusing some of the old bricks reclaimed from the original demolition. Over 15,000 secondhand bricks from the old Cavern were reused in the reconstruction. Some salvaged bricks were taken by locals and 5,000 were sold by site owners the Royal Life company in 1983 for £7 each. A plaque certifying their authenticity was glued to each antique brick with the proceeds being donated to a local charity. All of the reclaimed bricks were sold, and in the late 1980s one Cavern brick was said to have been resold for over £500 by Sotheby's.



[source SalvoNEWS 17 Jan 2007, inc Beatles Cavern video and brick authentication plaques

SalvoNEWS: Reclaimed bricks help Cavern club celebration

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Dying Alexander museumview at the Uffizi [screenshot from Google

STREETVIEW SHOOTS VERSAILLES, UFFIZI AND OTHER MAJOR GALLERIES

Google's Streetview technology has been used to create virtual tours of world class galleries in a scheme known as Art Project. The tours are cranky, if anything worse than streetview's normal output, but hey, they do seem to work, albeit slowly and jerkily.



Some of the galleries paintings, but none of their sculptures, are presented in gigapixel form, where miniscule close-ups are possible. A stroll around the Palace of Versailles and its garden can be made with the marble ornament, which is clearly visible at a distance, rendered blurry close-up. So too with the Uffizi in Florence, where the galleries can be scrolled through, showing its layouts and the wealth of antique sculpture it possesses, but without being able to see it too close.



The copyright of the gigapixel images is owned by the galleries which could choose whichever paintings they wished to appear in close-up. The museumview tour is copyright Google.



The Tate Gallery blog contains a description of how Google did it, written by project manager James Davies:

'The version of Street View technology used in the galleries involved an extremely high tech and rather silly-looking trolley. It was to be pushed around the rooms at a particular speed and on a peculiar route, and seemed to me to be a marvellous combination of garden-shed and cutting-edge. Changing the battery, at 23 kilos each, they were not fun to carry around. The trolley was not simple. It had lasers and cameras and GPS and all sorts. You could not stand in its view, for fear of being captured. Yet it could see you, left right, up down, back and forth and everywhere in between. So it must be operated by a squirrel (a trained man with a perfectly shaped back) who hides in its visual wake and guides it through the rooms. Then you have to be completely out of sight. Which is interesting when you are trying to oversee the logistics of the operation. And in an empty museum at 2am you begin to think that this rule of not seeing what is going on provides perfect cover for some daring and complex ploy to steal a masterpiece. And that must be what the lasers and cameras and GPS are for. The best way to monitor progress was on our security cameras. The team worked diligently charting their peculiar route through each gallery, trying not to slow down in front of paintings they liked, while I scurried about moving stepladders and other bits that might look as if people actually worked in the museum after hours (they do). It not only knew where it was, it knew where it had been (blue lines) and where people where hiding (green dots). The cyber-trolley's all-seeing eye captured me at one point as I attempted to dip out of view, and of course I am secretly delighted to be immortalised albeit with a blob for a head.'

Google Art Project: Uffizi Gallery

Google Art Project: Behind the Scenes Trolleys in the Gallery

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BANTER COULD RESULT IN COMPENSATION UNDER THE EQUALITY ACT

Customers and staff who find the banter in UK salvage yards offensive may be entitled to compensation under the Equality Act, according to Linda Stewart, of Simpson Millar, and Julius Erolin of Equality Works, who write in Jonathan Moules 'Business Questions' column in the FT on 5 Feb 2011. 



An intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment, and jokes or banter about age, race, gender reassignment, disability, religion or belief, and sex or sexual orientation, could now provoke a claim for compensation.



Preventative measures, including making it clear to all staff that harassment and certain jokes and banter are unacceptable, will help a business defend an action for compensation. Workplaces free from harassment are generally more productive and innovative. Stewart and Erolin do not mention whether workplaces free of jokes and banter are more productive. Inclusive workplaces also tend to identify and correct safety issues faster and more effectively than others.

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STUNNING GLASS STAIRCASE SMASHED DURING DECONSTRUCTION

A glass staircase broke during dismantling after it failed to sell on SalvoWEB for £3,000, and sold instead on eBay for £1,575.



On 15 January 2011 the owner, who needed to remove the staircase as part of a property renovation, placed an enhanced listing on SalvoWEB costing £30 inc vat. The owner wrote that it was an 'amazing glass and metal stair case, tempered glass to the side, impeccable quality which must have cost £25,000 new. If you are planning, building, contemplating, dreaming of a loft or new house or conversion I urge you to consider fitting this stunning bit of work. It was the most stand-out feature when we viewed this property but unlike the couple we bought from we have three kids, a dog and need a new bedroom and simply can't accomodate this awesome feature. This is a hugely expensive addition to any project, but we have no way to utilize it and I'd love someone to take advantage of this chance to procure a seriously luxurious extra for a great price. We plan to have it removed by our builders so it will be ready for collection from late-January onwards.'



The Salvo ad received 33 visitors over the next five days, one of which wanted to buy, but by then things had moved on and the owner had already decided to put it on an unreserved eBay auction starting at £10, and cancelled the SalvoWEB ad. The owner wrote, 'eBay appealed as it had a bidding process rather than me offering it at a price, but I foolishly listed it at dawn so it finished at 6am on Sunday (23rd January) which was an error.' It may have been better to have ended it in the evening. In the end six people had bid, with the winner getting the staircase for £1,575. The eBay listing had 160 views, probably from around 50 visitors, over the three days of the auction.



Then disaster struck after the auction was over and the staircase was being dismantling. 'The staircase shattered upon removal - which was tragic! The winner was a private buyer some distance away who was trying to incorporate it into a renovation project. The buyer is still going to take the steps and metal, despite the damage, but only for a nominal cost.'

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Black enamelled slate fire surround with landscape oil panels, and cast iron insert £1,550 [photo Avilon

A READER ASKS: CAN I REMOVE AND SELL MY EDWARDIAN FIREPLACE?

A reader asked: I have just moved house and would like to remove one of the Edwardian fireplaces. I'm not sure if it is slate or marble as it is covered in white gloss paint. Can this be removed and sold?



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Salvo recommends that intact original fixtures should not be removed from old houses. However, the UK salvage trade exists because when items are inevitably removed, it is better that they are reused than destroyed and landfilled, to preserve their historic value, and from the environmental viewpoint of giving a good item the chance of a second life.



Can your fireplace be removed and sold? It is likely that the fireplace can be sold, but can it be legally removed? The answer is probably yes, but if your home is listed or in a conservation area you should check with your Council's listed buildings department first. Removing a legally-protected item from a building or garden is a criminal offence.



Can the white gloss paint be removed? This depends on whether the fireplace is made from marble, which is relatively tough, or from enamelled slate, which is a softer with a brittle polished asphalt coat, easily dissolved with solvents or abraded with scourers or scrapers.



If the fireplace is made of marble the paint can be fairly easily and carefully removed with an alkali-based chemical paint stripper, then washed with cream bathroom cleaner, dried and polished with a light colourless beeswax or white wax polish.



If the fireplace is made of slate, the original decoration is probably intact underneath the paint, with black enamelled surfaces and possibly gilding, marbling and oil painting. This is definitely worth keeping but would almost certainly be destroyed by paint stripping unless this is done with meticulous care using gentle scraping and poultice-type strippers. Try a tiny inconspicuous area first before embarking on the whole fireplace to make sure your method will work. The end result may be so good that you decide to leave your fireplace in-situ. 



Stripped slate fireplaces (where the enamel has been removed) do have a value, but this is less than ones with the original enamel intact. Some salvage businesses strip and redecorate marble fire surrounds with modern marbling effects.



We are not aware of anyone who offers a commercial service to clean paint off enamelled slate fire surrounds whilst preserving the enamel because it is so time-consuming and prone to failure. We would be very keen to hear of any proven methods or materials used to strip enamelled slate fireplaces where there is a reasonable guarantee that the enamel will be left intact.



Don't forget the Salvo Fair: There are usually several enamel slate fire surrounds for sale at the annual Salvo Fair at Knebworth on 25th - 26th June 2011 (also open Friday 24th for Trade Only).

SalvoWEB For Sale: Victorian 1880s hand-painted slate surround and insert

SalvoWEB: Slate fire surrounds for sale, some original enamelled, some bare slate

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CLEVE WEST CHOOSES RECLAIMED COTSWOLD SETTS FOR CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW

The Daily Telegraph's show garden at Chelsea this year is being designed and built by Cleve West who has chosen to use reclaimed Cotswold stone, supplied by Darren Jones of Lichen Garden Antiques in Gloucestershire.



The sunken garden will have a traditional feel with dry stone walls, coursed vertically, and setts or flagstones, coupled with stone column sculptures from southern France, gargoyle spouts and a rill. 



"It hints at a ruin, verging on the traditional but then veers off into contemporary. There's nothing new at Chelsea, it's all been done before, but I hope people will get the new combination," Cleve West said. 



Among the plantings will be self-seeded parsnips from his allotment at Bushey Park which he grew to eat at Christmas but decided instead to keep them and their umbelliferous yellow flowers for an appearance in the garden at Chelsea.

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Middlesbrough Cathedral mosaic detail [photo UKAA

MIDDLESBROUGH CATHEDRAL MOSAICS APPEAR ON EBAY

Two wall mosaics from the walls of Middlesbrough's St Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral when it burned down in 2000 are being sold for £3,700 on eBay by UK Architectural Antiques.



The mosaics date back to the 1820s and survived the cathedral's arson attack in 2000. 



Becky Litherland, from UKAA in Staffordshire, said: "These are two impressive mosaics and are in good condition. We are expecting a lot of interest. As they are tiled and quite old, it would take an awful lot for them to be damaged, which is why they survived the fire." The mosaics were still intact on a wall after the fire and were professionally removed. "This was done by boarding either side of the mosaic with thick sheets of plywood," said Becky. The wall was removed, laid flat then carefully cut away. "Layers of fibreglass and resins have been used to bond the rear of the mosaics and to secure them to mesh frames," said Becky.



St Mary's Cathedral, which was built between 1876 and 1878, stood in Sussex Street in St Hilda's.



[source Middlesbrough Gazette

Ebay: Pair of Wall Mosaics from Middlesbrough Cathedral

Middlesbrough Gazette: Historic Middlesbrough cathedral mosaics rise from the ashes on eBay

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RIBA JOURNAL SUGGESTS SALVAGE-USING ARCHITECTS SHOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY

Eat your heart out Albert Steptoe: architects and clients alike are seeking discarded materials for their buildings, driven by environmental concerns, the recession and the look of it. But it's more than cosmetic: if you want to use recycled stuff in your project you'll have to start thinking differently about design, writes Eleanor Young, executive editor, in the latest RIBA Journal.



When Martin Pawley wrote Garbage Housing in 1975 he thought of using all sorts of consumer waste, from car tyres and body parts,  the Heineken World Bottle which stacked as a brick and newsprint cores. But there's an easier way: use waste from the construction industry.



Some of this is very simple, you just need to specify the right thing; recycled steel, PFA in your concrete or ground glass as an aggregate. But at the next level down, mainly small projects with private clients, it gets more direct. Ebay, Salvoweb, builderscrap.com, local skips, your own reject pile and the contractor's other sites are the main sources for this sort of project. At the moment it tends to be driven by ideology, or the idea of saving money on materials - it requires dedication, investigation, thinking on your feet and plenty of design flexibility.



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RIBA Journal: The Editors

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GRAND DESIGNS SALVAGE BARGE'S UNSCHEDULED VOYAGE

Chris Miller and Sze Liu's converted barge, which featured on Grand Designs in 2007, broke free from its moorings in Southend and was washed up at Westcliff on Sea.



Known as the Medway EcoBarge, it failed to impress Kevin McCloud, who disliked the owner's adhoc approach and reluctance to work to a formal design, and described it as a floating scrapheap challenge.



The boat is believed to have been vandalised and used by squatters and partygoers in recent months. It has since been towed back to its moorings.



The £80,000 project ran into cash problems and the couple, both social workers, abandoned the idea of living in it but Mr. Miller had plans to start work on it again this spring, however the estimated £70,000 worth of damage done to it by vandals means this is apparently no longer viable.

The Echo: Houseboat washed onto Westcliff beach

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THE DEMOLITION OF DUKINFIELD

SeftonWallet, who placed this on his YouTube account, writes, 'Home movie footage of Dukinfield near Manchester being demolished in the name of regeneration. Filmed by Elsie Roscoe late 1960s or 1970. The music is The Dolly Suite by Gabriel Faure, probably familiar to those of a certain age as the the theme to Listen with Mother.'



Dukinfield is part of the Manchester borough of Tameside, with a cotton mill and coal mining heritage. The deepest coal mine in the world, the Astley Deep Pit at 2,100ft, was located there.



Note the flagstones stacked up in front of the derelict houses looking as if these were the only things that were reclaimed.

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FRN SEE 'BIG SOCIETY' AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUSHING REUSE

The coalition government's 'Big Society' represents a major opportunity for reuse organisations to deliver more services with both the public and private sector, according to the Furniture Reuse Network.



As the FRN published its business plan for 2011-14 last week, the Network's chief executive, Craig Anderson, highlighted the government's agenda for involving communities more in delivering services as one of a number of ways the sector could establish a "pioneering service". The business plan outlines how the FRN plans to develop its activities between now and 2014. "There are major opportunities in areas such as working with the commercial and public sectors, working on welfare to work provision, with prisons and within the Big Society agenda as a whole. It's a major opportunity to establish a pioneering service," he said.



Mr Anderson noted that the FRN, which represents over 300 reuse charities and social enterprises nationwide, had encountered difficulties working with the public sector in certain areas, but said that the Big Society concept, with its focus on civil society, could help to address this. "We're finding barriers working with the public sector but if they're looking to save money, and the government wants to look at civil society providing more services, they have to take into account the social and economic value of our work," he said.



However, in the Business Plan, the FRN notes that while there are growth opportunities for the reuse sector within the Big Society agenda - such as by taking on bulky waste collections or running volunteering programmes - it needs to be proactive. "The sector will need to engage to survive and grow, and to help design and build a bigger civil society," it outlines in the Plan, while noting that it needs government support to provide social equality and to distribute resources fairly.



Market drivers



As well as the Big Society, the Business Plan raises the potential for increased working with the commercial sector, in light of businesses' corporate social responsibility, or CSR, agendas. "Social, economic and environment value can be found through manufacturing and retailing of goods by supporting product reuse endeavours and introducing product stewardship," the Plan explains. And, it also highlights the influence of environmental regulations, noting in particular the emphasis on reuse in the revised EU Waste Framework Directive, its drive for a network of 'accredited' reusers, and the CO2 savings from reusing products in comparison to other forms of waste management.



Challenge



Mr Anderson explained that the challenge now facing the FRN was to represents its members in playing their part in responding to, and benefiting from, those market drivers. "We are a network about bringing people and organisations together," he said. "To represent our membership better we have learnt that we need a strong organisation, to be structured and strong, so the Business Plan is about building that function so we can respond to various opportunities."



In light of this, FRN is aiming to work more closely with both the public and the commercial sectors. In terms of the public sector this involves increasing members' access to council 'waste' and providing support in areas such as procurement and contract commissioning. And, in relation to the commercial sector, it aims to place a particular focus on building the UK network of Approved Reuse Centres. At the moment, 50 of the FRN members run these centres, which have to undergo an audit process before receiving their ARC certification and registration.



The UK Furniture Reuse Network (formerly the Furniture Recycling Network) is the national body which supports, assists and develops charitable and social enterprise reuse organisations across the UK, represents 300 reuse charities, and has recently published its business plan for 2011-14.



[source FRN press release

FRN: The nationwide organisation for reusers

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Bullards Beers enamel sign £620 [photo Gaze

GAZE BYGONES - KINGFISHER TRAP SNARES £340

Among the results of Gaze's rural and domestic bygones sale last Saturday, a kingfisher pole trap with chain and spike sold for £340. Kingfishers used to feed at fish hatcheries and, prior to 1904 when these traps were outlawed, tiny gin traps baited with a small fish, were attached to poles used as kingfisher perches. Kingfishers, with their bright orange and electirc blue plumage, were also popular in Victorian ornithological stuffed bird collections. Pole traps were normally used to catch larger birds of prey as well as owls. A variation on the round bait plate is the ring for egg-baited eagle traps.



A glass minnow trap sold for £110. Other notable prices were a pair of iron scaffold board trestles at £140, Horlicks enamel sign £460, Fraser removals enamel sign £200. The top lot and enamel sign at £620 was one of 18ins by 10ins for Bullards Beers of Norwich which flourished from 1837-1970. It was taken over by Watneys and Sir Alfred Munnings original artwork of 1909, for the famous Bullard's posters and wall-plaques of which this lot was one, was re-styled in cartoon form by Watneys.



Next Gaze sale is for Architectural Salvage & Statuary on Saturday 26 February 2011.

TWGaze: Rural & Domestic Bygones 29 January 2011

Old Trap Collector: Pole Traps

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Henry VIII mural in Milverton [photo BBC

HENRY VIII MURAL UNCOVERED IN MILVERTON HOME

Angie and Rhodri Powell have discovered a 20ft high wall painting of what is believed to be King Herny VIII after they removed some panelling from a wall in their Milverton home which was used as a summer palace for Thomas Cranmer, Archdeacon of Taunton, who went on to became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1533, and who helped the king break from the Catholic church. He recanted his protestant faith but was burnt at the stake anyway when England swung back to Catholicism during the reign of Queen Mary I. He famously thrust his right hand into the flames first for having signed the recantation.



The painting is by an unknown artist and is dated to c1530. Ms Powell, a children's author, told the BBC, "When we saw the eyes appear out of the plaster it was a real moment. It is a presence and you do feel there's just something there behind you looking over your shoulder. When people come in, he grabs the attention.'

BBC: Mural of King Henry VIII uncovered in Somerset

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Before and after shot of parquet flooring from Bitumen Removal Ltd

TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF BITUMEN REMOVAL

Parquet Bitumen Removal Ltd are a company based in Manchester that remove bitumen from parquet and tongue and groove flooring. The business was started up in October of last year and is based at the same premises as Reclaim and Recycle Ltd. The website shows before and after photographs of parquet flooring with different grades of bitumen. 



Bitumen Removal say that for the majority of wood block flooring they will be able to remove almost all of the bitumen because it is dry and brittle. In cases where bitumen is still wet and tacky, they will remove as much as possible leaving a smooth level surface.



To contact Bitumen Removal Ltd, Irlam, Manchester telephone 0845 309 6359.

Bitumen Removal Ltd

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Lot 8065: An early 19th Century copper watering can with rose. est £30-£40

GAZE BYGONES SALE THIS SATURDAY

Pop down to Diss Auction rooms and stock up on all your gardening gear in readiness for spring. As well as everything you might need to maintain your garden, there will be for sale enamel signs, farming, railway, kitchen and fishing items, and other bygones.



Location: Saleroom 1 and Sale Meadow, TW Gaze LLP, Roydon Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22 4LN

Date: 29 January 2011

Start Time: 10:00

Bidding Deadline: 29 January 2011 09:30

Contact: Carl Willows & Rob Kinsella on 01379 650 306

Total Lots: 599

Bygones Catalogue

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Mardyn Street, Liverpool, will be bulldozed in 2011 [photo: http://gerryco23.wordpress.com

RINGO'S HOUSE NOT LISTED

The house Beatle's drummer Ringo Starr was born in will not be granted listed status by English Heritage. The Victorian terraced house is in Madryn Street in Liverpool, one of hundreds of houses that will be demolished this year. 



Campaigner, Phil Coppell, said the house is of huge cultural significance and that English Heritage 'do not understand the reality of what is important to the ordinary people of Liverpool and to Beatles fans all over the world.'



English Heritage have dismissed the application on the basis that the 'house has no associations with the success of The Beatles as a group, was only lived in by Ringo Starr for four years after his birth and is not architecturally or historically significant enough to match listing criteria.'

BBC: Ringo Starr's former home not granted listed status

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Fred Dibnah died aged 66 in 2004, and was well known for bringing down chimneys without explosives. [photo BBC

FRED DIBNAH THEATRE SHOW

A new play about local legend Fred Dibnah will be shown at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton. The show, called 'The Demolition Man', stars John Branwell from Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Holby City, and Doctors.



The Octagon Theatre says 'Many women have to deal with their husband's hair-brained schemes.  And when Sheila comes home to find her husband has decided to build a 70ft mineshaft in the back garden, she somehow isn't suprised.  But if you were married to Fred Dibnah, one of Bolton's best-loved sons, you wouldn't be either.



After appearing on television repairing Bolton Town Hall clock in 1978, Fred went from eccentric, engineer and steeplejack to local hero, celebrated broadcaster and national institution.  But when he is diagnosed with cancer, it threatens to demolish his personal and professional life as easily as he had toppled chimneys throughout his illustrious career. 



Despite his tragic deterioration, he determines to forge ahead with his project to get his beloved steam engine on the road.  And along the way, Fred's relationship with Sheila is put to the test.'



'The Demolition Man' is at the Octagon from Thursday 7 April - Saturday 7 May 2011. Tickets are from £9.50 on 01204 520661

The Demolition Man at Octagon Theatre

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Salvo Fair, Knebworth House, 24-26 June 2011

SALVO FAIR DISCOUNT DEADLINE ON MONDAY

For Salvo Fair Exhibitors who are travelling from abroad and for those who have exhibited at more than three fairs, Salvo offers a discount, provided payments are made before the end of January. This ensures that there is a decent amount of bookings made in time for marketing the Salvo fair in the home interest press. 



Call Ruby Hazael on +44 1225 422300 to book and pay before end of Monday 31st January.

Salvo Fair: booking form

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CHANCE TO BUY SALVO GUIDE ON EBAY

An ebayer is selling a copy of the Salvo Guide for the bargain price of £2.20 including postage and packing. The book is described as 'The Salvo Guide, Thornton Kay, Very Good Book'. Five thousand copies of the Salvo Guide were printed in 2000. Salvo do not have any copies left in stock.

ebay: The Salvo Guide, Thornton Kay, Very Good Book

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Boar statue removed because of Christmas damage [photo: Bromsgrove Advertiser

UNSAFE STATUE REMOVED FROM BROMSGROVE HIGH STREET

A boar and dryad statue that has been situated outside Bromsgrove post office for more than thirty years has been removed by the council. Over Christmas, the stone base became damaged and the council decided the statue was not safe.



The boar is the emblem of Bromsgrove and harks back to a time when the town was surrounded by forest. The statue was made by the late Terry Simons of Bromsgrove Guild Concrete Products, and is a composite stone copy of the original made for Nettlebed Park in Oxfordshire by Louis Weingartner of the Guild.



Guy Revans of Bromsgrove council said "It's currently in secure storage while we investigate and while members decide how to proceed - especially considering everything may be repositioned in the pending High Street redevelopment."

Bromsgrove Advertiser: Bromsgrove boar statue

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DEMOLITION NEWS RADIO IS LAUNCHED

The first new talk show by Demolitionnews.com has been made live. Listeners can play the show on the website or download it to listen to later. The programme features interviews with John Cuddy of Cuddy Demolition, Liz Bridge of The Tax Bridge on the higher rate of VAT, Sophie Francis of the National Demolition Training Group, John Woodward of C&D Consultancy discuss the new Demolition Managers training course and a contribution from Comley Demolition.



"The switch from written word to spoken word was always going to be challenging and we did have some issues with recording levels and the like," says DemolitionNews.com founder Mark Anthony. "But we're delighted with the content of this first show and even more so by the support shown by the guests and sponsors that helped us produce this pilot show. We have all learned a great deal and we're now looking forward to applying those lessons in producing our second show."

Demolition News: Welcome to Demo Talk radio

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