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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.

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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.



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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

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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

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Salvo LLP  Bath  UK

Salvo Fair

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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.

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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

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Winchcombe and Padstow are both Salvo Code dealers

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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

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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.

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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



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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

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£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

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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

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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

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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.

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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).

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LANDFILL TAX RISES TO £64 PER TONNE

The tax for active waste (such as reusable floorboards and beams) sent to UK landfills has risen from £56 to £64 per tonne, and will rise again in April 2013 to £72 per tonne, and in April 2014 it will rise again to £80 per tonne where it will remain until at least 2020. The tax is intended to encourage recycling (but not reuse) for which it has been successful at diverting the 700,000 annual tonnes of wood which was being reclaimed for reuse in 1998 to the recycling waste stream where much of it has been burnt, chipped, composted and mulched.



The tax for inert waste (such as crushed bricks, stone and concrete) will remain at £2.50 per tonne.



The Chancellor, George Osborne lowered the contributions landfill operators can give to Entrust under the Landfill Communities Fund from 6.2 per cent of their landfill tax liability to 5.6 per cent. "The value of the landfill communities fund for 2012-13 will remain unchanged at £78.1 million. As a result, the cap on contributions by landfill operators will be amended to 5.6 per cent. Future decisions on the value of the fund will take into account the level of unspent funds held by environmental bodies," Osborne said.



April 1 also marks the end of the exemption from landfill tax for waste arising from the reclamation of contaminated land. The move was announced in October 2008, and is expected to raise around £40 million in additional revenue for the treasury. Now, any such waste sent to landfill will be subject to landfill tax at the appropriate rate.

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ON THIEVES AND THIEVING: PART 2 THE STOLEN GUARD DOG

Rufus was the third consecutive black and tan Alsatian that I owned and looked very similar to his predecessors so much so that quite a few people were of the opinion that they were all one and the same dog. I sometimes pointed out that canine lifespan did not extend that long but more often than not I let them believe that I possessed a twenty five year old dog and furthermore I might in exceptional circumstances point out how sprightly and well the dog was for his years!



Rufus went missing on a Sunday morning. I had gone out for a short time and told him to stay. He was over three years old and fairly steady in his behaviour and like all my dogs was trained to obey that command. It nearly always worked but it was not infallible. When I returned I discovered he had vanished. My youngest son, Harry, who was twelve at the time was very upset.



I called the police station but no dog of any breed had been found. They suggested I phone back later and if he was not found then to phone the dog warden in the morning. When later I rang there was still no news of him.



He did not return during the course of the night as had happened sometimes previously when dogs of mine have gone missing. He might have gone looking for a bitch on heat but to be honest Rufus was not what you would call a randy dog so I rather dismissed this idea.



The following morning a tearful Harry asked me what we were going to do. I phoned the dog warden but I had already thought that they would have phoned me if Rufus had turned up. Sure enough there was no sign of him and he was put onto the missing dog list.



I decided that I would call the journalist who wrote a pet detective column in the local paper and who claimed to have great success with reuniting pets with their owners. I told her about Rufus but her reaction surprised me.



"He'll undoubtedly be on his way to Nigeria now, I afraid to say! There's a huge demand for large dogs at the moment and they are being stolen to order to satisfy this demand." I was stunned by this comment but not entirely convinced.



"Is there anything I can do?" I asked, weakly.



"No, I'm afraid not. There's nothing you can do! I'm sorry to say you won't be seeing your dog again!" To be honest she didn't sound a bit sorry in fact there was a certain amount of relish in her tone, I felt. I thanked her and put the phone down and felt bewildered, angry and somewhat at a loss too. I then decided I would telephone the local dog rescue centre who in the past have given me sound advice when I have had a dog missing. Once again I related what had happened.



"Well he may of course just be on the trail of a bitch even though you say that's out of character with him," said the lady who had answered the phone. I agreed that this was a possibility. 



"There again he may have been stolen. There's a lot of travellers about at the moment and if the opportunity presented itself they may well take your dog. There again, of course, anyone

could have taken him. The other possibility is that someone with a misplaced sense of kindness is keeping him after perhaps having found him wandering. That happens quite a lot. To get your dog back you will have to offer a reward. It's no good using the word 'substantial' - they won't know what that means. You'll have to use the word 'big'. You must also make the dog unique and invent a life threatening illness for him. That will make him undesirable! I take it you have had him chipped?" she asked. I admitted I had not. "Well for

heavens sake make sure you do if you get him back and chip any other dog you have also. Oh. And don't use the word 'stolen' it can be libellous." I agreed to both bits of advice.



I thought about what she had said and came up with the following advert: 'Missing Black and Tan Male German Shepherd Dog Bred in Austria and Chipped to Prove It. Only Understands Austrian Commands. Has Very Bad Heart Even Though He Seems Healthy Needs Correct Drugs Daily or Will Be Dead in a Week. Little Girl At Home Who Loves Him Broken Hearted And Now Only Sad. Big Reward Given To Finder.'



I looked at the advert and thought it the work of an imbecile! If I found Rufus and then saw that advert I'd think twice about returning him to such a raving owner. I photocopied 75 cards with this ridiculous advert on it and distributed these on numerous corner store notice boards, veterinary practice windows and animal feed suppliers walls between Emsworth in Hampshire and Worthing in West Sussex. I sat back and waited impatiently for news to come but none came. Harry became very dejected about the whole thing.



While I say nothing happened there were actually a few non-events that occurred during this episode of the Rufus saga and they come under the banner of false alarms or mistaken identities. One such memorable false alarm occurred about two weeks after the dog went missing when a group of new age travellers set up camp on a derelict council farm-holding some two miles from me and I was reliably informed by a friend, that Rufus was "being held there against his will". I duly went down to the site after work and peered through the boundary hedge after climbing over a low, outer, rabbit proof fence. The Alsatian dog that I could see was tied to the tow bar of a caravan and leaping around barking furiously as if unhappy at being restrained. From where I was positioned the dog certainly looked like Rufus but there again his predecessor Max had looked like Rufus as did his predecessor Digger! A lot of Alsatians look like Rufus! A caravan door opened and I heard a woman's voice shout out the words, "Shuddup! Slasher! Shuddup!" Slasher if that was Rufus' new name duly shut up obediently and the caravan door slammed shut. I craned myself forward further to see if I could attract the dog's attention - it was about 40 metres away when I felt something touching my ankle. I looked down and a stout, stocky Staffordshire bull terrier like dog leaped away from where it had been sniffing my leg, looked me in the face and set up a dreadful high-pitched yapping. I tried to placate the dog telling it what a good dog it was and to be quiet but this incited the dog to bark even louder.



The caravan door opened again and then another one near it and the same voice bellowed out again, "Whazzit? Rambo! Whazzup boy?" Rambo who it clearly was, ceased his barking and looked towards the caravan and wagged his tail faintly. I retreated a little and he noticed and growled and then began barking again. "There's someone snoopin' abaht over there!" A man's voice shouted out and a babble of voices started rising over and around the nearest caravans. I saw one of the men go towards the Alsatian who was barking frenetically and fiddle with the rope. He unleashed the dog.



"Goo on Slasher! Goo on boy! See 'im off!" The dog bounded away from the caravans heading rapidly towards me and the by now utterly apoplectic Rambo. I quickly noted that this was evidently not Rufus but big bad Slasher coming to get me and decided to leg it. With the two snapping closely at my legs I threw myself over the rabbit proof fencing as they crashed into it frantic with fury and barking like Cerebus the three headed dog who guarded the Underworld according to the ancients and who allowed dead souls to enter but never to leave.



There were other ridiculous encounters with dogs that weren't Rufus and people who had not stolen him but after eight weeks I became convinced that we would not see Rufus again but then that changed one Saturday morning about 11am.



A phone call came at the yard while I was busy with metal customers. Harry was working for me to earn a bit of pocket money and answered the phone while I was weighing in some copper.



"Dad? Dad? There's a man on the phone who knows you and wants to talk to you. He says it's important." Harry called to me. I came to the phone. 



" 's that Peet Jownz?" a rather wheezy, voice of a youngish-sounding man asked me. I said it was and sat in my chair by my desk in the office. He continued in a nasally tone clearly puffing on a cigarette between every few words.



"My frien's got chaw dog, bu' 'e's gonna jail an 'e wannza finda good 'ome for 'im like; yoo in'erested?" Involuntarily I gasped at the outrageousness of this statement. Harry glanced at me sharply.



"Is it about Rufy?" he mouthed to me silently. I nodded that it was and listened to instructions from Wheezy-Nasal. WN told me to be at a certain place one week from now and that there I would meet Steve who would reveal the dog to me (he didn't say 'reveal' but words to that effect!). I listened, made notes and then related the whole conversation to Harry.



On the required day we were there: Harry and I. The address was much more middle class than I expected. Harry and I looked at each other silently acknowledging and inwardly questioning this oddity of occurrence. Within minutes of us exiting the car a door opened and a man of about 28 maybe 29, 30 or 31 emerged dressed in an ankle length Drizabone coat. He was by no means ugly. He approached us with a slight swagger.



"So here you are eh? Havint made much effit to findja dog av ya? Huh! I foun' joo!"



I started to remonstrate but he cut me short.



"Don' bovver! Look mate: I foun' yer dog wanderin' about by Ford market! Fat lot you care about him!" Harry and I exchanged glances. Rufus had clearly gone off wandering that morning despite the command to 'stay'. 



" 'ow cummya never made any effitz to finddjya dog? Eh?" And the "why's he like this?" and "why's he like that?' and he listed a couple of Rufuses numerous peculiarities such as his extreme sensitivity with regard his paws. Steve reckoned I cut his claws too short. (I don't. I don't touch Rufuses paws but there was no arguing with him) There was no mention of an impending visit to HM's Prison! Steve told me how much he loved Rufus. (He called him Bro.)



"I luv that dog an' 'e loves me now. I'm not so shoor I'm gonna letcha 'ave 'im at all!" Steve sneered at us.



"Look here, he's not your dog and never was," Harry suddenly

interjected with spirit and vehemence. "Whatever you say we reared him from when he was a puppy and we've loved him and my Dad has looked after him, so you give him back to us. We love him and he doesn't love you." 



Steven looked long and hard at Harry without any outward sign of emotion and then said, "Ok! I'll tell you what." He sniffed deeply, puffed on his joint, scratched under

both his armpits and said, "We'll let the dog decide who he's gonna live with ok?" 



Without any sign of acceptance from either of us one way or another he strode off into the middle of the main road of the little estate beckoning us to follow.



"You stan' there and wait," he said menacingly and with emphasis, as he pointed to the centre of the left hand carriageway of the road while he placed himself in the centre of the right hand carriageway. He threw back his coat like a gunslinger from a Western film that might have starred Gary Cooper or maybe Yul Brynner or even Walter Huston and he waved his arm in the air.



From the very end of the road as we viewed it from where we stood, a front door opened and from that open door a black and tan Alsatian dog ran out. The dog ran out fast. The black and tan Alsatian literally flew down the street.



"It's Rufy!" Harry whispered eagerly to me as I, at the same time, had realised this was certainly our missing dog. Rufus had a way of running that was idiosyncratic, in fact a bit 'spazzy' as we used to politically incorrectly say at school!



At first Rufus headed for Steve who had his arm raised in welcoming salutation to the galloping dog. Harry and I had merely stood still and watched the proceedings but as we watched we saw Rufus clearly perceive us, recognise us and duly change his course subtly towards us.



Rufus hit Harry first mid-chest and knocked him down to the ground. He whimpered plaintively and expressively as he licked Harry's face frantic and overjoyed and twirling between licks like a dervish and he then leaped at me doing exactly the same! The three of us rolled on the road that morning near Angmering by sea in a joyous re-aquaintance. Rufus was once again just silly old Rufus. A terrible shriek rent the air! It was Steve! Rolling on the kerb apparently sobbing, Steve - his Drizabone coat about his neck - in anguish and apparent misery. "Take the dog! Take the f-----g dog!" He shrieked. His sobbing was embarrassing! His blubbering was revolting but while he was doing it we all three ran to the car leaped in and were gone leaving Steve still on the ground.



A week later he called and asked me if I wanted to reimburse him some £120 he calculated for the tins of Pedigree Chum he had fed Rufus while he had him in his possession (no wonder the dog was farting like he was!) My reply was short and succinct.

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CONSULTATION ON INCREASED VAT ON ALTERATIONS TO LISTED BUILDINGS

Loyd Grosman of the Heritage Alliance said it was discouraging, the RICS said it will stifle job creation, the CLA said it was appalling, IHBC said it favoured demolition, the NFB said it was unfair, the RIBA said it was debilitating and the HHA said it was a disincentive.



The UK VAT increase from zero to 20 per cent on alterations to listed buildings has been hammered by all and sundry and is now the subject of a consultation by the government.



The Treasury defended the proposed change as it would mean VAT would now be charged on improvements such as millionaires installing indoor swimming pools at their listed homes.



In the Daily Mail, David Phillips of the Institute for Fiscal Studies said that exemptions, in particular, are anathema to the whole principle of VAT. Removing all zero and reduced rates and using the revenue to reduce the main rate would lead to welfare gains amongst the winners that exceed the welfare losses of the losers to the tune of £1.1 billion in the UK. These could include an increase of £1,000 in income tax allowances, so taking 1.5million people out of paying the tax; a 2p cut in the basic rate of tax, and 1.5p cut in the higher rate of tax. There would also be a 3.4per cent increase in other tax allowances, tax thresholds, tax credits and benefits - and VAT could drop to around 15 per cent. The IFS said that spending the proceeds in this way offsets the regressive impact of broadening the VAT base.



There are other specific arguments for increasing alterations and improvement VAT. Equalising the VAT on building alteration and improvements (currently zero) and repairs (currently 20 per cent) will mean more people may simply repair their old buildings rather than alter them. Also, why should the construction sector and its clients be exempt from the swingeing taxes and cuts faced by everyone else in order to pay for the banking debacle?

HMRC: VAT Consultation Document

Daily Mail: Brussels' radical VAT shake-up 'will cost families £800 a year

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BRICK BY RECLAIMED BRICK, BEAMISH GETS A NEW CHIPPY

A new BBC2 three part series 'Brick by Brick: Rebuilding Our Past' features relocated or reconstructed buildings and parts of buildings presented by Dan Cruickshank and Charlie Luxton. The first episode was a building from Hendon connected with early aircraft design and manufacture, and the second showed the reconstruction of a fish and chip shop at Beamish Museum.



The introduction to each episode states that 'every year thousands of ordinary buildings are demolished, smashed down to make way for the new, but some are so special they are snatched from the bulldozers and carefully dismantled. When a new home can be found for them, they are lovingly and painstakingly rebuilt.' 



Mention in the introduction should have been made, for example, that of the billions of bricks demolished each year, hundreds of millions are reclaimed by the salvage trade, saving millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide and reducing global warming.



Last week's episode seemed to promote the use of new bricks, in a simple rebuild of an early twentieth century brick building, rather than the reuse of genuine reclaimed ones. 



This week's episode promoted the reuse of reclaimed bricks, possibly more acceptable because they appear to have been salvaged by Beamish themselves, rather than the brick reclamation trade. The episode followed the reconstruction of a fully working coal-fired Edwardian fish and chip shop at Beamish Museum - which until recently used to be a Salvo subscriber and whose buying of architectural antiques and reclaimed building material were well known in the salvage trade.



Reclaimed colliery bricks were used to construct the walls, along with salvage cast iron hinged top light windows, tube-lined tile panels salvaged from a Berwick fish and chip shop with replacements made by Craven Dunhill, and three old fish fryer's ranges - a Mabbott & Co range from Manchester and a big Nuttall of Rochdale 1920s coal fired stainless fryer. A salt-glazed WC pan and Japkap lead-lined cistern were also installed.



The invention of English fish and chips combined batter covered fish cooked by the Jews of 1830s London, deep fat-fried chips by the French in the 1860s. But it took till the 1900s for fish and chips to become reputable and established.



So far the series has been a combination of reuse and rebuild with a good dollop of history, slightly marred in my view by the Kirstie-Allsopp-handmade-homes antics of Luxton trying his hand and Dan Cruickshank's historical incredulity - the dumbing down which these days the BBC find impossible to avoid. This is not to say that ordinary people should not try their hands at things - far from it - but it does not make good quality TV. More expertise and less presentation would be better. But maybe that's nitpicking.



Brick By Brick was made by Darlow Smithson Productions, directed by Caroline Ross Pirie (Edwardian House, 1940s House) and Jamie Simpson (Rome Wasn't Built In A Day, Who Do You Think You Are), produced by Julian Ware (Rome Wasn't Built In A Day). Executive producer for the BBC was Sam Anthony (BBC Knowledge Commissioning Executive Producer Scotland, worked for former head of BBC2 Jane Root). First episode viewing figure 1.4m (attentional).

BBC IPlayer (available until 9:59PM Fri, 27 Apr 2012)

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THE APPRENTICE DISCOVERS UPCYCLING - AND 7M CAN'T RESIST IT

Last night's showing of The Apprentice proved two things: firstly that there's more to upcycling than sponge printing union jacks with nursery school paint onto old wooden chairs, and secondly that the record 7m viewers Wednesday night's programme attracted shows that people love upcycling.



Two teams were tasked with filling a shop each on Brick Lane with second hand items and selling them at a profit in a manic one day sale. At the end of the day the candidates realised that it was better to buy less stock of quality items than lots of tat. There's a fine line between retro and rubbish. The luxury of a bit of space around the objects on display seemed to add value. 



The team that were more discerning about what they chose won the task and went off to drink champagne somewhere. The long and short of it is that upcycling needs more thought and attention than your average cock-sure city nippers are capable of.



Guy Trench's Antiques by Design at The Old Cinema in Chiswick had a cameo role in this episode (see the link). Antiques by Design subscribes to the Salvo Code and is a regular at the Salvo Fair.



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Viewing stats: The upcycling episode had 7m viewers, a 28.6% share of the audience between 9pm and 10pm on Wednesday. It was up on the 6.5 million viewers who watched the previous week's episode - when it was up against Chelsea's Uefa Champions League quarter final on ITV1, and 6.3 million for the week before that. On 21 March the eighth series of The Apprentice launched with 6.4 million viewers - its lowest-rating opening night since 2008.

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Lot 8112 A collection of sixteen cast iron wheels Estimate £20.00 - £30.00 [photo Gaze

T W GAZE ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE SALE THIS SATURDAY

The sale on Saturday of 900 lots of architectural salvage, statuary and garden ornament will include a fine collection of cast ironware from the Kenrick foundry including a selection of door porters (aka door stops) bootscrapers and door handles, Spanish cemento coloreado floor tiles, forcers, urns, filters, pots, pot hangers, hinges, leather shell carriers, punnetts, chitting trays, fruit boxes, coppers, belfast sinks, fireplace tiles, brackets, a large assrtoment of sundry antique lighting, fireplaces, grates and firebaskets, stoves, a light blue aga in bits, pulpit, doors, tables, trestles, rivetted water tanks, gates & railings, several matching six-footer vitreous china baths or maybe porcelain enamelled from Glasgow, bricks, York stone slabs, pamments, cills, steps, tiles, cobbles and paving, pantiles, ridge, lamposts, spiral staircase, a dog run, Melthorpe estate mounting block and a host of other stuff.

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A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND SALVAGE REALITY AT THE NEC H&R SHOW

The National Homebuilding and Renovation Show was held at the NEC Birmingham over four days at the beginning of April. This is the flagship show for the magazine of the same name which is published by the folk who also produce Period Living magazine, longstanding supporters of all things Salvo. 



It's a magnet for those building their own houses and consequently attracts a wide range of exhibitors ranging from oak frame suppliers to heat pump, solar energy and insulation experts. Along the way the show encompasses plastic door manufacturers, double and triple  glazed lattice oak framed windows, staircase makers, and a myriad of specialists and consultants all nicely laid out in neat carpeted shell schemes or timber framed houses built in two days and demolished at the end in one. 



And amidst it all was the breath of fresh air and reality bought to the show by the salvage and reclamation trade. Out in force was the new look Masco Walcot business showing a wide range of reclaimed garden items, oak flooring, hardware and some magnificient reclaimed cast iron radiators from Andy Triplow's Old Radiator Company, who have taken over Masco. 



Nearby was Castle Reclamation from Somerset selling original and reconstituted flagstones, which were difficult to tell apart. 



On a large open stand were near neighbours Cox's Yard and Winchcombe Reclamation. 



Cox's Yard, the Moreton in Marsh company, was heavily into wood with stacks of reclaimed pine and oak floorboards plus original reclaimed doors and a couple of cottage style front doors newly-made from reclaimed timber. Pete Watson reported a lot of interest in the doors, "which didn't look as though they'd been mass produced". 



Stone specialists Winchcombe Rec had comprehensive displays of reclaimed bricks, stone and tiles plus some interesting pavers marked with the date of the Diamond Jubilee. Queen Victoria's that is!



The show was very well attended on all four days and the only complaint to be heard from the reclaim stands was that the bar, conveniently situated in the same area, was pretty poor! Which was probably just as well.



[Cox's Yard, The Old Radiator Co, Masco and Winchcombe Rec are Salvo Code dealers

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Wye Valley Reclamation [photo © Wye Valley Group

WYE VALLEY RECLAMATION TO HOLD ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE AUCTION

Wye Valley Reclamation, part of Wye Valley Group is to hold an auction on Saturday 12th May at 10.30am of reclaimed building materials and architectural salvage including Bricks, Cider Mill, Crash Barriers, Doors, Fireplaces, Flagstones, Flooring, Garden Features, Oak Beams,  Port-a-cabins, Racking, Radiators, Rail track, Roofing tiles, Slates, Sleepers, Steel (angle iron, channel, pipes & RSJ's), Stone troughs, Tanks and Walling stone. 



Viewing on Friday 11th May 7:30am - 6pm.



Sale and viewing at Wye Valley Groups Rotherwas site. Loading facilities available.

Lloyd George House, Fordshill Road, Rotherwas Industrial Estate East, Hereford, HR2 6NS

Tel 01432 353606. More details at Sunderland's Auctioneers

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A lady and His Grace The Duke of Marlborough [Photo Chris Fairweather from Cotswold Life

COTSWOLD LIFE AMUSING TYPO ENNOBLES RONNIE WOOTTON

A reader has pointed out an amusing typo in a an online 'Cotswold Life' article about the Masco Walcot open day held in February. A photo by Chris Fairweather shows a lady alongside Ronnie Wootton of Midlands salvage and reproduction firm MDS. The caption amusingly bestows Trooper Wootton with the title 'His Grace the Duke of Marlborough'. 



After the open day @MASCoSalvage tweeted, 'Despite the weather we had a brilliant open day last Saturday, thanks to everyone who came!' and 'We had 2 very entertaining talks from David Howard at our open day, thank you David!'. David Howard was former gardener to Prince Charles at Highgrove House, and recently did the walled kitchen garden for the National Trust at Avebury Manor shown on the BBC programme 'The Manor Reborn'.



Cotswold Life wrote that it was a successful open day with customers poured through the door welcomed by hot soup and crusty bread, a glass of wine, talks by David Howard, former head gardener at Highgrove, and entertainment by Patsy Gamble on her saxophone. The showroom had been completely restocked and all of this was on display, including architectural features, fireplaces, furniture, hardware, original cast iron radiators, sanitary ware, garden troughs and staddle stones.



For the avoidance of doubt, John George Vanderbilt Spencer-Churchill is the 11th Duke of Marlborough whose residence is Blenheim Palace and is a cousin of Sir Winston Churchill.

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ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE ISSUES HIT THE ECONOMIST

This week's Economist contains a short piece about architectural salvage which touches on some of the issues and trends according to dealers Anthony Reeve and Adam Hills. In the 1970s Reeve says that the trade earned a living by pulling doors out of skips at one end of the street and selling them at the other. Hills says that one of the fastest-growing segments of the salvage industry revolves around unearthing treasures from a slew of post-war buildings that are being pulled down around the country.



Also, 'the architectural-salvage industry was born out of a sense that lovely things were going to waste, some of them the fruits of empire. Between 1840 and 1940 Britain imported more than half of all timber exports worldwide, including centuries-old, first-growth timber for public buildings now being demolished, says Thornton Kay of Salvo, an industry-information service.'



'For some time there has been regulatory pressure to recycle building materials, backed by European Union rules intended to reduce landfill. But recycling- -as opposed to re-use- -is often horridly wasteful: it can mean crushing fine timbers for burning as woodchip pellets, for instance. A recent EU directive tries to remedy this by setting the reclamation of materials above recycling in a "waste hierarchy" that will affect building sites. That should help the salvage industry. But whereas recycling is easy to build into an industrial-scale business, salvage requires a connoisseur's eye. And health and safety rules make it increasingly hard to send salvage workers on to busy sites.'



'By the 1980s the building industry had mastered the art of shortcuts, from wafer-thin veneers to quick-fit laminate floors. When the demolition gangs catch up with today's shiny new commercial towers, even the savviest architectural salvage firms may find little to save. In a restless metropolis such as London, the din of construction is everywhere. But few are building to last.'



The article was written by David Rennie, political editor of The Economist.



[Editor's note: Adam Hills' business, Retrouvius, is currently looking for a warehouse assistant. Apply to mail at retrouvius dot com

The Economist: Architectural salvage - Back to the future

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Guy the Gorilla maquette by William Timym [Photo © Christie's

LOTS SOUGHT FOR LONDON 2012 AUCTION

From Anna Evans, Christie's



My London 2012 Art & Icons



We have a long lead in to the sale which is scheduled for Sep 2012 and will go on view throughout August at Christie's South Kensington. The sale will include a range of iconic London items from paintings, prints and photographs to Pop Memorabilia and a small section of architectural items. Nothing is too quirky, as long as it screams London it will be considered. From an architectural perspective it would be wonderful to hear from dealers who might have any of the following -

London Underground signs

Iconic London street signs

Telephone and Police boxes

Whitechapel Bell Foundry bells

Architectural models of iconic London buildings

Copy of Alfred Gilbert's Eros from the fountain at Piccadilly Circus

 

This is only a short list of potential items but I am open to lots of suggestions as long as they have a strong London connection. We also need to aim for lots valued at more than £1000. I already have consigned the original maquette of 'Guy the Gorilla' by William Timym's. The life-size bronze sits outside the Gorilla enclosure at London Zoo.

 

Thank you in advance for any editorial coverage you can provide for us.  If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to come back to me.  My details are at the bottom of this email.

 

Kind regards, Anna

 

Anna Evans 

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Furniture & European Works of Art Department 

Tel: + 44 (0)20 7752 3374 

Fax:+ 44 (0)20 7752 3355 

aevans at christies dot com





[Editor's note: William Timym, MBE, (1901-1990) was an artist whose best known work is probably the Bleep and Booster cartoons for the BBC's Blue Peter, and statue of the Blue Peter dog, Petra.

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