Daily Archives: 10/06/2017

New IHBC Context: ‘Green Retrofit’

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The new issue of IHBC’s member journal Context is now out and s themed around Green Retrofit and with IHBC trustee John Edwards serving as guest commissioning editor.

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Historic England awards Croydon airport Grade II* listing: So find out more about transport infrastructure at IHBC’s Manchester School, June 22-4 June

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Croydon’s centre of aviation and technological heritage raises its profile as it is awarded Grade II* Listing Status, perfect timing for the IHBC’s 2017 School on historic ‘Transport Infrastructure’, 22-4 June in Manchester, and especially the Day School afternoon focussed … Continue reading →

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HESPR’s top pick: Redbridge, for ‘Hainault Ancient Forest — a landscape for the future’ project, closing 30 June, valued £488,500

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The IHBC’s heritage business listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers members weekly Bulletins that bring tender and other business opportunities together into one handy resource, while the Director’s top pick for NewsBlog readers this … Continue reading →

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England’s youngest civic society Chairman elected to Bradford CS: On need for younger members and threats from conservation service reductions

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30-year-old journalist Simon Cunningham, elected chair of Bradford Civic Society – the youngest ever Chairman of an English Civic Society – says civic societies needs to attract younger members, and highlights the damage from the dramatic downturn in conservation services … Continue reading →

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NI’s ‘longest listing’ – Mourne Mountain Wall – under repair, including from lightning damage

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Northern Ireland’s (NI) longest listed monument is to be repaired after years of exposure to the elements and damage due to lightning strikes.

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Bristol named ‘green capital’ of the UK

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Bristol has been named the greenest city in the UK as part of research into the country’s most environmentally friendly cities.

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English Heritage’s proposals for new footbridge at Tintagel Castle submitted to Cornwall Council

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English Heritage’s proposals for a new footbridge which would span the gap between the castle’s mainland and island wards, at Tintagel Castle have been submitted to Cornwall Council.

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Buy a street name: Moray Council devise new way to raise cash – ‘Asda Avenue or Tesco Terrace!

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A cash-strapped Moray Council is selling off the names of streets to businesses, which, The Scotsman paper argues, may open up the possibility of addresses such as Asda Avenue or Tesco Terrace.

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Walkers’ rock piles damaging ancient features of the North York Moors

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Precious prehistoric monuments erected in the North York Moors thousands of years ago are being damaged, in some cases severely, by walkers building their own stone landmarks on top of them.

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