{"id":9101,"date":"2014-12-05T17:38:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=9101"},"modified":"2014-12-05T17:38:43","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:38:43","slug":"heroes-awards-to-preston-bus-station-howsham-mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9101","title":{"rendered":"Heroes Awards to Preston Bus Station & Howsham Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"

The campaign to save Preston\u2019s bus station from demolition and the project to rescue the derelict Howsham Mill, near York, have scooped joint wins at the Heritage Alliance Heroes Awards<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In the fifth year of the Heritage Alliance Heroes Awards, the Preston Bus Station campaign was named joint winner with a project to rescue the derelict Howsham Mill, near York.<\/p>\n

Lancashire Evening Post writes<\/span>:
\nHeritage Alliance chairman Loyd Grossman presented the award to John Wilson from the Save Preston Bus Station campaign, during The Alliance\u2019s Annual Heritage Day at the Glaziers Hall in Central London today.<\/p>\n

Loyd Grossman said: \u2018It is fantastic to award this year\u2019s heritage heroes award to both Howsham Mill and Preston Bus Station who represent the power and passion of volunteers throughout the heritage sector. The Save Preston Bus Station Campaign demonstrates the hard work and tenacity of volunteers in saving a formerly unloved and unprotected example of Brutalist architecture. While the volunteers were often diffuse and expressed within a range of social networks, their coming together of interests represents a public re-evaluation and democratisation of the building\u2019s value.\u2019<\/p>\n

Campaigner John Wilson said: \u2018To be recognised nationally by The Heritage Alliance and winning this award is a tremendous achievement for everyone connected with our campaign to save Preston Bus Station. It has been a long hard campaign, at times it looked like we had lost the battle when the second listing application failed. Several members faded away, but we took on the challenge to fight Preston City Council head on.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018After English Heritage sent in their own team to assess the building we knew we had a chance to turn this result around, with Angela Brady in London, there was only going to be one winner. On this special date, September 23 2013, the bus station was awarded Grade II listed status. We were bursting with pride: it was like scoring the winning goal in added on time and winning the FA Cup.\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Howsham Mill see http:\/\/howshammill.ning.com<\/a> and Yorkshire Press<\/a><\/p>\n

For Preston Bus Station see\u00a0Lancashire Post article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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