Salvo Fair in June's Period Living

Treasure Hunting by Jackei Herald, Period Living June 2013

Hertfordshire, UK - This month's Period LIving magazine features a fab four page article on Salvo Fair, including interviews with newcomers Louisa Sugden from Sugden and Daughters, and Salvo Fair stalwarts Tina Bryan fro...

Head north for Ripley Salvage Show, south for Fawley Steam Fair

Old windows from Philip Silius will be at Ripley [photo © ASFairs

North Yorkshire, UK - Arthur Swallow's second Ripley show is on this weekend and it's strapline is 'An eye for style and a concern for the environment?' Here is more:

Ripley Castle is the place to be for th...

Abandoned pod resort of San Zhi demolished

Abandoned resort pod at Sanzhi prior to demolition [photo cc Leo Chang

Taiwan - The Sanjhih, Sanzhi or San Zhi pod resort near Taipei was started in 1978 by a plastics industrialist who went bankrupt in 1980 and the banks sealed up the site. In 1989, a development company bought ...

Shiver Me Timbers moves to new premises.

Cornwall, UK - Last weekend Joe Gray of Shiver Me Timbers, the cornish salvage yard and antiques shop, organised a big farewell bash for the home of the business for 25 years. In a weekend of festivities including a...

Sheffield hospital demolition outrage

South Yorkshire, UK - The decision to allow the demolition of an Edwardian wing of Jessop hospital in Sheffield has been seen as 'incredulous' and 'disturbing'. The application to Sheffield's planning department for a new ...

Baltic Exchange lies unreused in Paldiski

Proposal to rebuild Baltic Exchange in front of a glass office block in Talinn [photo © Baltic Exchange

Estonia - What happened to the 1,000 tonnes remaining from the 1902 Baltic Exchange, blown up by the IRA in 1992 resulting in three deaths, discussed at length and demolished to make way for what is now the Ghe...

German 'Tele Verzeichnis Verlag GmbH' scamming UK biz for £797

Surrey, UK - A Surrey salvage dealer has asked us to point out that ' TVV Tele Verzeichnis Verlag GmbH' trading as the 'UK Corporate Portal' is sending out official-looking documents for a bogus business directory...

Defra to review WRAP's funding - and wants your views

London West, UK - Defra is reviewing its funding for WRAP in England in support of waste reduction and resource efficiency and is inviting key partners and stakeholders - including businesses, local authorities, civil ...

Buying and reusing antique reclaimed and salvaged windows

Windows at V&V's Fri & Sat auction Lot 1333 estimated at £10-£30 [photo © Wellers

Somerset, UK - Handy hints for buying and reusing antique reclaimed and salvaged windows • Do not replace old wooden windows with uPVC, just repair and draftproof them • When reusing old windows as replacements...

Win tickets to Salvo Fair 2013 or buy them online!

Antique garden ornament and decorative doors at Salvo Fair, Knebworth, back in the days when it was actually sunny in the summer!

Hertfordshire, UK - The annual Salvo Fair, the world's only architectural salvage fair, will take place on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June in the deer park at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. Around eighty dealers...