Architectural Classics closes Co Dublin Ireland (Rep.) - Salvo was informed that Architectural Classics of Dublin closed on 31 July 2010.
The company website gave the following potted history:
'Our shop has its roots in the antique business. In the 1980... |
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Roger Hunt explains how to re-cord a sash window 
Sash pulley [photo Roger Hunt] Massachusetts USA - 'Re-cording a sash window is not as difficult as many people think. Recently I did ten in quick succession at the 1900 boarding house we're renovating in America and, for once, remembered to take pict... |
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Ruby Kay on James Whale radio show London West UK - James Whale of LBC Radio interviewed Ruby Kay of Salvo yesterday. The interview will be broadcast on Thursday 29 July 2010 between 4pm and 7pm.
Whales' Wikipedia entry is interesting: He was sacked... |
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Stained glass at Knebworth 
On In-Situ's fair stand [photo Jim Hertfordshire UK - Jim wrote an entry in his 'A Village Life' blog about Salvo Fair stained glass, complete with photos.
'We went off to the Knebworth Salvo Fair last weekend - yes, that Knebworth, where the rock fe... |
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Ebony & Co refloor Louis Vuitton in Bond Street London West UK - Ebony and Co London (the Dutch wood flooring company) is proud to announce that the work on Louis Vuitton's new flagship store in London's fashionable New Bond Street is now complete. The result is a ... |
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Frank Gehry's early home to be demolished 
Frank Gehry's childhood home [photo blogto.com Ontario Canada - 'From 1929 until 1947, young Ephraim Goldberg (or Frank Gehry as he was known later) lived at his grandmother's house at 15 Beverley Street. But like so many that have come before it, the house is fac... |
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BBC Victorian Pharmacy 
BBC Victorian Pharmacy [photo BBC Shropshire UK - Robert Mills Ltd supplied some of the Victorian shopfittings for the new BBC series, Victorian Pharmacy, which can been seen on Thursdays at 9pm. The series is set in the Blists Hill Victorian Town, t... |
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Ethical Trade Initiative stone fraudsters Rajasthan India - 'It is therefore all the more worrying to see some unscrupulous companies making statements which not only suggest membership of ETI but also distort what ETI membership stands for. This threatens to ... |
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Vintage Fair at Goodwood 
Vintage Fair at Goodwood West Sussex UK - If you have not yet heard, you soon will. Wayne Hemingway has nobbled a nob, Lord March, and a group of vintage worthies to put on a three day, mainly vintage fashion and music, fair at Goodwood near ... |
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Nic McElhatton interviews Sir Peter Blake 
Peter Blake exhibition at Christie's [photo Thornton Kay London West UK - 'Found art is an extension of the found object. Found art applies to a series of prints I'm doing where I find a piece of ephemera, scan it and then print it out in ink jet, sometimes quite large. Wha... |
