Salvo Fair 2010 - bookings coming in nicely! 
Above: The Van de Vouwer pitch at Salvo Fair 2009 Hertfordshire UK -
Bookings and enquiries for Salvo Fair 2010 are steadily mounting. Snowy conditions have not hindered the interest showing for the trade's big summer jamboree.
Van de Wouwer Decoration in Belgium ... |
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Britain's most famous street is set to be demolished Greater Manchester UK - As ITV's veteran soap celebrates its 50th anniversary next year a report has claimed that Coronation Street is scheduled for demolition. Following the appointment of Archie Norman as ITV chairman, neg... |
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Olympic stadium from guns 
London East UK - As London 2012 Olympics draws closer London's construction plans are taking shape. The sustainable Olympic stadium is going to be made out of confiscated guns and knives from the Metropolitan Police D... |
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Over 50 Staddle Stones stolen Wiltshire UK - Wiltshire police are appealing for information following a series of staddle stone thefts throughout the county. Reports claim that there has been over 20 separate thefts of stones, equating to over 5... |
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Thomas Crapper expands Warwickshire UK - Salvo code dealer Thomas Crapper has signed an exclusive three year licensing deal covering the UK, USA and other International territories with the brand consultancy company Golden Goose. The brand s... |
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Gordon Ramsay chooses Trainspotters 
London South West UK - Trainspotters helped with the interior design of the new Mansons restaurant in Fulham, London. They supplied a quantity of 1930's French Street pendant lights and hospital wall lights. The wall lights... |
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4 months of Salvo Fair features in Period Living! Hertfordshire UK - Salvo Fair and three of it's regular Exhibitors are to be featured in Period Living over four issues. The March issue will feature Salvo Fair stalwarts Jason and Nadine from The Architectural Forum, I... |
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Bath's wartime salvage scheme 
Above: A salvage collection point at the circus in Bath. [photo. Bath at War 1939-1945] Somerset UK - Evidence of early salvaging can be found in the book 'Bath at War 1939-1945' by David and Jonathan Falconer, printed in 1999 by Sutton Publishing Ltd. A brief chapter outlines Bath's salvage scheme, w... |
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Gaze - York off the boil, quirky on it 
Lot 8947 An oval panel of painted leaded glass, heraldic shield - Anno 1677. Sold £350 Norfolk UK - Carl Willows said that the auctioneers struggled to get the first bid in a generally subdued air at the architectural salvage sale on 21 August at Gaze's of Diss. However, there was a better mix of bi... |
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John Lennon's WC pan makes £9,500 
John Lennon's Rilcote WC Pan by Sharpe Brothers c1895 Merseyside UK - A Victorian closet pan removed by John Lennon from Tittenhurst Park, Berkshire, between 1969 and 1972, sold for £9,500 (est £800) at an annual Beatles memorabilia auction in Liverpool to an unknown ov... |
