Salvo 2001 Monday 2nd April 2001 at the National Agricultural Centre, STONELEIGH, Warwickshire, England View Stands To view these movies on a P.C. you need to install a quicktime player. Movies take 2 mins to download. AU TEMPS PERDU - photo BORDERS ARCHITECTURAL - photo BYGONES - photo CONSERVATION BUILDING PRODUCTS - movie movie2 - (glass house) COX'S ARCHITECTURAL - photo COTSWOLD DECORATIVE IRONWORKERS - photo THOMAS CRAPPER & CO - photo CRONIN'S RECLAMATION - photo movie DEREK & JASON DAVIES - photo movie FLAXTON ANTIQUE GARDENS - photo Heather & Tim FRIENDS OF WAR MEMORIALS - photo M.D.S. RECLAIMED - photo PAUL MARTIC CERAMICS - photo MIDLAND SLATE & TILE - photo R.B.S. OAK - photo RETROUVIUS - photo SALVO SOUTH YORKSHIRE RECLAMATION - photo THE SLEEPER PEOPLE - photo Business Details AU TEMPS PERDU, BRISTOL - Bristol's local salvage yard has everything from up-market garden and architectural antiques, to doors and stripped pine fireplaces, through to reclaimed stone walling. Pete Chapman will be bringing his own collection of fireplace and bathroom miniatures exhibited in an ageing French van (itself a museum exhibit). Tel 0117 955 5223 or 0117 929 0141. SalvoWEB Page BORDERS ARCHITECTURAL, NORTHUMBERLAND - Gordon Jell, latterday border reiver, was a top seller at Salvo '97, with a heady mix of wooden fireplaces, doors, panelling and furniture, both in-the-paint and stripped (but mostly in-the-paint). So successful was he that he needed to replenish his stand nightly by scouring his southern outlets for stock. Tel 01668 282475. Own web site BYGONES RECLAMATION, KENT - We've not met Bob Thorpe from Canterbury yet, but we're looking forward to seeing a selection from his fireplaces, radiators, rainwater gear, doors, garden furniture, reclaimed bricks, roofing and timber at Salvo 2001 Tel 01227 767453. CONSERVATION BUILDING PRODUCTS, WEST MIDLANDS - Flagship salvage retailers west of Birmingham, CBP are lugging their amazing Victorian winter garden to Stoneleigh, along with other artefacts, for the greater edification of the masses. Peter Horsley bought it from an old house in Worcestershire (latterly a school and now someone's home) three years ago. Such items are extremely rare - based on a French design, the long roof lantern has top hung lights that open en masse on a winding mechanism, so allowing rapid cooling for your exotic palms to make sure they cannot scorch on warm sunny days (provided the man servant is in attendance). The winter garden would have abutted the house and was used by perambulating guests who could discuss the latest cholera outbreak or the morality of the opium wars in the 1840's. They would usually have a lily pond, and were not for growing food, which would have been strictly in the vegetable garden glasshouses, except perhaps for the odd banana or pineapple tree. It was the precursor to the ubiquitous later Victorian conservatory. The iron winter garden with a load of original woodwork and glass is 19ft long, 13ft wide and 12ft high and is in need of a wealthy new owner who can not only afford the £6k asking price, but can also chuck money at its restoration - as an investment this one can only go up and up! Tel 01384 564219. Own web site COX'S ARCHITECTURAL, GLOUCESTERSHIRE - Started in Stratford-upon-Avon by Peter Watson but now bunkered in the old railway sidings in Moreton-in-Marsh, Cox's is the only yard we know that is accessible by a footbridge direct from a mainline railway station (so there's no excuse for taking the car when you visit). What will be on this stand? Apart from everything and the kitchen sink, Mr. Watson has a humungous collection of bottles salvaged during the excavation of a Victorian rubbish tip during a building development a few of which we imagine he will be unable to resist bringing. Tel 01608 652505. Cox's has SalvoWEB's most popular business page with 9,000 visitors since June 2000 SalvoWEB page COTSWOLD DECORATIVE IRONWORKERS, WARWICKSHIRE - Hughie Powell, artist blacksmith, who can be seen at places like Chelsea Flower Show exhibiting his range of iron garden furniture, rose arches and bridges, also restores antique ironwork, viz the largest iron gates we've ever seen, salvaged from the demolition of Birmingham market and made by Birmingham's own Hart Son Peard & Co (founded in 1818), which fetched fabulous money at Sotheby's. He will be bringing, amongst other things, antique French decorative cast iron radiators for sale to the trade. Incidentally, Hughie, who used to be a reclaimed flooring dealer and also a machine fitter, once made a reclaimed woodblock cleaning machine which would have won robot wars. Tel 01608 685134. SalvoWEB page THOMAS CRAPPER & CO, WARWICKSHIRE - Another local business, a name to be conjured with in the development of Victorian England's sanitary arrangements, now re-established by Simon Kirby whose stand may contain both the antique and the authentically reproduced new. Mr. Kirby is well known at Newark and around the country for his discerning purchases of old bog and other sanno, less so recently as he has concentrated all his efforts on the remanufacture of a definitive set of Crapper goods. Tel 01789 450522. Own web site CRONIN'S RECLAMATION, SOMERSET - Recently relocated from London, Damian Cronin has a yard a stone's throw from the M5 at Donyatt in the Somerset Levels, where he has set up an old timber beam resawing facility offering finished first-growth pine and other floorboards in bulk quantites to the UK and overseas trade and major specifiers. Remember the Scottish Grand Slam win in 1984? Big D was No 8. Tel 07785 288544. SalvoWEB page DEREK DAVIES, GWYNEDD - Inveterate trader in antique ironwork and some of the more esoteric architectural antiques, Derek Davies is also a stalwart of Newark Antiques Fair (started by Geoffrey Whitaker of Giant British Antique Fairs) where his deals by torchlight are the stuff of legend. His antipathy for reproductions guarantees that his will be a trade stand worth visiting (provided he can escape from deepest rural Wales on the day). Tel 01341 281330 JASON DAVIES, LONDON - Jason Davies is an indefatigable roving London dealer whose city-wide speedy pine stripping service has quickly brought him a plethora of contacts that have recently seen him punting flagstones from the Tower of London and stonework from the British Museum. We have good reason to believe that another major London institution has fallen victim to his purchasing strategy and the results, including some serious quantities of architectural marblework, will be on offer. Tel 020 7704 0982. SalvoWEB page FLAXTON ANTIQUE GARDENS, N. YORKSHIRE - Heather and Tim Richardson have spun off this small country business from their farming activities at Flaxton, near York, where antique garden ornament, agricultural bygones, quality reproductions, chimney pots and architectural antiques are their stock in trade. We don't know what they'll be bringing along, but we all wish them well in these troubled times and look forward to meeting up. Tel 01904 468468. SalvoWEB page FRIENDS OF WAR MEMORIALS, LONDON - FOWM have been long term supporters of Salvo Theft Alerts during which time a number of stolen war memorial sculptures and other artefacts have been stolen, some of which have now been recovered. Salvo has encouraged the trade to support FOWM's activities where it can. An example is Adrian Amos of LASSCo, who tracked down a roll of honour at Bermondsey market after a tip-off, bought it and donated it to Ian Davidson (founder of FOWM, now director of Friends of the Laurel). Rolls of honour commemorate the war dead, and their fate is often neglected when factories, offices and churches are demolished. Tel 020 7259 0403. Own web site M.D.S. RECLAIMED, WEST MIDLANDS - Ronnie Wootton is a man from the Black Country. "It is a drawn fact," he told us, "that 78 per cent of the world's inventions of significance were English. And 90 per cent of those were invented in, or within 25 miles of, the Black Country." He felt that southern England needed reminding of their industrial patrimony. He will be available for further discussion and German lullabies on the MDS stand, along, no doubt, with samples of reclaimed flooring, doors and brassware to the trade. Tel 0121 783 9274. SalvoWEB page PAUL MARTIC CERAMICS, DEVON - Major trade supplier of handmade unique ornamental and architectural terracotta and clayware. We are hoping that he will bring one of his stupendous winged griffins on a pedestal, standing 9ft high in its guardant splendour. Tel 01752 893644. MIDLAND SLATE & TILE, WEST MIDLANDS - Major trade suppliers of reclaimed building materials, roof tiles, slates, flagstones, floorboards, sleepers and reclaimed bricks, Jason Hughes & Rick Doody have moved away from hands-on demolition these days and now field as much material as they can, supplied by a network of the region's more helpful demolition contractors. They are always looking for more retailers for their quality gear. Since every 12 bricks embodies a gallon of petrol, we reckon that Jason Hughes and Rick Doody must be in line for a healthy rebate when the climate change levy comes into force in April. Tel 01902 790473. Own web site NEIL PHILLIPS, LONDON - Britain's stained glass expert, Neil Phillips is taking this opportunity as an excuse for having a little clear out. An example of one of the modest items on offer will be some highly unusual marble columns from a baldaccino. Whatever he brings is bound to create a frisson of interest among the cognoscenti, and we relish the prospect. By the way, the old orange and white VW camper - the centrepiece of the Salvo stand - was kindly donated by Mr Phillips a few years ago, for which we owe a dent of gratitude.) Tel 020 7229 2113. R.B.S. OAK, WEST MIDLANDS - Stress-counselling salvage man, Dr. Chris Baylis, has calculated how much forest he has saved over the years by reclaiming many thousands of tons of timber - and has even won a local environmental award for his efforts. His yard near Coventry not only has reclaimed timber and oak, but also supplies bricks, tiles, slates, flags, quarry tiles, flooring, fireplaces, ironwork. He also supplies reclaimed radiators and makes authentic reproduction cast iron decorative French radiators. Tel 024 7663 9338. SalvoWEB page RETROUVIUS, LONDON - Adam Hills & Maria Speake respectively run the reclamation and design activities of Retrouvius. Before moving to London, their reclaiming coups included seven classical 1930's Edinburgh police phone boxes, sculpture from demolished buildings in Glasgow, and since moving to London, amongst other things, Adam has helped rescue marble and stone cladding from city buildings during demolition and place it with the very few reclamation-friendly architects who have an interest in this area. They have recently acquired an old dairy which is being converted into a studio where clients can view their collection. Tel 020 8960 6060. Own web site ROCOCO ARCHITECTURAL, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE - Neville Griffiths, ambassador of salvage, dealer, prolific home interest show exhibitor, Period Living magazine writer, former BBC Home Front presenter and witty raconteur, runs a salvage yard in Lower Weedon, and also possesses an important iron conservatory, c1880, made at the famed Saracen Foundry of Walter MacFarlane in Glasgow. Amongst the reclaimed and antique items he is bringing to Stoneleigh will be his new line of ironstone staddlestones, handcrafted in the traditional manner. Tel 01327 341288. Own web site SALVO, NORTHUMBERLAND & SUSSEX - Salvo will be represented by Hazel Matravers, Thornton Kay, Boz Kay and Ruby Kay who will be extending a convivial reception to the trade, and look forward to meeting new and old faces at the show. The only video camera allowed at Salvo 2001 (the Giant British Fair has banned film or video cameras completely) will be that of film-maker Lily Kay who plans to film some of the characters at the show (with their permission, of course). The live webcast of the day will be organised by Boz Kay who will also be demonstrating the new Salvo Stock System for dealers who wish to place stock on the web. The Salvo Guide and other Salvo services and products will be on offer. Tel 01890 820333. SalvoWEB home page SOUTH YORKSHIRE RECLAMATION, S YORKSHIRE - David Clarke is bringing samples of reclaimed building materials along with antique garden ornaments. We look forward to meeting him. Tel 0114 269 2760. THE SLEEPER PEOPLE, ESSEX - Trade suppliers of bulk reclaimed railway sleepers, run by John Lawrence, who will also be bringing architectural antiques and a range of reproduction garden ironwork to the show. Tel 01621 816138. TOBYS, DEVON - Paul Norrish, who exhibited at Salvo 97, runs marathons (well, one London marathon, anyway) and south Devon's retail salvage network, with outlets in various towns, and is bringing, among other paraphernalia, a giant gold glassfibre Buddha, over 7ft tall. Tel 01626 351767. Own web site WHITBROW STONE, DEVON - Graham White, whose trailer-packing exploits and more recently an unusual 1920's sanitaryware salesman's spoof have been featured in SalvoNEWS, will have doors, panelling, marble and other fireplaces, and is featuring an 8ft by 4ft coloured and stained glass 'LOUNGE & SNACK BAR' pub window on his stand. Tel 07970 669382. Salvo is a three person partnership consisting of Thornton Kay, Hazel Matravers and Boz Kay, started in 1992, that networks information about the trade in architectural salvage and garden antiques. We promote the trade, run a code for dealers, and publish information on stolen items. The most sought after publication we produce is 'The Salvo Pack' costing £5.75 by mail order and containing a regional listing of all known sources of antique and reclaimed materials for buildings and gardens, plus craftspeople, restorers and makers of reproductions. Included in every Salvo Pack is a free copy of the latest SalvoNEWS, a copy of SALVO magazine, and a complete list of all Salvo Code dealers (which is also available free here on SalvoWEB). created 28mar01:bk; this page has been requested times since 2 April 2001; video by Lily Kay added 30aug01:bk; |
