On the theme of motoring heritage, I thought I'd send out this obit for
contemporary archaeology icon Frank Blackmore, designer of the Magic
Roundabout in Swindon, who died earlier this month.
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4131930.ece?token=null&offset=0>
jd
--On 17 June 2008 01:12 +0100 "Krysta Ryzewski, List Moderator"
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> Some items from EH that may be of interest to members (sorry not all have
> web links)
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> All the best
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> Sarah
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> MOTORING HERITAGE
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> English Heritage has begun a study on the heritage of British motoring.
> As part of this project, English Heritage expert John Minnis has set
> about making an exhaustive list of the remarkable old petrol stations in
> England. In tribute to Britain’s motoring history, The Mail on Sunday
> publishes a double page spread of old filling station photos.
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> Mail on Sunday, page 44, 15 June 2008
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> DIVERS FIND 1780 BRITISH WARSHIP
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> The wreck of a Royal Navy warship HMS Ontario which sank during the
> American Revolution has been discovered at the bottom of one of the Great
> Lakes on the US-Canada border. The exciting find is the oldest confirmed
> shipwreck and the only fully-intact British warship to ever have been
> found in the North American Great Lakes
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> BBC News on-line, 14 June 2008
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> Sunday Telegraph, page 5, 15 June 2008
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> BIRNBECK PIER GRANT
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> More coverage of English Heritage’s £80,000 grant to the owners of grade
> II* listed Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare. The pier has been one of
> the top 16 buildings at risk in English Heritage’s 2007 register.
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> Bristol Evening Post, pages 1 and 5, 11 June 2008
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> Western Daily Press, page 11, 11 June 2008
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