Meetings
and Activities
June
- The History of RAE Farnborough
July
- Outdoor Visit to the Hovercraft Collection at Lee-on-Solent
August
- Members' Slides and Book Sales
September
- Bletchley Park and the Enigma Machine
October
- QuizNovember - AGM and Photo Competition
Reports
Water
Dayschool
Rescue
& Restoration Section
Maritime
News
Tram
Restoration
Twyford
Waterworks Trust
A
Cultural Strategy for Southampton
Miscellanea
- from The Telegraph Property Supplement, 2-11-02
The
people of Stroud are a bolshie bunch. They have sat on roofs to save high
street shops; camped out in trees threatened with the chop; and now, a
determined group of residents has stopped a wrecking crew demolishing a
former clothing factory on the outskirts of the town. Hill Paul is not
the prettiest of buildings. It's a four-storey, red-brick Victorian edifice,
squat and solid, which cost £7,000 to build in 1898 and housed one
of Gloucestershire's leading cloth companies. It has now stood empty for
years: glass has fallen from windows, branches of ivy and buddleia have
wormed their way through cracks in the brickwork and the building is surrounded
by high fencing with signs warning of its dangerous condition.
The
story began in November 2000 at a gathering of the Stroud Civic Society,
where a handful of the town's finest were aghast to discover that a demolition
order had been placed on "the old girl", as Hill Paul is affectionately
known. A meeting was arranged for the following day and word-of-mouth,
coupled with articles in the local paper, served to raise the temperature
of public opinion. Local celebrity Jilly Cooper appeared on television
bemoaning Hill Paul's fate and the Stroud News and Journal ran critical
stories about the council's plans to demolish the building. The council
had declared the building unsafe but experts brought in by the campaigners
insisted the structure wasn't as perilous as its detractors claimed.
The
owner of Hill Paul, Harper Homes, refused to deal with a rabble and insisted
things must be done formally, so Hill Paul Regeneration Ltd was formed,
and company directors negotiated a contract, stating their intention to
buy the building for £1.3m. Meanwhile, doughty campaigners patrolled
the area at night, formed human chains to block access to the building
and lay in the way of bulldozers. "We had to find £65,000 to put
down as a deposit, so individuals started writing cheques for £5,000"
says Irene Hopwood, who started the campaign. "We then had until January
2002 to raise the rest of the money, and if we didn't find it by then we'd
lose our deposit and the building would go back to Harper Homes". Over
the following year £145,000 was raised. During that time the group
approached several developers who concluded that the project wasn't viable
but, at the last possible moment. they secured a deal with developer Chelbury
Homes to turn Hill Paul into flats and the planning application has now
been lodged.
It
was as a group that the Hill Paul campaigners were able to shout loudest,
but the group would have been nothing without its constituent parts. Such
as Eddie Cook, who single-handedly fooled the wrecking crew in January
2001 by climbing to the top of the building, putting on a number of different
hats and sticking his head out of various windows, enough to persuade the
helicopter overhead that there was a whole army of people!
After
several months of further negotiation, the exhausted but victorious campaigners
have also been assured that they won't lose their investment because Chelbury
has agreed that the main shareholders can use the money they contributed
as deposits on flats, with the remainder being pooled to buy a shared flat.
Some campaigners would have preferred to end up with a cinema or shops
on the site, but the bottom line is that the structure has been saved.
The
Hill Paul campaigners come from all walks of life ™ teachers, gardeners,
businessmen, graphic designers, musicians ... But what they have in common
is that they all care passionately about their town and are prepared to
fight for it. "Looking back, we must have been absolutely mad", says Ms
Hopwood. "But we felt so strongly about the building, and the fact that
the council was prepared to see it demolished, But if you feel strongly
enough about something, you can make a difference."
The
Institution of Electrical Engineers News (submitted by Member Philip Kerslake)
Huge
steam engines at Kempton Park Pumping Station provided water for London
until 1980, when they were replaced by electric centrifugal pumps. Now
volunteers are working to restore them.
The
depth of interest in our industrial heritage was demonstrated when a 50-strong
group visited the Great Engines at Kempton Park Pumping Station in west
London. Members of Kingston IEE Group, their relatives and friends, stood
in awe beside the massive triple-expansion steam engines - believed to
be the largest in existence anywhere in the world and each rated at over
1000 h.p.
Escorted
by some of the volunteers who are presently restoring the equipment, the
group heard how the engines were constructed in 1927 at a cost of £94
000 and were finally taken out of service as recently as 1980. During their
operational life, William and Bessie (named after Sir William Prescott,
the Chairman of the Metropolitan Water Board, and his wife), delivered
over 24 million gallons of water a day to London.
Now,
under the patient and hard-working attention of members of the Kempton
Great Engines Trust, these magnificent machines are being brought back
to life. With generous financial assistance from Thames Water, which puts
to shame many other utility companies in their support of our industrial
heritage, it is hoped that the pumping station will be able to open to
the public in September 2002, with No 6 engine 'in steam'. Its 32-tonne
flywheel has already made a few revolutions under steam from a new gas-fired
boiler, much to the excited delight of the volunteers who had waited many
months for the occasion.
Further
information on the Great Engines can be obtained from the Trust‘s secretary,
IEE member Ray Marie (Telephone 01932 223298).
In
September Roger Hedge received an e-mail from a gentleman in Pennsylvania
who had discovered the HIAS website and was hoping that someone could help
him. Tony Kadysewski (tonyka@epix.net) is researching an early mine ventilation
/ dehumidifier / chiller and is keen to discover more information.
"To
the best of my knowledge its primary use was mine ventilation, but I am
more interested in the de-humidification and air chilling features.
"Water
from a stream or water source falls into a standpipe or short upward facing
pipe. As it falls, air is entrained (trapped and mixed in), cooled and
de-humidified by the cold water. The bottom of the pipe opens into a chamber.
The entrained air bubbles out of the water into the top of the chamber
while the water fills and flows along the bottom. New air brought in by
the falling water causes a draught of air in the chamber top, which can
then flow out providing fresh air circulation (say in a mine, where this
system was originally used) or to provide cold, de-humidified air for cooling.
"I
am interested in applications having a short fall distance, such as might
be powered by a small surface stream falling over a low dam or weir. Anecdotal
evidence hints that short fall distance systems require turbulent water
falling en masse into the standpipe. I would appreciate any information
or detailed plans you could provide, or any referral. All efforts benefit
third world villagers in the remote Kansaliat Mountains of Negros Island,
Philippines."
Roger
e-mailed him to say that he would make enquiries but meanwhile another
contact, Mike Gill, had replied to the query which was copied to Roger.
"What
you describe was known in British mines as a Waterblast. In its crudest
form, literally a waterfall, the system probably has a long pedigree. Its
more advanced forms had to wait until iron pipes (6 or 8 inch diameter)
were readily available in the 19th century. A column of pipes was set up
in a shaft (usually over 100 feet deep) and a small stream of water was
allowed to fall down its inside. The falling drops of water took air with
them and created a flow of lightly pressurised air, which could be caught
at the shaft bottom and fed into the workings along pipes. Sometimes, the
top couple of feet (or so) of the column of pipes had holes made in it
- in order to admit more air.
"You
mention the system‘s possible use as an air cooler, but I have no data
on that. I suppose that it would rely on the temperature of the water relative
to the ambient air emperature. As most of the mines in northern England
are quite cool, extra cooling would not be a particularly sought-after
effect. Mines in Cornwall were much deeper and significantly hotter, but
I have never heard claims that the ventilation system was particularly
cooling - moving air at maximum humidity has little effect.
"You
also mention that air was entrained (trapped and mixed in), but I do not
think that was an important part of the waterblast's function. There are,
however, examples of very long (deep?) waterblasts being set up in order
to compress the air (to drive rock-drills, etc) using the weight of water.
I believe that loss of air into the water, through entrainment, was a problem
in these pressurised systems.
"I
note that you are interested in applications with a short fall distance.
I suppose that its effect will depend on how far the waterblast is from
the place you are trying to ventilate. If you stand near a small waterfall,
you will notice there is distinctly more air movement than a few yards
away. Some waterblasts incorporated a small waterwheel, which used the
waste water and drove a fan ™ to boost the air flow.
"I
suppose that modern materials - the smooth internal bores of UPVC pipes,
etc - might reduce friction and improve the system's efficiency. It might
be worth trying dropping different sized droplets of water into the system
and measuring their effect on air flow."
If
any of our engineering members can shed more light on this subject, please
contact Tony Kadysewski at his e-mail address.
The Cornish Guardian July 25th
by Ray Telford (submitted by Ian Harden
Peter says: "Wheal Martyn
is essentially a local museum which tells the story of local people and their
everyday lives. It's an exciting place because it contains the history of the
china clay industry and reflects the area's many sociological changes over the
years. For this reason it is one of the most important, if not the most
important, authentic industrial museums in the country."
But for Wheal Martyn to
achieve its full potential, Peter says massive investment is vital to upgrade
the museum and the site's historic and nature trails. The attraction has
directly benefited since the opening of the nearby Eden Project with visitors
combining an
"But I always impress on
people that without the china clay industry there would be no
He says expansion is vital for
Wheal Martyn's future and to provide exhibition space for some 80,000
photographs and more than 5,000 china clay industry artefacts, including heavy
machinery. Plans also include developing the museum's educational and research facilities
which are already widely used by colleges and universities worldwide.
Wheal Martyn was established
in 1975 by
Wheal Martyn pit worked until
the effects of poor trade forced its closure in 1931, but the clay dry
continued to operate until 1969, working lower grade clay from pits further up
the valley. It re-opened in 1971 and continues to be worked today by Imerys.
The clay works opened as part of the museum in 1975 and in 1979 they were
scheduled as an
Giant waterwheel is on the map
by 1884
Wheal Martyn's giant 19th
century waterwheel first appears on a map of 1884 and may have replaced an
earlier waterwheel on the same site. The 35-ft wheel, the largest working
waterwheel in the country, was made at Charlestown Foundry and was worked at
Wheal Martyn until about 1940. It was later restored to working order in 1976.
As china clay pits grew bigger and deeper, clay slurry needed to be pumped to
the surface and waterwheels were used to operate the pumps. Many were replaced
by steam engines.
By the end of the 19th century
experiments had started to use high-pressure hoses to wash clay from the pit
face. By the 1920s hoses were common and were operated by one man directing a
jet of water onto the clay face. The hoses are now called monitors and operated
by remote control. They can wash clay at a pressure of 300lbs per square inch.
Rosie's
Notes Rosie Voller
In June,
John Selby, a member of the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust (FAST) and Andrew
Norris who was recruited as a Consultant to FAST as well as being a member of
Surrey IAS, gave an illustrated talk on RAE Farnborough. The history started in
the late 1890s when the Balloon School was established and experiments were
rather haphazard; the next experiment was a man-carrying kite and then gliders
fitted with 50hp engines which caused a few minor crashes at 30ft high. By 1911
Geoffrey de Havilland aeroplanes were being tested and in 1918 the Royal Flying
Corps became the Royal Air Force. Later the school became the Royal Aircraft
Establishment, this name continuing until 1988 when it was changed to DERA.
From 1918 until 1994 the Establishment had superb apprenticeship schemes
producing some excellent engineers. What a shame these schemes were stopped
throughout the country about the same time. The highlight of research was
during and after WW2 when about 8,000 people worked at the site, and everything
was kept secret - insiders and outsiders didn't know what really went on.
Apparently anyone asking questions was liable to be prosecuted. The various
wind tunnels produced speeds from 140 to 200 mph until 1942 when slots were
inserted in the tunnels enabling the air to be sucked in, creating a powerful
force similar to Dante's inferno, producing a windspeed of 650 mph. So much
electricity was used that the experiments had to be worked on at night when the
public used very little electricity. It is interesting to note that the
earliest wind tunnel motor was dated around 1912, compared to the
Our members came up
trumps again in August when we enjoyed a real mix of IA interests, some taken
while holidaying in our own country and visiting Belgium, France, Germany,
Ireland and the USA. We were treated to railways, steam trains, aeroplanes,
canals, locks, gunpowder works, docks, cinemas, a model farm, Delabole slate
quarry and metal AA signs including the distance to
Dr Brian
Oakley was our September speaker who gave a talk about
About 60 members attended the November AGM meeting. Carol Burdekin (Minutes Secretary) was elected as Honorary General Secretary, and Wendy Barrett (Southampton City Council Planning Archaeologist) was co-opted as Minutes Secretary. Mateen Farooqui was re-elected and Rosie Voller was elected as a member of the Committee. Roger thanked the committee and co-opted members for their help and assistance in keeping HIAS on the map. Our thanks to Bill who organised the Photographic and Slide Competition. Andy Fish and Nigel Smith were this year's winners and each received a suitable prize
Water
Day Rodney Hall
'A
liquid: water and its applications' was the
title of a seminar held at County Hall,
Well-known to early SUIAG
members, Mike Tighe appeared in fine form with a very uncommon use of water -
powering cliff railways. With most inclined railways the load was predominantly
downhill where power was not needed. It was the rise of the seaside holiday
when the resort was on top of a cliff, with holidaymakers wanting to go back
from a day on the beach to their lodgings, that gave rise to the cliff railway
and, until electricity came along, most were water operated. Examples of most
existing water balanced railways were seen including the inland one at
Bridgenorth. The Lynton-Lynmouth railway was noted as emptying water out of the
bottom car to achieve motion whereas all the others added water to the upper
car. Also noted was that there have been no fatalities in the history of cliff
railways in
A seminar about the use of
water could not miss water mills for long and, who better to talk about the
subject than Martin Watts. Confining himself to
The Royal Commission carried
out a survey of textile mills in the South West and Alan Stoyel was involved in
that survey. Most mills in the area were waterpowered at some time and, with
the theme of the day in mind, only those were covered. In the survey 962 sites
were investigated and on 590 of them structures were extant with dates ranging
from the 15th century to 1910. Included within textiles were not only woollen,
flax and fulling mills but such as lace mills, drying stoves, rope walks,
horsehair factories and the Handle (teasel) House at Trowbridge. Photographs of
many interesting ones shown. Examples of changed and shared use of mills were
noted and the speed with which important examples could be destroyed, eg where
papers for listing were posted on Friday, a fire occurred on Sunday and the
mill was demolished (for safety reasons) on Monday and Tuesday!
Back to corn mills and, to
give an account of the life of a miller, a practising miller has to be the best
person. Mildred Cookson has been that at Mapledurham Mill on the River Thames
for the past 20 years. The site was mentioned in Domesday and the history of
the present mill was followed with the aid of a model of the mill. An estate
mill, it ground locally-produced grain, sending much of the flour and bran down
the river to London until 1936, by which time one wheel had been replaced by a
turbine to generate electricity. In 1977 the mill was restarted, restored to
the condition as it last worked. The audience heard of many of the problems
confronting a traditional mill in today's climate; the wooden waterwheel needs
renewing about every 20 years, the paddles lasting only half as long; getting
the right wood and the cost being significant. Tungsten carbide tips are used
with the demise of blacksmiths who knew now to temper bill steel correctly.
Floods are another problem.
The last speaker, Steve
Capel-Davies, was a last-minute stand-in who reminded the audience of those who
gained employment from the River Thames. In the upper reaches, rush cutters
harvesting rushes for mats. Osiers for basket making needed cutting, bark
stripping and merchandising before use. Fish and eels could be caught and sold.
Innkeepers provided board, lodging and stabling for boatmen. Photographs of
lock keepers, toll collectors, dredgers and maintenance boats were seen, not
forgetting ferrymen for those wishing to cross the River. Builders of boats for
commerce, leisure or sport - one by the name of Saunders later joined with a Mr
Roe, the firm moving to the
All-in-all a very enjoyable and informative day or all, being kept well to time by John Brown.
HIAS
Rescue & Restoration Section /Hampshire Mills Group
An exciting time for the joint
working party members, with the wind engine at Crux Easton "opened"
in September. But more about that later. Here's a brief summary of work carried
out over the past few months.
Mayfly Cottage, Timsbury:-
Ongoing work cleaning out the wheel pit and pump, which once pumped water from
the River Test to a header tank in Timsbury Manor House, and removing
calcretion from the metal frame of the wheel.
Gailey (or Gaily) Mill,
Kingsclere:- The group was asked by the owner, Lord Huntingdon, if it would
clean out and survey the watermill as he is applying for planning permission to
carry out alterations to one end, which is believed to have been an extension
to the main mill containing steam-powered equipment for drying grain. The mill
itself would not be affected. This mill stopped operating about 40 years ago
and literally "shut up" leaving everything inside just as it was - a
real time warp. An all-day cleaning session was held in July when mostly vast
quantities of nesting material were removed from the several floors.
Beaulieu Tide Mill:- Another
clean-up session, in August, only this time it was mostly thick solidified dove
and pigeon droppings caked on everything, and festoons of cobwebs. Everyone was
in full protective gear. Lord Montagu was applying to the Heritage Lottery Fund
and needed a survey done, so asked the group to clean the place up a bit. The
lottery application failed but the estate plans to carry out the full
restoration using its own resources over a period of time. Hopefully the JWP
will be involved, if manpower can be stretched (or new volunteers come
forward).
Crux Easton has the wind back
in its sails
(condensed from an article in
the Newbury Weekly News,
About 150 people were at the
opening on Wednesday morning when the sails of the historic wind engine at Crux
Easton turned again after months of painstaking restoration work. Sir George
Young, MP, who officially opened the wind engine, gave an entertaining speech.
"It's a wonderful memorial to our Victorian heritage," he said. The
restoration was made possible thanks to lottery funding of £149,500, plus funds
from the borough and county councils and Vodafone charitable trust, totalling
just over £200,000. The lottery cash was matched in an innovative way, as per
lottery funding rules, in the form of many patient hours of voluntary labour by
members of the Hampshire Mills Group. Now, the wind engine will open at least
three or four times a year, and on National Mills and heritage open days, with
private viewings by request.
Maritime
Projects
Jeff Pain
The "Calshot"
Very little to report. Terry
Yarwood had spent 5 months working on a Heritage Lottery Fund application and
this has now passed over to the City for completion, but with staff changes
there may be some delay in finalising the documents.
S.S. Shieldhall(website:
www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk)
She had a fairly successful
summer cruising season making 13 trips, 8 of which made a profit. Also, at the
end of May, she attended the biennial
As reported in the last Focus,
they received a Heritage Lottery grant of £268,500 in March. Approximately
£175,000 of this went towards Shieldhall's dry-docking in April, which
consisted mainly of works in the ballast tanks.
This year she has become
something of a film star!! Apart from the BBC documentary about the Titanic
reported last time - including shots on the Shieldhall - which was broadcast in
April and repeated in October, in October the BBC was again filming on board.
This time she was the Begona, describing the arrival in this country of a young
Floella Benjamin which also includes scenes shot on the Watercress Line. I
understand that this programme, entitled Coming to
After all this excitement,
winter maintenance will include repairs to the sanitary treatment/holding
equipment and repairing some deck caulking, plus re-tubing both boilers, boiler
lagging replacement and associated bilge space.
Next year's programme is being
planned and should, amongst the usual attractions, include trips to
Tram
57 Project
Nigel Smith
After spending a good many
working sessions in the early part of the year giving most of the exterior of
Lisbon 715 a repaint into its original yellow and white livery, the focus of
attention was once more turned to Car 11 to prepare it for the annual Open Day
in August when preserved buses operate a service from downtown Southampton to
the tramshed. The tram received a thorough cleaning and the workshop itself was
given a major tidy-up, with all the workbenches being completely cleared after
many years and long-lost items coming to light, including some wooden trim from
11's lower saloon which was treated with oxalic acid, to remove the stains, and
varnished. The four quarter-round corner pillars of the lower saloon exterior
were painted navy blue and the platform pillar of 'B' end (nearest the front of
the shed) was given its gold lining. Everything possible was installed, screwed
on, polished, etc in the month leading up to the Open Day on August 25th. In
addition,
Shortly after the Open Day,
two filming events took place featuring Car 11. Key members of the group were
interviewed and filmed working for a BBC South Today item that was broadcast in
their 3½ minute Southern Ways feature on September 10th which was widely seen
by many people. A new company called Southampton Television did an interview at
the end of August for Genevieve Bailey's series on old
In line with looking to open
doors to more funding to complete Car 11 in a reasonable timescale we have
appointed consultants to report on the work needed to complete restoration with
options to secure matched funding, with the co-operation and support of
Southampton City Council's Heritage Services.
Tram 57 Project officers have
contributed to the Heritage Task Group set up by Southampton City Council's
Cultural Consortium and has two committee members on the newly formed
Southampton Heritage Federation which has the aim of driving forward plans for
a comprehensive arena to tell the history of
Finally, two anniversaries
occur during 2003. Car 11 was originally built as an open top tram in 1923,
before being 'top-covered' in 1925, and went into service on April 13th 1923,
so will be 80 years old (well, some parts of it will be!). However, more
importantly, Hurst Nelson car 38 will be celebrating its Centenary, having gone
into service in
Southampton and District Transport Heritage Trust
Advance information for 2003,
the Southampton Transport Heritage Day will be on Sunday 24 August, held at
Twyford
Waterworks Trust
Ian Harden
The established pattern of
main Open Days in the spring and autumn and other steaming days on the first
Sunday of the intervening months has continued since the last report. Fred
Dibnah made his third guest appearance at the May event, attracting another
good attendance. Additional events this year have been a mini open day in
August and a steaming day in September as part of a social event for the
benefit of potential volunteers and sponsors.
All plant and machinery has
continued to perform reliably and, therefore, day to day work not directly
geared towards steaming day operation has been focused on preparation for
insurance inspections and so forth. With premiums rising at a rate well in
excess of inflation the Trust is finding, like many other bodies, that an
increasing amount of effort on fund-raising is being required just to meet
these increases. Fortunately, income from most of the events has been
sufficient to meet such overheads and provide an important boost to funds.
Several new volunteers with
steam and engineering experience have recently joined the Trust and their
collective knowledge will go some way towards filling the gap left by Bill
Stone who is relinquishing his post of principle steam engineer at the end of
the year. Bill was instrumental in realising the dream of raising steam at
Twyford and a great debt is owed to him.
Future planning is looking at
ways of complementing the existing programme of events with a themed approach
to the summer steaming days being considered for 2003. Rearrangement of
equipment in the Filter House is also being assessed on the strength of renewed
hopes of a set of Haines patent water filters coming to Twyford from the
Bournemouth & West Hants Water Company's Wimborne pumping station following
a delay of several years now, caused by structural problems there. Also, a
Ruston diesel engine and Lee & Howl pump has been offered to the Trust from
the redundant Knowle Hospital, subject to the usual formalities. This would be
a welcome addition to the collection of water-related equipment on display.
A
Cultural Strategy for
Angela Smith
The two Task Groups in which
HIAS/Tram 57 Project members were involved - Built Heritage and Heritage -
completed their reports which were forwarded to the main Consortium in June,
and we await the publication of the full report in the spring. Meanwhile the
City Council has issued a small booklet,
Symbol
of City to reopen
The
Hall of Aviation will operate the Bargate as an
outstation of the aircraft museum with a shop which it will run, plus a
heritage information centre promoting the work of heritage bodies in and around
the city. Hopefully the Bargate will be open to the public by the summer and it
is planned for it to be open 7 days a week all year, with a full time manager
plus volunteers. It is the last point where local HIAS members can assist ™
VOLUNTEERS to man (or 'person'!) the information centre. The Hall of Aviation
is already overstretched with just the museum to cope with, so there is a
desperate need not only for volunteers from the heritage groups which will
benefit from the new facility but also anyone interested in getting involved.
Even a few days a year would help. Initially, until the operation is sorted
out, any offers of help can go through me and I will pass them on to the
manager to deal with.(Angela Smith)
Campaigners trying to save the
last airworthy Vulcan bomber have been refused money for its restoration by the
lottery. The campaigners have managed to raise £1.5m, but another £2.5m is
needed to ensure its future. The bomber will not be receiving any funding from
the Heritage Lottery Fund which said the project was "too expensive"
to fund. Campaigners are now appealing against the decision.
'Beachcomber'
reaches 60
As you will have read in the
Tram 57 Project report, two of its trams will be celebrating significant
birthdays in the spring of 2003.
Another form of transport with
which some members of the IA group were involved is the
One of last two remaining
Friday, 28 September, 1877 -
Accident at Waterloo Foundry: On Wednesday morning last a very serious accident
occurred at the Waterloo Iron Works to a young man named Joseph Rowe, a turner,
who was engaged at a lathe driven by steam power, and by some means, whilst
attending to the machinery, became entangled therewith, and frightfully
injured, the hand and arm being entirely crushed, one finger was nearly torn
off, and the arm fractured in three places - just above the wrist, at the
elbow, and near the shoulder.
The machinery was stopped as
quickly as possible, and the poor fellow extricated, the summons for surgical
aid being promptly responded to by Dr F H Elliott, who, after attending to the
immediate urgencies of the case, sent his patient in a fly to the Andover
Cottage Hospital, where he has since been carefully attended to. Although the
injuries are of course very serious, we hear this morning that he is doing as
well as could be expected. This is the first patient that the Cottage Hospital
has received.
The developers of
Southampton‘s former Royal Albert Hotel in Albert Road South, a Grade Two
listed building, have received planning permission to convert the former 19th
century public house into 12 self-contained flats after a previous application
was turned down by the council in February. It has been derelict since the
mid-1980s. Another city centre building, the former National Provincial (later
NatWest) bank at