http://www.skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk en-gb skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk 2010-1-8T00:00:00Z skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk http://www.skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk/page13.htm#55744 2010-1-8T00:00:00Z http://www.skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk/page13.htm#55729 Happy New Year and hope you are all recovering from the festivities and recent snow.Managed to escape the limitations of the dreadful weather conditions in Hampshire this week and successfully set up the Scagliola exhibition at Whitchurch Silk Mill on Monday.Seamus Sarah and myself have worked very hard over the last few months to produce a selection of pieces showing the variety of techniques and colours and finishes that can be produced.There is an illustrated displayexplanation board showing history techniques and list of where the best historic examples can be seen.The exhibition runs until April and we shall be offering a lecture and brief demonstration in March This will not be a tutorialIt will last in total an hour and a half and cost 16310.Contact Whitchurch silkmill to book a place.Will post contact details and phone number as soon as date finalisedprobably 13th or 14th March.East Dene here in Bonchurch have agreed recent quotation and work starts there soon to replace some ... 2010-1-8T00:00:00Z http://www.skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk/page13.htm#55012 2009-12-26T00:00:00Z http://www.skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk/page13.htm#50243 Autumn 2009everything coming together.DockyardThere has been for the last few months a new initiative to look at a use for the Block Mills building ever since the exterior was restored and taken off the at risk register in 2008.The Block Mills is a Grade 1 listed building being designed by Marc Brunel and the first machineFactory in the world indeed one of the seminal buildings of the Industrial revolution.It produced ships blocks and remained open until 1965. There is now a consortiumsteering group trying to use this wonderful space to house heritage training in a way which allows maximum access to the 500000 visitors who pass through the Victory Gates each year.Training would include us Historic Ships who want to base a training facility here and possibly Highbury College and other parties running a mix of accredited courses and commercial links with apprenticeship opportunities etc .Watch this space. Important meeting in November.Will know the future then.Cell BlockI would like to... 2009-10-8T00:00:00Z http://www.skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk/page13.htm#35818 NHTG SE.New website SHIP is featured on the front of the newly created regional website of the NHTGNationall Heritage Training Group. page.httpwww.nhtg.org.ukregionsandhomecountriessoutheastindex.aspx SERCSAG Many of you will know that I am now included as part of the steering group for the South East SERCSAG which includes English Heritage Construction Skills and NHTG and has been formed specifically to address the shortages of skilled practitioners within the heritageconstruction field...There are also commercial companies public bodies and training institiutions represented within this group and I am being supported and encouraged as SHIP grows. DOCKYARD VISITUSE OF LECTURE THEATRE Mark Hinsley of NHTG Lyndsay Riddell project developer for EH and Tony Herridge of Cliveden Conservation visited the cell block in November.Pete Lambert the dockyard surveyor showed us around and I am delighted to say that we now are able to use the fantastic facilities within Boathouse 6... 2009-1-31T00:00:00Z http://www.skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk/page13.htm#30518 The last three months have just flown by and although the exhibition has now been and gone it is suddenly hitting home that this is just the beginning.We had 12000 visitors through the show with over 800 comments in our visitors book ranging from Colin Steward saying Lovely skills that I imagine would make a wonderful use of the old cell block and Nick Bowes A difficult time to find funding but this is an essential project. To be honest every comment could be written on these pages. They were all wonderful. Children loved the demonstrations and came back to see them on their way out of the dockyard. They asked so many questions and spent time writing down their thoughts.The exhibition really has served to bring all the aspects of the project together. The conversion the training and funding side and the commercial one. It has been a mammoth undertaking involving everyone giving up time and effort before during and after the exhibition.This is how it wentroughly and only my version.Pete... 2008-9-30T00:00:00Z http://www.skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk/page13.htm#26283 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostyleparent msopaddingalt0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt msoparamargin0in msoparamarginbottom.0001pt msopaginationwidoworphan fontsize10.0pt fontfamilyTimes New Roman msoansilanguage0400 msofareastlanguage0400 msobidilanguage0400 Have spent the last month meaning to update this diary. Time is just flying by and now the exhibition is just 6 weeks away. My time is spent between meetings commuting trying to do some practical work and emailing. Plans for the exhibition are gaining speed and Tracey has enlisted some help from Kelly and an electrician. I am extremely grateful to them for giving up so much time and am leaving them to organise the staging of all the exhibits. They are very en... 2008-6-30T00:00:00Z http://www.skillsheritageinportsmouth.co.uk/page13.htm#22062 First ever Diary entryso hello to anyone who is wanting to follow the progress of Skills Heritage in Portsmouth.I would just like to thank my son Jamie who is helping me with the website or should I say I am helping him.This is using a combination of email ampskype from his home in Barcelona.I would welcome any comments or suggestions as we manage to expand the site. Any pdf photos of work or useful information will be much appreciated. Thanks too to Tracey who is organising the exhibition. More about that later. Cell Block Conversion Meeting scheduled for Wednesday 2nd Aprilto put together a proposal for submission to the board of the Historic Property Management Trust. This will request they submit a funding application for the conversion of the Cell Block.They are a already a charity and as such will make application much easier. Skills heritage in Portsmouth will then lease the building and can concentrate on finding match funding for the set up and equipment costs. The f... 2008-3-29T00:00:00Z