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Artisan Issue 18 Oct 2012

The magazine of the Association of Painting Craft Teachers

and the Scottish Association of Painting Craft Teachers

The ARTISAN

Volume 3 Issue 18 October 2012

2 Artisan Issue 18 Oct 2012

Gert Jan Nijsse demonstrates breche violet

Mats Carlson’s Verdigris panel


From the Editor

Hi All

Here we go again, I say that every year, but happily

for me, this is the last time I need to say it. As you

well know (because I’ve been banging on about it in

past issues), I have semi-retired down to two days

per week.

That’s really a cheap intro into the need for one of

you members to take over this magazine. We really

need someone to step forward and take this on be-

fore I go, so I can hand over my small experience at

this editing lark!

What’s in this issue? Well we could call this one the

Accrington & Rossendale edition as that college

features a great deal; well done to them as a team

and to Phil Burgess who is our featured member.

Another big thank you goes to Derek and Loraine

for their photographs and report on the PDA

competition. I believe that Phil Burgess has agreed

to take over that competition this year and I wish

him well, and I am sure he realises he has big boots

to fill.

Again I have to thank George Brown, as our intrepid reporter from North of the Border, I

harass him every year. While mentioning Scotland I must apologise to Ian

Moracen. On the front cover of the April edition I

asked who the gentleman was next to John Fleming.

Ian sent me a card to inform me it was him, John

also telephoned me, however I forgot to print this

in the last edition, both please accept my apologies.

Bill Stewart has sent in another of his memories,

keep it up Bill! Can I encourage other senior

members to do the same. There is no substitute for

experience or a good yarn among like-minded peo-

ple.

Paul Baily is still doing great work with master clas-

ses, he writes of the event he put on, with Gert

in the summer. He,

John Latham and Alan

Jones are organizing a

free workshop. I have

included information

on how to get in

touch if you want to

attend.

Roger’s cartoon has

been a feature of the

Artisan since it’s first

edition by Patrick and

this edition is no dif-

ferent, you'll find him

on page 23.

Don’t forget to check

out Adrian Dibbs’ idea

of an APCT summer

trip, let him know if

you are interested and he will cost the venture and

organize the activities.

I apologise if this editorial is beginning to sound like

an Oscar speech but I would also like to thank the

staff at Tangerine. They create the press releases

for Dulux Decorator Centre's and never fail to send

me material for every issue.

If you are a corporate member, don’t forget that

you are entitled to free space in the Artisan to pro-

mote your company, especially if it has an angle on

training, please e-mail me at the address overleaf.

On the subject of e-mail, can members please use

our private address as I am only at college for two

days now (oops there I go again) I do not read the

college one so often.

So you guys on the chalk face, welcome back to the

barrage of e-mails, the onslaught of pointless meet-

ings and the nit picking EV visits.

Don’t forget you can get a full colour version of this

edition by logging into the website: www.apct.info

Ed

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Front cover: PDA Competitors at Accrington & Rossendale

Inside front cover: Area 4 Masterclass

Inside rear cover: Putting a gloss on the

Thames

Rear cover: Staff at Accrington & Ros-

sendale college


In this issue:

5 President’s Report

Peter Doyle’s news to date

6 Secretary’s Report/S.A.P.C.T

Barry Mason’s update and news from the North

8 My Life in Decorating

Phil Burgess writes of his career and college

12 Area 4 Masterclass

Paul Baily reports

13 Summer Trip Adrian Dibb proposes going Dutch

14 PDA Apprentice Awards

Derek Butterfield reports

16 UK Minimum Wage

Apprentices get 5p rise

17 Putting a Gloss on the Thames

Bill Stewart recollects

19 DDC

Trade case study

21 Ofsted Preview Report

Effective practice in Colleges

22 Skills Show

What is it?

23 P&D Show/Rog

Advertisement/Cartoon

24 London Olympics

Students Participation

25 Quiz

The ARTISAN

Is the Magazine of the

Association of Painting Craft

Teachers &

The Scottish Association of

Painting

Craft Teachers

How to contact APCT officers: Peter Doyle

APCT National President

5 Bailys Mead

Royal Wooton Bassett

Wiltshire

SN4 8LH Barry Mason

APCT National Secretary

Shrewsbury College of Art &

Technology

London Road

Shrewsbury

SY2 6PR

[email protected]

W : 01743 342511

M : 07977484896

H : 01939 291150 Derek Butterfield

APCT Treasurer &

Membership Secretary

Lanthorn Cottage,

Arborfield Court,

Swallowfield Road,

Reading RG2 9JS

Tel:0118 9760220

[email protected] Artisan: Alan Walklett

14 Aneray Road

Camborne

Cornwall TR14 8UA

Tel:01209 716776

[email protected]

Date and Venue of Autumn EC Meeting

To be held in the training offices of

AkzoNobel

Wexham Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 5DS

On Saturday 20/10/12 at 10.00


President’s Diary

Hello all, I do hope all our members have had a fantastic summer break and have a

good start to the new term. Since my / our day and evening together in Royal

Wootton Bassett things have been fairly quiet as far as my Presidency goes; unfor-tunately myself and Ruth were unable to attend the SAPCT ‘s AGM in June, from

all reports another excellent day and evening. I am looking forward to next year’s

event which we shall certainly make (if invited).

In June Accrington & Rossendale hosted the Dulux Decorator Centre’s apprentice

of the year competition final, and we must give Phil Burgess and his team a massive

thank you and pat on the back for the hospitality, professionalism and sheer hard work and commitment

shown during our 2 days at the college. Phil you were a credit to the college and the APCT, thank you.

Dulux Decorator Centres would also, through myself, like to thank all colleges and lecturers who went

to the effort, trouble and time to work so dedicatedly with all the students who entered the 2012

competition. The final was an excellent display of real skill shown by the 4 young guys and 4 young girl

finalists and it’s fantastic to see so many young ladies coming through the trade. Incidentally, the compe-

tition’s title may be a little confusing “ apprentice of the year”. The fact is that as long as the student is

working towards a qualification in painting & decorating and is within the age limit, we would welcome

their entry most warmly, why not show your students this year’s final video to enthuse them, just go to

you tube and enter Dulux apprentice of the year competition; great stuff that makes me very proud to

be a painter and decorator by trade.

On the 20th of October we have a committee meeting being held at Akzonobel’s national training centre

in Slough. If any member has an issue, idea, thought, worry, anything that you need bringing up, please let

me know in advance, call me 07730910577 or mail me [email protected]. As always please

remember this is your association and we can only try to provide what our members want, if we know

what they want.

On a training front, it is my intention to work closely with kindred organisations and companies that

want to support colleges. With this in mind I have spoken to Darren Robinson, national sales manager

for Graco Spray equipment, and Darren has very kindly agreed to sponsor our association with a trip to

the Graco manufacturing and European training centre in Belgium. This would be a 2 day 1 night stopo-

ver, visiting the plant as well as discussing and using the very latest up to date spray equipment from

Graco. Members who may be interested in attending, please, in the first instance, contact myself via e-mail. The date has not yet been set; members would need to pay for flights to and from Brussels but

Graco will pay hospitality and hotels and organise transfers, and I am sure a beer or two in the evening!

Other trips I am investigating are Copley NMC (Belgium) and Akzonobel’s European centre of excel-

lence and decorating museum in Sassenhiem, Holland. As always any suggestions, paint related or social,

if I can help organise please make contact.

And finally I believe we are hoping to have an APCT stand at this year’s painting and decorating show.

Should that be the case please come up and say hello to your colleagues on that stand, and again this

year the DDC will have a college corner I believe, so pop over and introduce yourself and get up to date information on college benifits and entry forms for the 2013 Apprentice (diploma) student, young deco-

rator of the year competition.

As always I wish all our members the very best of health and luck.

Peter Doyle (APCT President)

mailto:[email protected]


Hello All Secretary’s Report I hope you had a good summer break and were able to re-charge your batteries .

I hope like us at Shrewsbury you have had a good enrolment for this year’s intake,

we have had our best numbers for many years and have even more than the

bricklayers, which is very rare.

Not a great deal has happened regarding the Association during the summer, in

fact very quiet, so nothing really to report.

I am now looking forward to the EC meeting at Slough, please feel free to come

along, just let know so we can order enough sandwiches for lunch, the more the merrier.

Another event I am looking forward to is the Painting and Decorating show, do come along and say hello,

we plan to have an APCT stand there just as we have done in previous years.

Well that’s it for me, may I wish you all the best for the new academic year.

Regards Barry

News from S.A.P.C.T

We had our A.G.M. in the Rob Roy Hotel, Aberfoyle on Saturday 9th June, where Charlie Murmin from

Edinburgh’s Telford College was comfirmed as S.A.P.C.T. President for the second year of his term.

We did not have a great turnout for this one unfortunately and only had 10 members present. Before our

meeting we had a very nice lunch courtesy of the association and the meeting started around 2.00pm

where we tackled the business of the day.

We had a visitor from the Scottish Qualifications Authority, (S.Q.A.) in Glasgow, to try and explain a few

points we had with the new Apprentice Training and Assessment Packs, which are being produced by

S.Q.A. I don’t think she managed to allay any fears between our membership at all.

Then it was over to President Charlie to judge our annual Lecturers Graining & Marbling Competition,

where we ask any members attending, working or retired, to exhibit a panel for entry into our competi-

tion.

We usually have a few high quality panels on view and it is great to see members of the public passing and

stopping to have a look at these panels. It is a very hard job for the judge, this year being no exception.

The competition was won, for the second year running by Ian Moracen, a retired lecturer who taught at

Edinburgh’s Telford College.

Our meeting lasted until around 5.30pm. when we then adjourned to the bar and met our respective

partners for a wee refreshment before dinner. We gathered together again with our partners at around

7.00pm for dinner, which was again very nice, after which we danced the night away until the early hours

to the hotel’s resident band and then D.J. As most of the APCT members who have been guests at our

A.G.M. know, when the music finishes around 2.00am we move into the residents’ lounge where we con-

tinue to share a few wee drams. All in all a fantastic night was had by all, again. And can I just remind all

our APCT brothers, sisters and friends you have a continuing invite to the S.A.P.C.T. where you will be

made most welcome.

Mike Swan based here in Angus College has agreed to take over as association Secretary as of last month

(September 2012) from Michael Duffy (Anniesland College). Michael has served us well over the last five

years as association Secretary and as an association we pass on our grateful thanks in print.

George Brown S.A.P.C.T. Treasurer & Competition Secretary.


www.apct.co.uk

Association of Painting Craft Teachers

Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting and the N.E.T.C Meeting

From Saturday 20th October 2012 Akzonobel training centre, Slough.

These minutes will be available in the Members Area of the APCT forum.

http://www.apct.info

Members who require a paper copy are asked to contact National Secretary Barry Mason.

Don’t forget the original website for Diary Dates, News and Links to many useful sites.

http://www.apct.co.uk/

http://www.apct.info/


My Life in Decorating

Peter Doyle had an idea a few moths ago, for a member to write an article about

their career and college, with the idea that it will become a regular feature. Phil Burgess from Accrington volunteered to go first and this is his story.

My Apprenticeship & career to date

While I was in training to become a Painter & Decorator, I studied at Burnley

College for two years before a right choice move to Accrington & Rossendale

College, studying my level 3 where I met my tutor & now good friend, Glenn Studholme. He has been

inspirational to me since day one and I can probably say he took me in as one of his own, showing me the

ropes and the tricks of the trade. He was an amazing tutor whom I was lucky enough to work alongside a

number of years later, still at Accrington. What this guy doesn’t know, believe me, is not worth knowing.

We have had a number of master grainers & marblers from my area who have travelled the world show-

ing their skills and I can honestly say Glenn is up there with the very best. What I find remarkable is that

Glenn was one of the first craftsmen to be using water based/acrylic mediums (back in the early nineties)

in his graining & marbling effects, and achieving results that left others scratching their heads. I adopted

these water based methods and, believe me, I will never go back to oil!

I started my apprenticeship in May 1990 at a beautiful prestigious Jesuit College called Stonyhurst College

nr Clitheroe, Lancashire. The College is a Grade 1 listed building founded in 1593. Thinking back there

were no finer foundations that a decorator could ask for. There was a team of five mature decorators

who I considered to be enthusiastic craftsmen. For eight truly wonderful years, I was involved in all as-

pects a decorator could possibly encounter. From fine detailed painting on the ornate galleries to hanging

hand printed wall coverings and major restoration projects within the grounds of this amazing historic

building.

I have many fond memories from serving my time at Stonyhurst, as I got to work alongside many

craftsman who had a passion for their trade. Some of the projects I was involved in were in preparation

for visits by the Queen (centenaries), actor Tom Selleck (filming Three Men & a Little Lady), the late

Cardinal Basil Hulme (Head of the Catholic Church); I even got to decorate the ex-home of JRR Tolkien

the English writer & poet, where, it is said, he got the inspiration to write the Lord of the Rings or, equal-

ly inspiring, a full refurb in the Great Hall, were the English military & political leader Oliver Cromwell

once slept on the way to the Battle of Preston in 1648. From there I was employed as a foreman painter on various sites around East Lancashire, planning, pricing

and hands on for a number of years, before ending up briefly as a technician/tutor at Accrington College

where I met some wonderful tutors who inspired me and planted the seed to take up full time teaching as

a career a little later on.

I then moved overseas to Australia, travelling the whole country and decorating for companies while I

slowly but surely, travelled the full circle of the large island. This was extra special, because travellers that

I met were fruit picking for long hours and receiving pittance for their duties, I was toshing away for

excellent rates of pay in a job that I loved and relished. From painting harbour-side apartments in the

sunshine in Sydney to painting timber-built homes with fire retardant coatings in the beautiful Blue Moun-

tains region of Katoomba, then on to the boat yards of St Kilda in Melbourne where I worked, spraying

anti foul and marine coatings to a variety of boats & yachts. I picked up a wealth of experience in the

southern hemisphere and who knows may end up back there one day.

On my return I was self-employed for two years enjoying a busy schedule working for myself before my

good friend and now Head of Construction, Darren Eccles offered me a part time post at Accrington &

Rossendale College. Before I could blink, I was fulltime and now currently the Programme leader for

Painting & Decorating and Floorcovering trades. >


(cont) What made me go into teaching Painting & Decorating?

Probably like most tutors, it wasn’t something I set out to do, but I got the opportunity to teach some

part time hours to a group of really challenging learners. It wasn’t my best teaching experience, but one

thing’s for sure, it couldn’t have got any worse. An unenthusiastic boisterous lot to say the least, but a

reality check of the ever so demanding teaching role, I can say this put me on the right path and under-

standing of the correct teaching methods, commitment and dedication required to stimulate my learn-

ers. I love my teaching role, engaging with learners and trying to coach them into being able to paint and

decorate whether that maybe for their own use or to become a tradesman of the future.

My Team

My team are simply amazing, I could not ask for any more. We are a very tight-knit team and all very

good friends. We all trust each other sincerely. The team are all passionate, committed, and competitive;

they constantly do over and above and strive to be the best team in an “Ofsted” outstanding College. I

am lucky to have such a team and it is their loyalty and hard work that puts the Accross Painting & Deco-

rating section on the map.

I also think it’s important for our team to engage with all learners from all walks of life, to produce con-

stantly interesting theory sessions, excellent demonstrations, demonstrate good practice and have fun

while doing so. We are all Painting & Decorating tradesman and want the very best for the team. There

are 5 tutors, 3 full time & 2 part time and 1 technician. We are proud to be a Unibond centre of

Excellence and a Lincrusta Centre of Excellence.

What is it that makes our College special?

Our College is recognised as outstanding by Ofsted. The construction

department has been recognised as one of the best in the country for

many years, awarded the Queen’s Anniversary prize for construction

education. There is always a real buzz about the place that naturally

transfers from the staff to the learners. As a passionate team we

strive to be the best we can. Our main aim is to create Painters &

Decorators out of everybody who walks into our workshop as a

learner; whether these are kids with learning difficulties, DIY, or

preparing learners for industry. We are in the middle of the decorating world as most manufacturers are

on our door step.

We ensure our learners get the best experience possible in the trade and for this to happen we have

excellent links with manufacturers in the decorating world. To name a few involved with Accrington are

Dulux, Lincrusta, Graham & Brown, Unibond, Crown Paints and Muraspec. Because of these super links,

the learners are always applying the finest materials that are on the market. As much as we do not like to

be wasteful, the materials are not rationed either. It is not unusual to find a Level one learner applying an

expensive flock wallcovering or lincrusta frieze in training. The learners are always applying the finest ma-

terials that are on the market, and are up to date with industry by using modern products that have revo-

lutionized the decorating world.

And the students?

Probably just like everybody else's! Hard work! My philosophy is how you press the right buttons to get

the best from them; as we all know as teaching staff, this can be very stressful and challenging. We do try

to promote a certain image in Painting & Decorating, such as cleanliness, competitiveness, a sense of well-

being and satisfaction from a job well done. The team’s rapport with our learners is super; we are their

friends, social workers, alarm clocks, verbal punch bags, mums, dads, agony aunts, banks and tutors mixed

into one. >


(cont) If I was a school leaver & attending one of your career days, what advice would you

give me & how would you encourage myself to sign up at Accrington?

Show them a Joiner and tell them: “if they don’t shape up” they could end up like one of them”. Painting &

Decorating has become a really popular and cool trade to be in over the last ten years with the help and

inspiration of television. It is popular with male and female learners and in a way is linked to fashion,

design and coolness, which in turn, sells itself. The comeback of wallpaper has been fantastic for everyone

involved in the trade and it is a pleasure to see the learners using such amazing products. Gone are the

days of the painter smoking a roll-up with his white ice cream jacket and flat cap, we are in a world of

amazing wallcoverings, paints and materials that everyone wants to be part of. All the tutors in P&D are

really passionate, it’s what we do! and how we roll! It’s our trade, our life, our hobby! So this attitude

rubs off on the school leaver, it is contagious! As a team we have grabbed the bull by its horns and are

now the envy of all other trades. If there is a competition we are in it! If there is a photo opportunity we

are on it! If we can help out for a charity we will do it, if it makes us smile or others smile we will do it!

We have created a sense of wellbeing, positive moral and a community of decorators that are proud. We

must be doing something right as we have 40 new Level ones enrolled for September.

What exciting things are in the pipeline for our students?

As an eager team, we like to dangle the carrot for our learners, with the intentions of getting the very

best out of them. Things on the agenda for 2012-13 are a Painting & Decorating German exchange to

Bocholt in North Germany for 25 days. This is open to 12 learners from any Diploma group to travel

overseas to work with a German company while living with a German family. My application has just been

approved by Leonardo funding, after lots of hard work by myself organising and planning employers,

accommodation, cultural visits, travel arrangements etc. Our learners will work with our German coun-

terparts for 17 days, be involved in cultural visits such as a visit to Henkel (Unibond), a sail down the river

Rhine, Tour of Koln, a number of German master classes at the local College, the odd glass of War stei-

ner and a student football match against the Germans. I will keep you updated on this mission! We are

also in the process of creating a Lincrusta resource centre in the P&D workshop on the top floor; this is a

place for the painter, where the learner can relax, study and appreciate their trade. The Lincrusta

resource centre is tastefully decorated inside and out with various Lincrusta products and will be finished

in calming colours. One wall is finished in idea paint, which is a two pack coating that can be used as a

whiteboard; the students love the idea of drawing on the wall which creates a super atmosphere in the

classroom. Our workshop is second to none, maturing all the time; it caters for all learners at all levels.

We always look forward to competitions such as the Dulux comp, Skillbuild, Johnstones, PDA Comps,

tours of paint & wallpaper manufacturers, testing products for Unibond or anything else that enriches the

painting & decorating learner. We also like to get involved in real life projects; last term we did an ECO

project in the construction foyer. The Level 1 & 2 learners hung recyclable wallcoverings, applied VOC

free paints whilst using paint trays that could be disposed of on the compost heap. This year we are deco-

rating the local cricket pavilion, shelters for the homeless & hopefully undertaking work at Blackburn

Rovers football ground. There is nothing better than job satisfaction for the learner.

Where would I like to be in 5 years?

I love my teaching at the minute as I find it rewarding and satisfying, but I am also very open minded and

love to be open to opportunities that may arise. I enjoy my trade sincerely and will probably always be

linked with it in some shape or form.

On joining the APCT, what benefits would I like to see offered to potential & existing mem-

bers?

As a new member, I would like to share my resources with other likeminded tutors; we are all in the

same boat and want the same things for our learners. I would like to see more of the demonstrations

that were put on at the AGM event in Royal Wooten Bassett, they were really interesting!

>


Websites for Students

MyCustomWP has offered to provide websites, with some level of customisation, for students attending the various Painting/

Decorating courses around the UK colleges.

They will implement these websites at no cost and would charge only to recover their costs for domain name registration and ongo-

ing hosting at £50 per year.

Further details at www.apct.co.uk

Qualified Decorative Painter? By submitting samples to the QDP committee you have the chance to be judged

a competent decorative painter.

Contact: [email protected]

(cont) Funny Story

Did I ever tell you the one about a bloke called Peter Doyle who dropped 4 x 2.5 litre tins of Dulux paint

outside the front of our college??? Oh better not, you might know him!!

My thoughts on the APCT

All in all I have met some rather nice, warming and interesting people in my short time as a member in

the APCT, whom I can call friends, to name a few: Derek Butterfield, Pete Doyle, Peter Walters, Dave

Tiffany, Lorraine Birt, Steve Matthews & Paul Wilcockson have all inspired me in some way or another

and I have thoroughly enjoyed their company. I would recommend any tutor/tradesman to join and be

part of an amazing community with a spirit and passion for the trade. I would definitely recommend any

young tutors coming through to join, as resource sharing and knowledge updates are a very useful tool.

Phil Burgess. (More photographs on the rear cover)


Area 4 Masterclass

Hi Everyone,

Over the past 4 years, I have been organising one-off decorative painting weekend courses (wood grain-

ing/marbling/trompe loeil) with top European teachers. The first weekend that was organised was in 2009,

when Christian Martincourt and Benjamin Craig made the trip over from Paris. Christian demonstrated

heartwood walnut, burr walnut and oak. Again in 2010, Christian and Benjamin returned, with Christian

teaching feather mahogany, birds eye maple and palisander.

In 2011, Gert Jan Nijsse from Holland and Mats Carlson from Sweden came over. The first weekend was

with Gert who demonstrated and taught Salome, portor and grand antique marble. Then in October,

when Mats Carlson came over to teach, he demonstrated and taught birchwood with trompe loeil mould-

ings and a panel of verdigris also with trompe loeil mouldings.

This year, Gert Jan Nijsse returned to teach breche violet marble, Napoleon grey marble and pitch

pine. the event took place at the workshops of Stephenanthonydesign.

When the first two weekends were organised with Christian and Benjamin, Christian used a traditional

watercolour and oil glaze media for demos and teaching. Then with Gert and Mats, we have been using

the Golden Paints Proceed acrylic system with great success. You can purchase Golden Paints in this

country through Wrights of Lymm.

The courses are for all levels from beginners through to the experienced decorative painter.

It also is a great opportunity to thank all of those who have attended these courses and I would like to

give a special thanks to Derek and Loraine and Steve Keeley for their help and support.

I will be organising a weekend course in the New Year, so if any of you are interested and would like to

find out more information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

One last thing, John Latham, Alun Jones and I are organising an APTC one-day workshop at Chichester

College. This will be at the beginning of November. For more details please please read below.

Many thanks, See photographs on inside front cover

Paul Bailey.

One Day Graining Workshop

Alan Jones, John Latham and Paul Baily have organised a free workshop which

will be at Chichester College on the 3rd November 2012.

Please contact Paul on 07906 844 865 or email: [email protected]

All materials and lunch are provided, all you need to bring are graining tools.

Places will be limited on a first come, first served basis.... Book today!

mailto:[email protected]


Proposal for APCT/SPCT Summer trip 2013

Members will recall that some years ago our colleague Patrick Richardson organized trips to Scandinavia,

Spain and Italy for the Association. Each time we have met up with some of these members they have said they regret not being able to get together to do something similar, “if only someone would be willing to

take on the organization”.

Well I wondered if any present or past members would be interested in a trip to the Netherlands. Titled

something like "Royal Palaces of the Netherlands" I have had a look and propose 4/5 nights to depart

Harwich - Hook of Holland or Hull – Hook of Holland for the members from oop north and Scotland.

Seems the prices are similar for overnight crossings. Cabins are available on both crossings. I e-mailed a

travel company, Veentjer Guided Tours, with thoughts on a possible trip and they replied with an itiner-

ary we might use.

I thought we could travel Thursday overnight to arrive in Rotterdam/Euro Port early on a Friday morning.

Ships arrive 07:45 and 08:15 respectively, so convenient to meet up. Next step will be to find out if any

members and family would be interested in another trip/educational visit. If this is viable I will be happy to

put something together and do the organization as a one-off purely as non profit making and for the

members of APCT/SPCT and friends/families. Costs will not be possible at this stage as discounts can be

earned for group bookings and the quality of the hotels required will be a factor i.e. 5/4/3 star will reflect

the price.

Would any interested parties please be so kind as to e-mail [email protected] as soon as possible even

if you cannot make a decision at this stage? It will give me an indication whether to take this project

further.

Veentjer Guided Tours have suggested the following programme after an overnight ferry to the Nether-

lands.

Day one. Friday 09:00 departure from Rotterdam and travel via a nice route to Otterlo. Visit the Kröller

Muller museum with paintings of van Gogh and later to Apeldoorn to visit the Het Loo Palace and stay

that night in the Hilton in Soestduinen.

Day two. Saturday from Apeldoorn to Amsterdam; sightseeing tour of the city, boat tour of the canals, visit Palace on the Dam square, some free time to explore the flower market and also the following

musea are possible:- Rijksmuseum, Willet Holthuysen Museum, Hermitage of Amsterdam. Overnight stay

in The Hague possibly the Hilton in The Hague or Hotel Carlton Ambassador, Promenade Hotel, Carlton

Beach Hotel, Scheveningen or Europa Hotel, Scheveningen.

Day three. Sunday in The Hague you can again have a city tour, visit Panorama Mesdag museum or visit

Madurodam. Municipal Museum Modern Art also has the collection of the Mauritshouse. Over night fer-

ries to UK.

You can have a Tour guide/ Tour Manager for the whole time with you; however you also have to house

and feed her/him. Otherwise you can have a guide

in the Palace and museum and one for half day or

full day in Amsterdam and The Hague. If wanted I

can arrange everything for you in the Netherlands.

Please respond as soon as possible, Veentjer Tours

will need to know the head count in order to work

out a cost. Adrian Dibb

Het Loo Palace


The Painting & Decorating Association

Apprentice/Trainee Awards Report for 2012

This year saw thirty-one entries for the PDA Apprentice/Trainee Award, held over two heats. The first in

the north was at Crown Paints Darwen on 27th April and the second in the south in collaboration with

Reading College on 8th May. We have used Reading College in the past but Crown Paints were a new

venue. They have developed a new training facility in conjunction with Accrington & Rossendale College,

which proved to be excellent.

The apprentices who attended were a credit to themselves and their companies. We hear so much about

apathy these days, I really would like to commend them for stepping up to the plate with total commit-

ment and good humour throughout. They were an absolute pleasure to work with. When you consider,

some of them travelled long distances, with incredible early starts i.e. 3.00am. I would therefore like to

take this opportunity on behalf of the PDA to thank them for their endeavours and wish them every

success in the future. I do hope each and every one of them achieved personal success on the day and

enjoyed the event.

It is not an easy task to develop a test piece which is colourful, has visual impact, covers skills within the

students capability and is achievable within the time limit, of approximately six hours. Students find the

most difficult aspect of the test piece is the setting out of the design. When you think of it, this is no

surprise, as this is something that they don’t encounter on a regular basis on site and/or as part of their

NVQ. It is however crucial that they master this aspect, if they are going onto higher levels in the

competition arena, representing their college, company and hopefully, their country.

It takes many people to make a competition successful. So special thanks must go to Crown Paints. My

initial contact was Vernon Kinrade who introduced me to Mark Bannister. Vernon kindly agreed to spon-

sor the paint for both heats and I liaised with Mark to set up the work areas for the competition. I must >

The Reading heat, from left to right: Steve Hand Seddons, Jill & Brian Shaw Purdy Brushes, Danielle

PDA Marketing, Sian Pearce and two colleagues from Ian Williams, Dave Johnson, Lecturer Reading

College, Paul Newman Reading Assistant Principle.


(cont) mention here that Mark helped immensely in all aspects throughout the day including providing a

superb buffet lunch for all and organising a goodie bag at the end of the day for the competitors. The

whole event was a huge success, we could not have wished for more. The venue was perfect, a large

open space, plenty of room and you could easily see all the competitors working. We were also visited

by several members of staff throughout the day to give their support; namely Graham Haworth From HR,

Steve Mills and Matthew Brown from technical services.

Other sponsors to be mentioned are Packexe for readily supplying their first-class hard floor protective

covering for both the heats. Brian Shaw, who took a day out of his holiday to support the Reading Heat

and provide some impromptu brush packs for each of the competitors on the day. Purdy also provide

the main prize following the Luncheon at Painters’ Hall.

Also to be mentioned were the company representatives and college lecturers, who were responsible for

getting the trainees to the event, supporting and encouraging them throughout the day namely; Steve

Hand (Seddons), Sian Pearce and Ivan Greenhall (Ian Williams), and college lecturers from Leeds College

of Building, Preston College and Accrington & Rossendale College and indeed the companies themselves,

for all their commitment to this competition. It was also nice to have the company of Danielle represent-

ing the PDA at the Reading heat, who got stuck in, helping to make the day go smoothly.

When deciding on the actual test piece I was torn between the golden jubilee and the Olympics, both

were topical but the hammer came down on the side on the Olympics. Most competitors managed to

complete the tasks set and it was certainly challenging to mark it and come up with an overall winner.

The top two candidates who attended the Luncheon at Painters’ Hall in London were Thomas Regan and

Rachel Cook, two students of Accrington & Rossendale College. Thomas came out top by a small margin.

Brian Shaw of Purdy Brushes with competitors from the Reading heat.


Various changes to the UK minimum wage rates come into force on 1 October.

The government announced in March that the minimum wage would rise by 11p. This 1.8% rise is slightly

lower than the typical rise in earnings and the current rate of inflation.

The freeze in the minimum wage for those aged under 21 means that:

The rate for 18 to 20-year-olds remains at £4.98 an hour

The rate for 16 and 17-year-olds remains at £3.68 an hour

However, the rate for apprentices rises by 5p to £2.65 an hour, which is appallingly low, particularly

given that many apprentices work full-time, taking days off for college without pay in some cases.

If the government is serious about apprenticeships, perhaps it should recognise that forcing young people

to choose between this measly wage and the prospect of full-time employment at the minimum wage is

bound to put people off. I find this particularly strange when the evidence of the Low Pay Commission

suggests the national minimum wage can be viewed as an efficiency wage, motivating workers.

The minimum wage was introduced in 1999 at £3.60 an hour for adults. The latest setting for minimum

wage levels mirrors recommendations from the Low Pay Commission. Ed.

(cont) Thomas becomes The Painting and Decorating Association “Trainee of The Year 2012” Many con-

gratulations. Thomas receives a set of Purdy Brushes to the value of £500. Rachel receives a runner- up

certificate and Purdy Brushes to the value of £200.

Loraine Birt and myself have

been involved with this com-

petition for a number of

years and it is always nice to

ring the changes. So, in May,

at our AGM I approached

Phil Burgess from Accrington

and Rossendale College and

asked if he would consider

taking over the reins next

year, to which he readily

agreed.

Phil has a good knowledge of

the competition scene, not

only entering students but

hosting both the Dulux com-

petition as well as Skillbuild.

The PDA Premier Trophy

Award Apprentice Trainee En-

tries are now open for 2013.

This year we will host three regional heats in Central, Northern and Southern England. Each apprentice

will be given the task of completing a practical application within a set time period which aims to challenge

their skills in a number of different painting and decorating practices, setting out and measurement, sten-

cilling, special effects, attitude and work ethic.

Derek Butterfield, Competition Organiser & Past President of The Association of Painting Craft Teachers.

Phil and Simon with winner Thomas Regan and runner up Rachel Cook


PUTTING A GLOSS ON THE THAMES

I lived on the river for sixteen years. Well not actually ON the river, but I didn’t have a fence at the bot-

tom of my garden, I had the River Thames – well, 75 yards of it.

About two hundred yards down-river was a boat yard. The proprietor of the yard was Tim, who had

served his apprenticeship with the famous Andrews boat builders of Henley, who specialised in making

timber boats, particularly the Thames Slipper Launch and so this was Tim’s speciality as well. He repaired

them, maintained them, and even built them. I watched him dredge an old Slipper Launch out of the river

after many years submergence and completely make a replica using the wreck as his pattern, from keel to

cladding.

Slipper Launches are completely clad in mahogany and no boat left Tim’s yard without at least 4 or 5

coats of yacht varnish, each dry coat wet abraded with 360 wet or dry paper.

All his varnishing was done by a young lady, Christine, who lived a short distance up-river and on the oth-

er side of the bank so came to work by boat. When I saw her sailing past my garden, seated in the bow

of her boat with its rudder bar stuck under her arm and her big black Labrador sitting beside her I knew

that another boat was near to launching and that I would soon have a phone call from Tim to go to his

yard to signwrite and/or decorate it.

Tim had one large boathouse which could hold two boats and in which all the timber boats were worked

on, both woodworking and varnishing or decorating. Sometimes the sawdust was almost ankle deep and

the cobwebs hung heavy with the stuff also. Christine worked in these conditions yet all her finishes

were immaculate.

When I was taught exhibition varnishing I was told to follow six routines implicitly:-

Vacuum up all dust (not sweep) and lightly damp down surrounding area.

Never shake or stir the varnish, and pour it gently into the container (or kettle) to avoid air

bubbles.

Clean the container thoroughly and coat the inside with quick-drying knotting to bind any

dust which may have remained.

Keep the varnish brush in a mixture of thinned linseed oil to keep the bristles soft and re-

move all surplus oil by wiping on a palette knife held on edge over a kettle and then brushing

hard on brown paper to remove last traces. Wear clean cotton overalls, avoid any woollen clothes.

Move slowly and only necessarily to avoid disturbing the air.

I never told Christine about these rules, she would only have laughed! Although I think I did see her once

damp down the sawdust! She certainly wore woolly jumpers and yet Tim never complained about her

finishes. He wouldn’t have dared.

I was called in after the third or fourth coat had been wet abraded – one or two more coats being applied

when I’d completed my task - essentially a perfect surface upon which to gild. However I still wiped it

over with a damp chamois and pounced it with a bag of French chalk. I had to draw on the height lines

because you can’t snap a chalk line on a curved surface.

I used John Keep’s Gold Colour Signwriters Enamel as my size. It brushed easily and could be seen well

on the mahogany surface. It took about half an hour to reach the right tack, so sometimes it was ‘write a

bit - gild a bit’. In those days a book of Regular Transfer Gold Leaf was about £10 - four pence per sheet.

I shudder to think what it costs today.

I used to charge ten pence per inch height per letter, doubled for gilding and doubled for shading.

>


(cont) Therefore the word SLIPPER in three inch high letters, gilded and shaded would be charged at

£2.10 – another reason why I haven’t got that apartment in Barbados!

I also did some work for another boatyard a couple of miles further down the river. He only worked on

plastic boats so no gold leaf needed there. All this work on boats I did at weekends or in the holidays. It

was fun but, sadly, all came to an end when I had a stroke.

Bill Stewart PP

PS

I had a teacher once, a lovely man called Jimmy Sexton, who confided to me that if he had a problem of

cissing whilst varnishing (quite a common defect) he would spit on the problem area and rub in well with

his brush; invariably the cissing stopped. I’ve tried that technique and it works, but I would never teach

such a thing or in deed write about it....

——————————————————————

Very intrigued by this story and being a big fan of the Thames and it’s craft, my wife and mentor for the

Artisan took it upon herself to find out if the boatyard and Tim were still there and had he any photo-

graphs of the Slipper boats.

Tim is still trading on the Thames and has sent some photos (rear inside cover). Angie also asked Tim if

he would write a few lines and he sent an e-mail with the following:-

I hope this comes over as affectionately tongue in cheek as it is meant to be. More years ago than I would ever

want to admit, when I was in my early twenties, I bought a little boatyard in a Thames side village called

Wraysbury. At the time much of our work was to do with restoring classic launches, as well as servicing many oth-

er boats. I met Bill through his neighbour Bunny Hannaford. If you were to imagine Last of the Summer Wine on

Thames you wouldn’t be too far off the mark. Bill helped me out with many boat names and signs around the

yard, until his stroke meant that his hand was too shaky to be able to do the thing he enjoyed the most.

We only ever had one disagreement/artistic difference; I like shadow or shading, Bill felt it spoiled the clarity of his

lettering.

Bunny was, and Bill still is, one of those larger than life characters you instantly like. If I learned one thing from

them, as I approach my dotage, second ( or is that third ) childhood, it is how to be a grumpy old man in style.

Thanks for the happy memories.

Tim.

One further coincidence is that Tim attended Falmouth Technical College in Kiligrew Street way back in

the seventies. I work for Cornwall College which incorporates Falmouth Marine School as it is now

known.

Ed.

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Trade Case Study September 2012

STUDENTS PAINT THE WAY TO A

BRIGHTER FUTURE

Dulux Decorator Centres, the UK’s leading decorating specialist, is continuing to brighten the lives of

painting & decorating students at Leicester College, one year on after forming a successful partnership, in

addition to helping out the local community.

In July 2011, Dulux Decorator Centres joined forces with Leicester College to help the young painters &

decorators of the future by providing all the tools and experience necessary to help them get a head start

in the industry.

A bespoke package was created for the college and provided second and third year students the oppor-

tunity to undertake a variety of jobs in decorating, customer service and retail at any one of the three

Dulux Decorator Centres in Leicester.

The trainee painters & decorators all received a toolkit, containing specialist tools at a significantly re-

duced price, encased in a complimentary painting & decorating satchel. They were also given additional

Dulux Decorator Centres’ branded goodies, including t-shirts. Students and staff were eligible for a cash

card account which gives special discounts at any centre nationwide.

As part of the partnership, students undertook painting & decorating projects to give something back to

the local community. The latest involvement was with housing association Spire Homes, which provides

nearly 5,000 homes to people in Northamptonshire and Rutland.

Angela Hall, midlands sale manager and Nigel Jarram, Leicester territory manager at Dulux Decorator Centres, have worked closely with Leicester College since the start of the partnership. They initially met

with Spire Homes to explore the possibility of working with students to help them gain fundamental ex-

perience.

Following this meeting, a project called ‘Bright Futures’ was created, which puts the students’ skills to

good use in addition to helping residents who would struggle with decorating their homes themselves.

Over a two week period, 21 students from the college joined team members from the three Dulux Dec-

orator Centres in Leicester, to inject a new lease of life into five flats. Spire tenants chose the paint from

the local store on Ealing Road, and the students received the materials free of charge as part of Dulux

Decorator Centres’ Colouring the Community scheme. The scheme, which is currently in its 12th year,

donates paint and materials to local community groups and charities to help them restore their premises.

Kirk Staines, lecturer in painting & decorating at Leicester College, commented: “This was an invaluable

opportunity for the students to put into practice what they have learnt during their time at the college.

The nature of the project meant they really had to think on their feet, while working cleanly and safely in

an unfamiliar environment.

Over the past 12 months this partnership has helped to ensure these painters & decorators of the future

are well prepared for employment, in addition to giving them access to the latest products in the trade.

>


(cont) We feel the experience this opportunity provides is vital for the students’ development and look

forward to continuing to see its positive effect over the years to come.”

Beverley Whitehead, marketing and communications manager at Dulux Decorator Centres, added: “This

project was a great way to help not only vulnerable members of the community, but also the next genera-

tion of painters & decorators, who received glowing reports for their work.

We hope to support more projects like this in the future in addition to continuing to invest in the sec-

tor’s future talent. Our work with local colleges is something we value greatly as a company, through

both partnerships and competitions like Apprentice of the Year.”

This national competition sees budding painting and decorating students battle it out in regional heats to

secure a place in the grand final. They then have the chance to be named Apprentice of the Year, winning

prizes for both themselves and their college.

Beverley continued: “The contest aims to provide painting and decorating students with a challenging, but

fun and practical competition. Each participant has to complete a series of practical applications, compris-

ing various elements of painting and decorating, including wallpapering, stencilling, waterborne glosses and

special effects.”

Dates for the regional heats of the sixth Apprentice of the Year competition next year will be announced

at the National Painting and Decorating Show, taking place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, 20th-21st No-

vember.

To find out more about Dulux Decorator Centres follow on Twitter @DuluxDecCentre or on Facebook

www.facebook.com/DuluxDecoratorCentres.

Students proudly

display their CPD

certificates from

Spire Homes


Ofsted previews their report on effective practice in colleges

Poor inspection grades at colleges already suspected of performing badly are hiding a general downward

trend in results, chief college inspector Mike Davis has told FE Week.

The principal officer for FE colleges at Her Majesty’s Inspectorate said that a range of issues that kept

cropping up were affecting results.

He conceded colleges considered at risk of lower grades were being targeted which skewed overall re-

sults.

But Mr Davis said their lower grades were also being reflected across the board. “There are issues, I

understand and accept that, about it not being a proportionate sample because of risk assessment mean-

ing that we look at a higher proportion of those of concern,” he said at an Learning and Skills Improve-

ment Service conference on college performance.

“But the general sense is that of those that we’re inspecting, the movement is not in the right direction.”

Mr Davis also revealed how the Skills Funding Agency’s £30m student satisfaction website, FE Choices,

was seen as carrying irrelevant information in light of Ofsted’s new competitor website, Learner View.

“The data that is in FE Choices is often many years out-of-date by the time of publication, so it is not nec-

essarily relevant for that cohort of learners,” said Mr Davis.

“It doesn’t cover all of the providers. Sixth-form colleges, for instance, are excluded.”

He was addressing the Birmingham conference on September 19, giving a taster of the findings in Ofsted’s How Colleges Improve report, due out shortly.

“The overriding message for organisations, whether they maintained high standards, moved forwards, or

wobbled around in terms of quality and standards, was that the importance and impact of outstanding

leadership and management cannot be underestimated in how colleges improve,” said Mr Davis.

“All the elements in the report are inextricably linked to the actions and behaviours of leaders and man-

agers.” He added: “Themes that come through are complacency, a lack of ambition, direction and vision

from the top”.

“Governors who did not set clear institutional targets or monitor performance well enough, they were

quite restrained in terms of their understanding of their role and their expectation of the college.

Therefore they monitored too narrowly and in some instances they allowed the senior management or

leaders to effectively tell them what their targets should be. Again on inspection in many of these organi-

sations there’s a defensive and inward-looking approach to management. They are organisations which

look inward rather than outward.”

Mr Davis said he wanted to see good teaching take precedence over issues such as finance and buildings.

“Leaders and managers are too focused on finance and/or buildings to the detriment of the promotion of

good teaching and learning, or the development of the curriculum,” he said.

“Now we go to organisations sometimes where say that it’s been really difficult. I know it’s been difficult in the sector, I worked in the sector for a long time and it has been very difficult over the last number of

years.”

But at the end of the day, the learners that are in classes or on programmes this year will not benefit

from that new build, which is a year, two years down the line, and if senior managers spend a lot of time

and energy looking at that to the detriment of the curriculum and the quality of the teaching they will be

held accountable.” >


(cont) Mr Davis added: “Management teams that were unsettled by frequent changes in personnel or too

reliant on external consultants working in key roles on an extended basis.

So you’ve got this flux going on inside the organisation, people arriving or going who don’t have particular

allegiance to the college, lots of stop gaps all over the place, so everybody starts getting demotivated in

terms of their role and how the whole thing fits together.

Poorly-managed staff changes led to a loss of expertise and often were accompanied by a plethora of

management initiatives that were simply not explained properly to staff.

There is an issue where inadequate quality assurance systems extended to poor monitoring of sub-

contracted work — if you’ve got an organisation that hasn’t got its own house in order in terms of quality

assurance, assessment, a real clear focus on learners and driving up improvement, some of these organisa-

tions have taken the opportunity to take on numerous large subcontracted provision.”

He took on the challenge laid down by chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, who questioned whether

colleges should look for opportunities abroad when they should be concentrating on local learners.

“Sir Michael is asking the question about other types of provision — surely there should be some link

here between the organisation’s ability to manage its own provision well and the opportunity to expand

and develop its own empire?”

http://feweek.co.uk/2012/09/22/ofsted-previews-their-report-on-effective-practice-in-colleges/

The NEC

Birmingham 15-17 November

2012

The UK’s biggest skills and careers event, The Skills Show is a unique annual celebration that will

inspire tomorrows young apprentices with exciting opportunities in further education

The Skills Show will play host to a range of skills competitions, awards and activities. Visitors will

be inspired by skills in action as the best of the nation’s young talent perform at the WorldSkills

UK Competitions.

The Opening Ceremony will be a spectacular start to The Skills Show, welcoming competitors

and visitors from all over the UK. It will feature the presentation of Learner Awards as part of

the Apprenticeship Awards. The Ceremony will be a celebration of skilled young people,

recognising the skills stars of today and tomorrow and packed with performances by some of the

UK’s finest young talent!

A small allocation of complimentary general admission tickets has been released for the Opening

Ceremony. These are available by application.If you would like to apply for tickets please call

0845 475 1500 or email [email protected].


The National Painting and Decorating Show

Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 November 2012

Jaguar Hall 1, Ricoh Arena, Coventry

The biggest annual event in the UK painting and decorating industry and one you really

can’t afford to miss if you use, stock or specify decorating materials and systems.

The UK's only dedicated national exhibition for the painting and decorating

trade

Widest range of international products, materials and associated services for

professionals

Business-boosting ideas and tips; discounts on a wide range of products

Keeping the trade right up to date with the latest developments in

sustainability and environmental legislation

Call in and visit the APCT stand

http://www.paintshow.co.uk/


Darlington Painting and Decorating students used their

skills to create an Olympic collage.

Trowel occupations students at Cornwall College Camborne

built a large wall depicting the iconic Olympic rings.

London Olympics, didn’t they do well

Students and alumni from the UK's colleges and universities won

more than 60% of Team GB's London 2012 Olympic medals with

more than 50 institutions laying claim to educating and supporting the British athletes who made it onto the podium.

Twelve of Great Britain’s 65 medals were won by college students

The NEC

Birmingham 15-17 November

2012

The UK's biggest skills and careers event


London 2012 Olympics: 50 things you never knew

1. Shakespeare was the first person to use the word “Olympian” in 1591, in Henry VI, with the line: "Promise them such rewards / As victors wear at the Olympian

games."

2. The ancient Olympics were first referred to in Homer’s Iliad, written in the 7th or 8th century BC.

3. The earliest record of the Games dates from 776 BC, when the only event was a foot race ….

4. ... and women, slaves and “impious” persons were banned from taking part in or watching the Games.

5. The “Olympic Truce” required that wars and disputes with the Hellenic world be suspended for the duration of the Games.

6. The first post-classical “Olimpick” games took place near Chipping Campden in 1612, exactly 400 years before London 2012.

7. The National Olympic Association was set up in 1865. Its aim was to establish a National Olympic Games, which would be held in a different city every year.

8. The first National Olympic Games took place in London in 1866, the last in the Hadley, Shropshire in 1883.

9. The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 by French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

10. Coubertin proposed Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger) as the official Olympic motto and created the symbo l of the Olympic Rings to represent “the five

parts of the world which are won over to Olympism”.

11. The colour of the rings was selected because every nation’s flag contains at least one of them.

12. The first International Olympic Committee Games took place in Athens in 1896 and had only nine events.

13. The 1900 Paris Olympics were the first to allow women to take part, and winners were awarded paintings rather than medals

14. The first female athlete to win an individual Olympic event was tennis player Charlotte Cooper from Ealing, west London, at the 1900 Games in Paris

15. The modern Olympic Games first came to London in 1908.

16. 'White City' takes its name from the paint used to decorate the Olympic Site at Shepherd's Bush in 1908

17. The White City Stadium took nine months to build, cost £60,000 and could hold between 70,000 and 93,000 people.

18. 56 gold, 51 silver and 38 bronze medals were won by Great Britain at the Great Stadium in 1908.

19. The London Games of 1908 consisted of 109 events, 2,023 athletes, 23 different countries and, for the first time, included water events in a swimming pool.

20. Sporting Life reported of the 1908 Games: “more miserable weather would be difficult to imagine”, and it rained throughou t the opening ceremony on July 13.

21. Electrical timing devices were used for the first time at the 1920 Games in Stockholm.

22. The official Olympic flag was flown for the first time during the 1920 Games in Antwerp.

23. The first flame to appear in modern Olympics was at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, where tennis was abolished as an Olympic Sport (though it reappeared in the

1988 Games in Seoul).

24. The first Torch Relay started in Athens and went through Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia before finishing in Berlin for the 1936 Games.

25. The 1944 Games had been awarded to London, but was cancelled due to WWII.

26. London hosted the first post-war games of 1948.

27. Advertisers were charged £250 in 1948 (the equivalent of £6,750 today) to feature the five-ring Olympic symbol in advertisements.

28. A torch from the 1948 Games was sold at Bonhams in 2008 for £2,520.

29. Starting blocks were used for sprinting races for the first time at the 1948 Olympics.

30. Wembley Arena will host the London 2012 Badminton, thereby becoming the only venue from the 1948 games to be used in London’s third Games.

31. No Olympic Village was built in 1948 due to a lack of money; instead, the government accommodated the 4,100 or so athlete s and over 1,000 officials at RAF

stations, schools, colleges and nurses’ homes.

32. Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire is regarded as the birth place of the Paralympics, as recovering soldiers from its lo cal hospital took part in the town’s games.

33. The first official Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in Rome and hosted 400 athletes from 23 countries.

34. The 2012 Torch Relay included 8,000 people and 1,018 towns and cities.

35. The Olympic Anthem, which is played when the Olympic Flag is raised during the opening ceremony, was composed by Spyridon Samar. Its lyrics are taken from a

poem written by Greek poet Kostis Palamas.

36. London is the first city in history to hold the Olympic Games three times.

37. The Olympic Motto for the 2012 London Games is “Inspire a generation”.

38. Women’s boxing is to take place for the first time at this year’s Games.

39. American swimmer Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the most to be won by a single person in the Games’ history.

40. The Berlin Olympics of 1936 were the first ever to be broadcast on television.

41. Equestrianism is the only Olympic sport in which men and women compete against each other on equal terms.

42. The London 2012 Olympic gold medal is made of 92.5 per cent silver, 1.34 per cent gold and the remainder copper.

43. The London Olympics 2012 consists of 300 events and 10,500 athletes from 205 different countries.

44. The Olympic Village will require 165,000 towels for the duration of the Games.

45. An estimated 260,000 loaves of bread will be eaten by athletes in the Olympic Village.

46. The wavelike roof of the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park is 160m long and 80m wide, giving it a longer span than Heathrow Terminal Five.

47. 4,000 bins will be emptied 336,000 times in the Olympic Park throughout the duration of the Olympics and Paralympics.

48. The London Philharmonic Orchestra took 50 hours to record the individual anthems of all nations competing in the 2012 Games.

49. During the Closing ceremony, three flags are raised; the Greek flag to honour the Games’ birthplace, that of the current host country, and that of the country hosting

the next Games.

50. 5,000 tonnes of sand have been brought to London from Surrey to accommodate the Beach Volleyball event at Horse Guards Pa rade.

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Ron Plumpton

Napoleon Rose

Vert De Mere

Marble

60 mins

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Ron Gordon

Bill Holgate

Oak Graining &

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65 mins

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Bill Holgate

Derek Smith

Quartered Oak &

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55 mins

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Bill Holgate

Ron Plumpton

Burr Walnut &

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65 mins

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Robert Woodland

Tony Kelly

Satinwood &

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Water/Oil

60 mins

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Craft Awareness

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80 mins

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Roger Seamark

Chinoiserie &

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80 mins

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Langho Exhibitors

In the Footsteps of

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35 mins

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Walter Riley

Oak Graining

100 mins

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Walter Riley

Introduction to

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50 mins

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Classic Mural

90 mins

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Roger Seamark

Decorative Wall

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90 mins

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Lacewing owned by the late Lord Craigton, was

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cause he didn't check with the Thames Conservancy

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Petite Lady is a boat I built but I am pretty sure that

was after Bill had his stroke so he didn't do it for me.


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