"REGENERATION BIRD" SCULPTURE BY TIM WARD NOW COMPLETE This new artwork for Wolverton was unveiled at the Square on an Arts & Heritage day on Sunday 4th May 2003. This consists of a phoenix topping one of the Victorian cast iron station columns salvaged from Wolverton's demolished station. (see "Station columns & Phoenix" page on "Other Projects" page. The station column looked superb in black and gold after renovation and painting. This formed a handsome plinth for Tim Ward's striking sculpture. Tim had contrived a colourful fabric cover to shroud the sculpture before the unveiling ceremony but unfortunately high winds in the two days previously made this impractical and this fabric frame had to be removed. To give some colour and interest to the unveiling, installers Aylesbury Mains used their cherry picker with a large quantity of balloons to partially mask the sculpture. This was an added bonus for local children who were then given the balloons! Wolverton Town Band provided the entertainment. Tim Ward choose and announced the winners of the "phoenix" colouring competition. People were reminded to have another look at the sculpture after dark so that the wonderful lighting system could be appreciated. This lighting had been donated by Bletchley company Holophane and has added a dramatic extra dimension to the sculpture. The afternoon also provided an opportunity to remind people to stop and appreciate the mosaics on the Square. A mini version of the "Wolverton Walk" was organised as far as Wolverton Library. The library hosted the next stage of the afternoon's events. Julia Manheim, the artist who designed the pavement markers participated in the walk.

JOHN WATSON DRAWINGS OF WOLVERTON WORKS ON SHOW Drawings by John Watson have now found a permanent home in Wolverton Library and the Living Archive. These cartoons were created in the 1980's for a proposed ceramic mural to be placed on the Railway Works wall. The project was controversial and did not happen but the drawings were purchased by The Development Corporation. Apart from a showing at the Wolverton 150 Celebrations, they had been in storage. Ruth Charity, Milton Keynes Public Arts Officer, suggested that they should be more suitably located in Wolverton where local people could enjoy them. These drawings were unveiled at the Arts & Heritage day on 4th May. Wolverton Library opened especially on the Sunday for this event. Nine are now located at the Library and four at the living Archive. Peter Waterman, a friend of the artist gave a talk to those attending at the Library. The Mayor of Milton Keynes, Councillor Alan Pugh and the Lady Mayoress attended.

WOLVERTON WALK MARKERS COMPLETE. All the pavement markers are now in place to complete the Wolverton Walk circuit. The project is now completed by a Wolverton Walk Guide. See the Other Projects page for details of the Walk and Publications page for details of guide.

ARTICLE 4 DIRECTIVE FOR WOLVERTON CONSERVATION AREA - THE VICTORIAN/EDWARDIAN TERRACED HOUSING. There is now extra protection in place to try and preserve the special local characteristics of the Wolverton Streetscape. This removes property rights to do some alterations without planning permission. This includes roofing, replacement windows and doors, satellite dishes, garden walls, gates, porches and painting/texture coating over the brickwork. Rendering and stone cladding were already banned under conservation area restrictions. All householders will have recieved their copy of Article 4 together with an explanatory letter from Milton Keynes Council. Extra copies are available from Wolverton Library. It has now been acknowledged that the rows of Victorian/Edwardian terraced housing are an integral part of the heritage of the area. In general they still give a reasonably unified appearance when looking up and down the streets. The "Future Wolverton" public consultation had a very strong support for retaining and enhancing the Victorian/Edwardian local characteristics of the town, including the terraced houses and shops. However a common remark was often "are people really allowed to do ....? or how could they have done .... it has really ruined our part of the terrace." Use your imagination or experience to fill in the dots! There are many examples of totally unsuitable replacement windows and doors where there has been no attempt to even vaguely adhere to the original appearance. Stone cladding and texture coating totally destroys the unity of a terrace. In the case of stone cladding the size of the stones is competely out of scale with the narrow frontage of the individual houses. Masonry paint all over the redbricks also upsets the unity of the terrace, and can also give rise to damp problems. Unsuitable roofing materials also destroy the unity of the roofline and unless timbers are reinforced put extra weight on the building. There will probably be mixed feelings about the new restrictions;. however, unsuitable changes can also detract from the appearance of adjoining properties. The houses are spacious and good value for money and benefit from a sensitive treatment applicable to this type of house. It is no good moving into a Victorian terraced house and treating it like a detached house in the Mediterranean by thickly texture coating and painting it a vivid colour. It will stick out like a sore thumb and not be in harmony with your neighbours! People should remember that there are often restrictions elsewhere, even on some new estates - often all front gardens have to be open plan, or all doors have to be the same colour. This does not mean that people are expected to act as if they are living in a museum - for example, there are companies that specialise in draught proofing/upgrading sash windows. There has been much talk over the years about how different authorities have not taken Wolverton and its special railway heritage seriously. There is disgust about all the terraced houses and shops knocked down to build The Agora Shopping Centre and the sad demolition of Wolverton Station. The national and local authorities are at last taking Wolverton's railway/canal heritage seriously and allocating funding accordingly, so residents can take pride in their own piece of the conservation area. The Society will be having information events where residents can come and find out how to conserve/repair and source materials. There will also be a useful style guide with a directory of specialist /local repairers and craftspeople, salvage suppliers and useful addresses. Every household will recieve a copy of the guide and newcomers will receive a copy from the their estate agent as part of a "Welcome to Wolverton" pack. Some people might be able to recieve a grant to restore features under a Heritage Economic Regeneration Grant but should be aware that there is not enough funding to include everyone in the conservation area - therefore projects would have to show that they would make a significant difference to the area.

WINNING WOLVERTON WELCOMES GRANTS TO REGENERATE THE HISTORIC TOWN English Heritage have agreed to contribute £225,000 over the next eighteen months, to be matched locally by Milton Keynes Council and others, to encourage the regeneration of the old railway town through the conservation and enhancement of the historic fabric. In recognition of the town's historic importance, a Conservation Area was designated in December 2001, since when English Heritage have agreed to fund the Historic Economic Regeneration Scheme (HERS). It is hoped that the scheme will make the town a more attractive place in which to live, work, visit and invest. All properties, both residential and commercial, within the conservation area are eligible for grant aid, but funds are very limited so priority will be given to those applications which make the greatest contribution to the regeneration and/or enhancement of the character and appearance of the conservation area.  Grants of up to 50% for building work and up to 70% for the reinstatement of lost architectural details will be targeted towards:- * historic buildings that are in a poor state of repair * vacant/underused floor space * lost architectural features, eg timber sash windows * replacing unsympathetic modern shop fronts * those buildings identified as a priority under the scheme The following work will not be eligible for grant aid:- * Work that has already been started * Internal works * Works of routine maintenance and minor repairs * Non-traditional materials/details eg Upvc windows or concrete roof tiles  Further information is available from: The HERS Officer, Parish and Locality Services, Environment Division, Milton Keynes Council, Civic Offices, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes, MK9 3HQ Tel: 01908 252237 e-mail: hers@milton-keynes.gov.uk The Scheme is funded by English Heritage and Milton Keynes Council and supported by Wolverton and Greenleys Town Council, The Wolverton Partnership and The Wolverton Society for Arts and Heritage. A leaflet about the HERS Scheme, including a map showing the boundary of the conservation area and HERS was circulated to all houses and businesses in the area.

LETTER FROM  Dr PHYLLIS STARKEY MP "I was so pleased to hear that the importance of Wolverton has been recognised and that the town has been designated a Conservation Area and has been given a grant from English Heritage. Please accept my congratulations on the Wolverton Society for Arts and Heritage's contibution to achieving this." Your's sincerely, Dr Phyllis Starkey MP, Milton Keynes South West

WAM ACTION GROUP SET UP A Wolverton against Mining Action Group has been formed. This is to oppose plans to extract gravel from a large area behind Manor Farm (grade ll. listed) in The Ouse Valley Park area. Wolverton & Greenleys Town Councillors and MK Councillors who are all utterly opposed to this planned gravel extraction will be deciding their opposition strategy. There will soon be an announcement of a Public meeting where the public can give their views and suggestions and join WAM. WAM Hon.Secretary is W&GT Councillor Jess Holroyd, E-mail: Holroydjess@aol.com Alternatively send your views/offers of help/support via our comments page and we will make sure they are passed on.

WOLVERTON LIBRARY HOURS CUT Our Members were very unhappy to hear that the local library was the only library in Milton Keynes to have their hours cut. Some other libraries had their hours extended. We felt that the view that it was a less successful library was unfair and did not take in all the factors like size, lack of space, and limited room for stocking additional income generating items. We also felt that the reference library section was very well used but that this was not taken into account. The library is now closed on Wednesday mornings and closes at 7.30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays rather than 8.00. We feel that this will probably cause problems with people that already found the schedules quite tight on evenings. When we have manned exhibitions at the library on Saturday mornings we have noticed how busy it gets especially just before closing time. We consider, if the hours need adjusting there should be a full day opening on Saturday. If you are concerned either fill in a comments form on the desk at the library, or E-mail your views/concerns to MK Council Library service: deborah.cooper@milton-keynes.gov.uk And most of all support and use your local library

FUTURE WOLVERTON LAUNCH MEETING There was a very well attended public meeting to launch the Future Wolverton consultation. This took place at Wyvern First School in Aylesbury Street, Wolverton on the 14th May at 7.00pm. Over 170 people attended making the school hall feel very warm and crowded. Paul Chaplin and Roger Kitchen co-hosted this event and explained to the public how this "Health check" was going to work. They introduced the concept of the Working Groups that were being set up to help explore the core issues required for setting up a town "snapshot" and filling in the work sheets After the initial presentation it was over to the public to get first reactions on wish lists and concerns. Environmental issues were predictably enough at the forefront of most people’s minds. The Agora Shopping Centre is generally considered a blot on the townscape and this view was expressed as usual! Dogs’ mess and doggy bins also took up quite a bit of debating time! Some people had not realised that the old railway workshops had now been listed and were concerned that they would be demolished for development. There was a general enthusiasm for the project and there were many comments and suggestions written on the Working Groups blank comments sheets. These are all being logged and recorded. This is now on show at the bulletin board at the Library. For people concerned that they had not had a chance to express their views, it was emphasised that they would have plenty of opportunity to join in. The next meeting was set for the same venue on the 28th May again at 7.00 but was postponed to ensure availability of key speakers.

ANOTHER VINTAGE WALL SIGN The restoration of the vintage Hovis sign has proved very popular, so we are sure people will be very pleased to hear that another old wall sign is to be restored. This is the sign painted directly on the brick wall on the side of The Craufurd Arms (carpark side). The sign has been covered by painted boards for many years. In recent times, one of the two boards has been removed which reveals the original signage. In addition to this, the original pressed tin sign (high up on building) is to be regilded and other signs restored. Many people might have noticed that currently, there are letters missing from one of the long boards, this is because the letters are being individually gold leafed. There will be extensive gold leaf work done in the traditional manner. The Inn sign which has deteriorated is to be copied. All this work will be assisted with a shopfronts grant and also considerable investment by the owner.

FUTURE WOLVERTON Wolverton has been declining economically while the rest of Milton Keynes has been flourishing. That could all change in the next few years. As a start English Heritage and Milton Keynes Council have already committed around half a million pounds to a Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme (HERS) over the next three years. The Countryside Agency and English Heritage have both decided that Wolverton’s Victorian character and industrial history offer great opportunities for a new era for the town. In its way Wolverton, built on green fields site to house workers in the new railway industry, was the Milton Keynes of the 19th century. That history could now be the foundation of its new economy. There is now an exciting opportunity for the public to have their say about current and future issues in Wolverton and its surrounding area. This is publicised as "Future Wolverton" and is a "Health check" funded by The Market Towns Initiative, which is organised through the Countryside Agency and the South East Economic Development Agency. It aims to maximise the positive benefit to local communities that a co-ordinated and properly funded approach to market towns can bring. A major development opportunity will come from land and buildings (some of them listed for preservation) soon becoming available in the old railway works adjacent to Alstom. Some might be converted into transport museums. Other uses could be for employment, leisure and housing. In the past there have been developments that local people have been unhappy with (and unconsulted) and which have been out of keeping with Wolverton's special characteristics. This time the town’s development will be planned differently. Local residents will have a prime role in identifying opportunities and needs, and in shaping and developing a vision for how the town might grow. They will be helped in that by Roger Kitchen (The Living Archive) and Paul Chaplin (PCC: Paul Chaplin Company), both Wolverton residents, who have won the contract jointly to lead the process over the next 6-8 months. Local people have been employed as Project assistants to work with the public and assist the Working Groups. Working Groups (Chaired by and consisting of local people) have been set up to consider Economy & Business, Environment, Transport & Accessibility, Social & Community and Hinterland. There is a bulletin board with suggestion box at Wolverton library where there are regular updates. The board has interactive opportunities for debate, suggestions and comment. There will be regular updates in Neighbourhood News and a questionnaire will be sent round. There will be Public Meetings where it is planned to get inspirational speakers A Future Wolverton website is being developed.

"SECRET GARDEN" DOORSTEP GREEN PUBLIC MEETING This meeting was held on Thursday 23rd May at 7.30 at Foundation House, The Square, Wolverton. The plans were again on show and the public had the chance to meet Neil Higson of Landscape Town & Country and to ask questions. Neil had designed the 3 options that had been on show at various venues around Town. Most people were delighted by the designs and felt that Neil had got the balance right for community use whilst retaining the special atmosphere of that area. It was considered essential to give a message, as part of the design, that the area was cared for (and about) to get it into the general public realm and away from anti-social use. Bill Billings (artist of the adjoining train mural) remarked that he was certainly aware of this factor when he was working on the mural. All the designs have the outlines of the "canal side villas" marked out – the Stratford Road end is designed as a more formal sitting area whilst the other pair of villas is left very green and natural. Most of the area is intended to remain as a natural wooded area. The highlighting of the villas is part of the plan to show the history and background of the site together with displays of "found objects". A children’s play area is included in all the designs and is securely fenced off. The play items would be made of natural objects – not tacky plastic! Again, this is included to reflect the needs of the whole community. All designs (including the bridge) are wheelchair and pushchair friendly The bridge option was the most popular feature and this was especially so for those people who regularly walk from New Bradwell area. Moorings for canal boats had been a popular feature for many people who filled in their views. Neil also had brought drawings of interesting features that combined wildlife friendly features like owl and bat boxes with artworks. Out of the 147 replies to date there were only 3 negative to the plans. This included 2 people who felt strongly that the area should remain "secret". At the meeting 2 members of the public were extremely vocal against the formal garden and play area, but as could be seen from the responses - this was a minority view.

DOWN MEMORY LANE EVENT The Society held this event at foundation House on Sunday 24th March. The event included a first showing to the public of the "Secret Garden" Doorstep Green proposals. Members of the Society were at hand to explain the plans and answer questions. Admission was free if an old photo or artefact was brought. The scanning team was kept very busy all afternoon and so was the tea stall! We were very lucky to have the event supported by several exhibitors with fascinating displays.Lynne and Tony Marshall had a varied display of memorabilia. Mike Williams from the LNWR Society had some archive film of Wolverton Works. P.C. Nick Shaw was there with his history of the Buckinghamshire Police, including some vintage uniforms. June and Philip Watson had a wonderful series of Old Wolverton photos. Doris White had an exhibition on "It's Divi-Day at the Co-op" and "The Ragman". There was also an opportunity for members of the public to recognise themselves if they were members of the local youth club in the 1950's with former Youth Club leader John Platt's photos. Member, Andrew Gray (who is researching and writing a history of Wolverton Football Club) was there with a display and enjoyed meeting the public and listening to their reminiscences. This has really helped with his research and Andy is very appreciative of the help and kindness he has received. There was also a preview showing of The One World Wolverton Community Quilts. Profits from the event will go towards town projects.

RANK HOVIS PAYS FOR VINTAGE ADVERTISING SIGN RENOVATION Rank Hovis have kindly paid for the renovation of the vintage "Hovis" sign on the side wall of the former Brighton Bakery (now the Bakehouse) in Church Street. See the Other Projects page for further details.

"SECRET GARDEN" GRANT SECURED The legal stages involved in the gift of this area by Railtrack to the Town are now nearing completion so The Society with Wolverton & Greenleys Town are now looking to the next stages. Wolverton Society for Arts & Heritage have now heard that our application to the "Doorstep Greens" project has been successful. This is for the initial feasibility study/public consultation and is worth £3,500. "Doorstep Greens" are a joint initiative between the New Opportunities Fund and The Countryside Agency. "A Doorstep Green is a multipurpose, community open space in an urban or rural area. It is very close to people's homes and is easily accessible to all the local community. It is designed to meet people's everyday needs for informal outdoor recreation in pleasant natural surroundings." The public consultation will be widely publicised and there will be plenty of chances for public involvement at all stages of the project. Watch this space.

TOWN TRAIL MARKERS IN POSITION The first phase of markers for the "Inner Town Trail" have now been installed in the pavements around Wolverton. The small markers show the route while the larger ones highlight the building or structure of interest. Find out more on "Other Projects" page and look up "Town Trail" and spot the locations on the "Arts & Heritage Map" page. Information sheet to describe the walk and features of interest can now be picked up in Wolverton library.

ONE WORLD 2000 WOLVERTON & GREENLEYS QUILT NEARING COMPLETION Wolverton, Past, Present and Future. This project was proposed and co-ordinated by the Society under the umbrella of the One World 2000 charity. It has been funded by Wolverton & Greenleys Town Council. The project has taken longer than first anticipated as there were so many participants there was enough squares to make two quilts. The final assembly of the squares has been completed and lettering and hanging fixtures are now being finished. There are some wonderful squares from all age groups. The permanent home for the Quilts will be at The Old Bath House Community Centre but the Quilts can be on exhibition at other venues in the area. Watch this space for more details.

WOLVERTON NOW A CONSERVATION AREA Wolverton's importance as an early planned Railway Town is now acknowledged by the granting of Conservation Area status to the Town. English Heritage invited Milton Keynes Council to submit Wolverton and the boundaries have now been agreed. It includes the important railway structures and also includes the Victorian/Edwardian residential area of the Town.

LOCAL MP JOINS IN WOLVERTON FRONT DOORS PROJECT We asked local MP Dr. Phyllis Starkey to join in with the "Send a postcard of a front door" project. We sent Dr. Starkey a postcard of a Wolverton front door and asked her to send a photo of a door at the House of Commons. Dr. Starkey kindly sent photos of 3 very handsome doors. These include the doors to the Members' Tea-Room , Lady Members' Rest Room and the entrance to Westminster Hall. Dr. Starkey said "I was extremely impressed by the Wolverton Doors project, which seems to me to be an excellent and imaginative way of linking an awareness of the history of one's own surroundings with an understanding of others' ". Find out more on "Other Projects" page which includes Front Doors.

AMUSEMENT ARCADE APPEAL GRANTED Local people were disappointed with the decision of the appeal inspector to overturn MK Council refusal (after local campaigning) to allow change of use from retail to amusement arcade at 48 Church Street. The inspector disallowed local concern and granted change of use subject to certain conditions. Our advice to local people is to monitor the situation and if any problems are caused to make sure situations are reported to the relevant authorities and to always keep Wolverton & Greenleys Town Council informed of any concerns/breaches.

CHURCH MOVES TO PICTURE PALACE We are very pleased to report that a new use has been found for Wolverton's early picture palace building. Word of Faith Ministries has now moved into the building. The church is a non-denominational pentecostal church who broadcast their services to several different countries by satelite. Their lively services are able to use the existing disco lighting to enhance their broadcasts. This usage justifies our opposition to the demolition of this building. We were always convinced that this building could find a viable use and remain as part of the town's heritage. We welcome Word of Faith Ministries to Wolverton and hope they will be happy in their new location.

AMUSEMENT ARCADE APPEAL We are very sorry to report that Ablethird Ltd have taken the case to appeal. They are fully aware that there is very strong opposition to their plans but have decided yet again to totally ignore local residents and shoppers views. When the case was turned down by the local council more than 700 local shoppers had signed a petition objecting to the location of the proposed arcade. It was stated at the planning meeting that they had never previously had so many different factions all objecting to the same application. The matter will now be dealt with by public inquiry on Tuesday 5th June at The Civic Offices. All groups that objected last time including the Heritage Group and Wolverton & Greenleys Town Council and neighbouring businesses will be continuing with their opposition.

AMUSEMENT ARCADE REJECTED Plans for an amusement arcade at no. 48 Church Street have been turned down by the Development Control Commitee. This was as a result of the overwhelming opposition to the scheme by local residents, shoppers and traders. A deputation was arranged together with objection speeches by the Heritage Group, W & G Town Council and St Andrews bookshop. Additional support was provided by the local councillors. Many thanks for everybody's help.

BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE COMPETITION We are delighted to report that we gained joint 2nd place in the local landmarks competition in this magazine. The winning entry was a well deserved win for Reading British School (1810) which is a building with a long history of social conscience education. The local KIND Group there have had a very long fight to secure a future for this building which had been left derelict. Best wishes to their endeavours. The other 2nd winner was "The Rat & Parrot" pub (formally "The Three Tuns") at Beckenham. This pub was the venue for David Bowies' Beckenham Arts Lab. All 10 winning entries feature in the March issue of the magazine. The 50 best entries are on the BBC's website: www.bbcworldwide.com/historymag As a result of the competition, BBC 3 Counties radio has featured our participation and the results on two separate occasions on John Pilgrim's Afternoon Show. On the first occasion when it was announced that the grandstand had made "the top ten" and later when it was placed joint 2nd. 3 Counties are always very supportive of our Group's projects. Milton Keynes Citizen did an article to cover the grandstand and Wolverton Football Club /and Ground in their Sunday paper. As a result of this many more people have got in touch either with the group or direct to Andrew Gray with more information and photos. This has included several people with park opening day medals. Thanks to Lee Scrivens, who wrote the article and to Citizen News Editor Steve Larner It was interesting to see an article on the history of Wolverton Cricket Club a couple of weeks later in The Sunday Citizen. These sort of articles are putting the right sort of emphasis on Wolverton, that has previously suffered negative reporting. We wish Wolverton Cricket Club our best wishes on their club history research.

B.B.C. HISTORY MAGAZINE COMPETITION BBC History Magazine held a competition to nominate local landmarks for a Millenium Domesday Book. The Heritage Group nominated the early wooden grandstand at Wolverton Park. This entry has been included in a shortlist of twelve and will be judged by a panel of experts. Watch this space for further news...

BOOK PLANNED ON WOLVERTON FOOTBALL CLUB Andrew Gray, who has joined the Heritage Group, is currently researching the history of the football club with a view to writing a book (or two!) He would be grateful for any pictures or information. He has a web site which can be accessed via the links page.

SECRET GARDEN SECURED FOR WOLVERTON Railtrack have now confirmed the gift of this site to Wolverton. For details and background to this see "Secret Garden page".

RAILCARE RENOVATES STATION COLUMNS Railcare have very kindly shot-blasted and primed these columns. Mr. Derek Williamson of Railcare reported this and stated "they now look really handsome!" Our thanks to Railcare who have been really supportive of this project. For further details and background to this project see "Station columns page".

SUPERB BRONZE SHOP FRONT DISCOVERED During preparation work prior to decorating the shopfront, Mr.Scott of Green Acres Funeral Services of Stratford Road hit metal. After extensive and time consuming work over one week-end (not to mention several bottles of paint stripper) a superb bronze window surround was uncovered. This was confirmed by local historical metal expert, Mr. Brian Egan. This is to be properly conserved and Mr. Scott will be using part of his shopfronts improvement grant towards the cost of this. There is now a friendly contest between the traders in Stratford Rd to see who can discover interesting details under the layers of paint and plywood panels!

WOLVERTON WELCOMES L.N.W.R. SOCIETY Wolverton was the venue for this year's AGM of the L.N.W.R. Society, on Saturday 13th May. They had their meeting at MK Museum where they were able to enjoy the exhibits, including the recently restored Wolverton and Stony Stratford tramcar. Afternoon events were co-hosted by Wolverton Heritage Group and The Living Archive Project, with a guided tour of railway interest sites around town followed by a slide show about Wolverton Railway Works. We received a very appreciative letter from The Society, whose members very much enjoyed their day in Wolverton and kindly sent us a cheque as a thank-you for our role in this. This will, of course, be spent on an appropriate town project.

CINEMA DEVELOPMENT PLANS REJECTED In 1999 plans were submitted to redevelop this site and replace it with 16 flats. There was a lot of town support to oppose this scheme; many people believe that there have been too many cinema buildings demolished. Full story of this building on the Cinema Page.

TREE PRESERVATION ORDER AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH We were concerned to hear that there were plans to drastically lop and reduce the two magnificent Cedar of Lebanon trees at Holy Trinity Church. We applied to M.K. Council and asked them to consider placing a tree preservation order. Their tree expert agreed and added a mature Walnut tree to the order.

REINSTATEMENT OF PERIOD CHIMNEY PIECE AT WOLVERTON MILL Wolverton Mill had been left unoccupied for a long time. When it was discovered unsecured with a fireplace missing this was reported to the Council Conservation Officer. The fireplace was subsequently returned and we provided technical advice to assist with its reinstatement.

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