Conservation Plaque
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In 1983 SIHG launched an annual conservation award. It was designed by one of our members, Tony Harcombe and consists of a plaque about a foot across which features the group's logo, name and the date. The plaque is cast in aluminium by J I Blackburn and Co who used to be based in Guildford, later in Godalming and are now in Bridport. The plaque is painted black with white lettering.
Previous awards were made for the restoration of five corn
mills (Cobham,
Cosford, Outwood,
Haxted and
Lowfield
Heath) and the only existing wind-powered sawmill Buckland, which also employed steam power.
The latter mill was the subject of an article in Vintage Spririt, April 2009, pages 42-44. The SIHG 2004 Award Plaque is prominently displayed on page 43.
Four museums (Westcott Stationary Engines, Old Kiln Museum at Tilford (p293), Old Farm at Shere, Fire Engines at Reigate) and three for
transport (Baynards Railway station, Basingstoke Canal,
Old Kiln Narrow Gauge Railway) and three for buildings (Albury
Pigeon House, Farnham Maltings, Chatley Heath Semaphore Tower) received plaques.
The 2006 award went to Les Bowerman for his collection of bicycles. The conservation plaque for 2007 was awarded to the Horsley Countryside Preservation Society for its work in restoring the Lovelace Bridges. Stony Dene Bridge has already benefited. See
Horsley Jubilee Trail. The Charlotteville Jubilee Trust received the award in 2008 for the restoration of The Spike which was the Casual Ward of the Guildford Union Workhouse. Although just outside Surrey, the conservation work done on the Kempton Great Engines thoroughly deserved our 2009 plaque.
In 2010 the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills Group received the Award for conservation work.
- SIHG has won an Award! At the Annual Symposium of the Archaeological Research Committee of the Surrey Archaeological Society on 24 February 2007 the Margary Award for the Best Display was presented to SIHG for our exhibit on the Vale End Pumping Station, Albury, set up by Glenys Crocker.
- SIHG Has Won Again! At the Annual Symposium of the Archaeological Research Committee of the Surrey Archaeological Society on 23 February 2008 our exhibit on the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills, set up by Glenys Crocker, won 2nd Place Margary Award in the Best Display competition.