Radley panel on display in P & A Wood’s showroom
The Radley panel is now on display in the stunning location of P & A Wood’s showroom. The panel sits amongst some fabulous examples of the Rolls Royce and Bentley marques in the upstairs gallery at the Great Easton location (see main image). P & A Wood are heavily involved in this year’s Alpine event and will be providing the mechanical support to all the competitors whilst Paul Wood himself will be fielding the oldest car on the event - the 1908 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost called ‘The Silver Dawn’ Paul & Andrew Wood’s company was founded in 1967. The brothers...
Read MoreNegative Feedback?! Fixing broken Ebay purchases
Negative Feedback?! Fixing broken Ebay purchases. Recently we had an enquiry from an ebay user who had successfully bid on these doors without actually seeing them. Whilst negative feedback warns others what our customer needed to do was find a way of fixing the broken purchase seemlessly. They were located in a private house in Hampstead which was being refurbished and due to be stripped out. The listing was short and simply stated: Beautiful internal doors in silver chrome look frame with coloured glass panels and with one additional comment: Odd mark on frame as shown in...
Read MoreLeaded glass windows rebuild – St Denys, Bury St Edmunds
Leaded glass windows rebuild – St Denys, Bury St Edmunds. Recently I have been working at St Denys repairing some broken panes and rebuilding two window units which were collapsing. This image shows the new units back in place – I carefully removed them and salvaged all the original glass before rebuilding the windows with each pane identically placed – these should be good for another hundred years. As you can see using matching lead it is impossible to discern new from old – the rebuilt ones are in the lower line either side of the central window. On the first...
Read MoreSt Nicholas Church, Little Chishill – Stained glass restoration
St Nicholas Church, Little Chishill - a kick around with a football during a church barbeque had rather unfortunate results for this early window. Bringing everything back into shape required not just replacing the glass but also straightening and shortening the distorted lead cames. This task requires a good deal of patience as all the elements of the window are very delicate. Using matching handmade glass ensured that the result matches perfectly. ‘You have done an exceptional job, no one would ever know we had an accident’ – Peter Lyster - Little Chishill Manor You can read...
Read MoreSt Swithun’s Church, Great Chishill stained glass restoration
Water dripping onto the front pew at St Swithun’s Church in Great Chishill made it was clear there was a problem with the high level windows . Clambering up onto the roof allowed an inspection which soon revealed a series of cracked and holed panes directly above the wet pew probably as a result of a bird strike. Once back on the ground I was able to point out to the Churchwardens the missing glass which of course lined up with the damp area. Another company had inspected the same windows and declared all eight on the northern aspect were in need of full replacement at a cost of...
Read MorePanhard Stained Glass Panel on display for Cranfield University
On 3rd July I was invited to display the Panhard stained glass panel by Cranfield University at their International Conference on the History of Motorsport Technology. The event was hosted by Sir Jackie Stewart and featured presentations from many important contributors some of whom had been directly responsible for step changes in motorsport including Mike Pilbeam and Peter Wright formerly of BRM and now with the FIA and in particular Brian O’Rourke from Williams F1. Brian gave a fascinating presentation on the changes in safety across the last 25 years – his tenure of course spanning...
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