items are listed in the tender documents to enable each demolition company to price the value of the materials concerned. Once the contract has been awarded, an order is placed with the contractor to salvage the appropriate items and transport them to Fort Nelson. In order to maintain quality, samples are ohtained and retained until the whole of the materials have been salvaged. Each load delivered is checked against the samples. The quantities are calculated by the supervisor, and agreed with the demolition company's representative, who then submits an invoice for the agreed quantitiies at the tendered price. The scheme has now operated successfully for eight years. Financially, it is becoming independent, and it allows the Historic Buildings Section of the Architects Department to obtain many of the materials it needs with the minimum of fuss. The scheme is not unique; I am aware that Cardiff, the GLC ~nd Derbyshire run their own schemes, in addition to the many private companies; butthe Hampshire scheme is run by the Historic Buildings Section for its own use, thus allowing it to salvage only those items it knows it will require. In this respect, its use is of paramount importance to the work of the Council. Pu bi ications TRANSACTIONSOF THE ANCIENTMONUMENTS SOCIETY - EDITED BY MATTHEWSAUNDERS Membership of the Ancient Monuments Society must be one of the best five pound's worth there is. The Society was founded in 1924 "for the study a1ld conservation of .ancient monuments, historic h . II buildings and fine old craftsmans ip. The Society is one of the principal national amenity societies, whose tireless Secretary, Matthew Saunders, seeks to make sure the Society offers comment on ·listed building applications -or at appeals - and who produces the only annual list of demolition applications. His is the only national monitor. Apart from two newsletters each year, and reports of the Friends of Friendless Churches, members also receive a copy of the Transactions, which this year runs to 255 pages and is well illustrated with drawings and photographs. Articles include a report of the Annual General Meeting at King's College Cambridge and an entertaining tribute to Ivor BulmerThomas dedicating this volume of the Transactions to him in honour of his 80th birthday. The essays are both learned and informative. All are of interest to conservation officers, including a plea for computerised listing from Sir Bernard Fielden, The Church and Conservation by Ken Powell, the Secretary of SAVE, and Architectural Conservation: An Apology and Historical Perspective, and Facadism, both by Matthew Saunders. Other contributors include Christopher Morris, John Harvey, Jeremy Lowe, and Blake Tyson to name, as they say, but a few. I can thoroughly recommend both membership of the Ancient Monuments Society, and the Transactions (New Series Volume Thirty). The address to write to is distinctive: St.Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V SDE. MSP Footnote The translation of technical tenns in doubtful handwriting causes considerable headaches to the typist. Some leave gaps; some make brave - or desperate - guesses. The following was the result of a toohastily-written appeal statement concerning a staircase in an 18th century building. 'Ehe staircase had .. "well-preserved dodo panelling .. turned balusters and navel .. " but had unfortunately been ruined by the "insertion of a large duck through the stair-well". Restored to its rightful terminology, with dados, newels and a duct, the whole thing somehow seemed a lot less vivid. :?age 16
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