The Associationof ConservationOfficers ACO OFFICERS CHAIRMAN: Chris Smith Stroud Valleys Project Office The Shambles, High Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 lAP 0453673358 3 Paul Street, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8HG SECRETARY: Liz Marten (North Herts. District Council) 0462 686500 x 2411 FAX: 480043 25 Willington Road, Cople, Bedford (02303 616) TREASURER: Peter Richards (Essex County Council) 0245 352232 X 289 139 Lifstan Way, Thorpe Bay, Essex SSl 2XG MEMBERSHIP SE_CRETARY: James Ross 0245 352232x293 (Essex County Council) Three Bears, Laindon Common Road, Little Bumstead, Essex CMl 9TL PROJECTS OFFICER: John Fidler (HBMC) 017346010 27A Barnsbury Street, Islington, London Nl lPW (01 359 6840) ACO REGIONAL OFFICERS NORTH: Keith Murray (South Tyneside Borough Council) 0914567531 X 251 NORTH WEST: Mike King (Liverpool City Council) 051227 3911 X 568 YORKSHIRE: Robert Scriven (Wakefield Metropolitan D.C.) 0924 370211 x 417 FAX: 367292 W. MIDLANDS: Brian Moore (Dudley Borough Council) 0384 456000 X 4188 1 E. MIDLANDS: Graham Beaumont (Nottinghamshire County Council) 0602 824277 SOUTH WEST: Robert Ladd (Mendip District Council) 0749 3399 X 320 SOUTH: No contact at present EAST ANGLIA: John Preston (Cambridgeshire County Council) 0223 317616 SOUTH EAST: John Davey (Guildford Borough Council) 0483 505050 X 3633 LONDON: Rosemary MacQueen (City of Westminster) 017892519 SCOTLAND: No contact at present WALES: John James (Clwyd County Council) 0352 2121 NORTHERN IRELAND: Colin Hatrick (DoE Northern Ireland) 0232 653251 NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Jenny Pearce (L.B. Richmond-on-Thames) 01 891 7313 10 King Edward's Grove, Teddington, Middlesex TWl I 9LU (01 977 0913) ASSISTANT EDITOR: Bob Kindred (Ipswich Borough Council) 0473 262934 FAX: 0473 230851 4 All Saints Road, Ipswich Suffolk IPl 4DG Contributions from any member are very welcome. Please send copy to your Regional Contact or the Editor, double spaced and with illustration please! Front cover illustration by Andrew Millar showing typical East Coast of Scotland vernacular INDEX Page Editorial Graham Reed ...................... 2-4 SCOTTISH FEATURES A Shetland Diary Alistair Hamilton .................... 4- 6 Edinburgh's Redundant Churches Desmond Hodges ................... 6-8 A Terminal State - The Rescue of Melrose Station Dennis Rodwell ................... 9 -11 Inter-War Townscape Robert Walker .................... 11 -12 West Lothian District Council Design & Award Scheme Graham Reed .................... 13-14 Environmental Improvement Schemes ....................... 16-18 Caidean Nan Taighean and the Thatched Houses Maintenance Sceme James Souness .................. 18-19 Restoration of Lady Victoria Colliery Colin McLean ........................ 20 ENGLISH FEATURES The Third Degree Roger France .................... 21-22 British Standards for Historic Buildings Roger France .................... 22-23 Legal ............................... 24 Letters ............................. 24 ACO News ...................... 25-26 Book Reviews .................. 26-27 Europa Nostra Award ............... 28
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