IHBCNEWS the matter was last discussed at Council, it was decided that I should contact all former ACO Members in this position and explain this to them. You were all transferred into the Institute as Affiliate or Associate Members. Unfortunately, the Membership Team has not had a chance to send you a letter yet, but will be contacting you soon. For those who do not apply for membership of the Institute, I am afraid to say that your future within the Institute is probably limited. Will all former ACO members who pay by banker's order please note that the bank account changed with the move to the Institute. Members already paying by banker's order should have filled in the new form of banker's order supplied with the application for entry to the Institute. If you have lost or destroyed the latest form of banker's order, let me know and I will send you another. As I said inContextS9, many members banks have, yet again, made a mess of the instructions given to them on the Banker's Order forms last year. Please check your bank accounts and let me know if you think your bank is paying double subscriptions or doing anything else wrong. If you don't ask me for a refund, I will assume that all overpayments of subscriptions are donations to the Institute. If members haven't paid their subscription yet, time has run out for them. We haven't had a chance to write to them directly but may well be doing so in the near future. Unfortunately, at 28 October the database tells me there are 2 79 members who haven't paid. The Articles of Association make it clear that you should pay your subscription within a month of the beginning of the subscription year (1 April) and if you haven't paid within six months, your membership is automaticall_y terminated. The six m_o_nthsterminated on 1 October. If anybody hasn't paid, or I don't have a record of them paying, they will no longer be receiving any correspondence from IHBC. We do not promise to be infallible, however, so if you know anybody who appears to have been struck off and is sure that they have paid their subscription, please ask them to contact me with full details. Anybody caught by the 1 October deadline who hasn't paid will have to reapply for membership, pay outstanding subscriptions and pay the normal £20 additional registration fee (sony but non-payers cause an inordinate amount of extra work)! If you cannot remember what the subscription rates are, Full and Associate Members pay £20, Corporate Members £75, Concessionary Members £10 BOOKREVIEWS SPEAKINGINA STRANGETONGUE Dictionary a/Scottish building. Glen LPride in association with The Scottish National Dictionary Association. The Rutland Press. 1997. 108pp. Numerous sketches & diagrams. Softback. ISBN 1 873190 45 X. £13.95. The words 'architrave' and 'atrium' will not be found in this book of Scottish building colloquialisms; neither will the majority of words in Bannister Fletcher or James Stevens Cud's Encyclopaedia of Architectural Terms. Instead, there is a myriad of exhaustively researched words particular to Scotland - not just pure architectural work but those referring to items of 42 more peripheral interest - for example - "flit- to move house" or "found in pint - a drink given to workmen after the foundations of the building are laid". The author, in the introduction, states that the aim is to "record the vocabula1y of Scottish building before all its distinct words and phrases are lost in the anonymity of standard English terminology". I am sure that in compiling this dictionary he has achieved his aim and furthermore, provided an essential tool for those studying Scottish building, particularly from times past. The main dictiona1y is complemented by an excellent classified word list, and axonometric drawing of a street scene with general notation, and detailed and Overseas (non UK) Members £35. Please note also that the subscription year is from 1 April to 30 March, so a new subscription is due on 1 April each year. Send your cheques (payable to "Institute of Historic Building Conservation") to my address (see page 3). Please do not pay by bank giro direct into your bank. If you do, I will have no record of your payment and you could find yourself removed from the membership database. I know it is difficult to remember to pay subscriptions so I would remind you again that paying by Banker's Order can be of great benefit (as long as the bank does as it is told!). New forms of Banker's Order can be obtained from me (address on page 3). Several members have contacted me que1ying the Affiliate membership category they have been placed in. As I have been extremely busy with all my other duties, I have not had adequate time to give these cases the attention they deserve and have not been able to process them as quickly as I would have wished. Please bear in mind that I am a non-paid volunta1y Officer. My IHBC duties are carried out in addition to my full time job and my (somewhat interrupted) family life. Please bear with me, I will get there as soon as possible. Gus Astley, Membership Secretary diagrams of a dormer construction and a casement and sash window. Why just these two particular diagrams were chosen isn't clear but the inclusion of doorways and roof construction would have been helpfulbut this is a small gripe. Likely to be used by specialists, that are few in number, it will not be found on many bookshelves despite its worthy charm, nor - this reviewer suspects that many builders or architects seeking work north of the border be unlikely to be aware of it or obtain a copy. Nevertheless, such books are welcome and the author is to be applauded in achieving a meticulous compendium of fast disappearing word and phrases. Jackie Dryhurst CAPTION COMPETITION In the last issue (Context 59 p 15) we exposed the activities of three distinguished IHBC members on the loose in Ludlow during the IHBC Annual School. We asked for suggested captions for the photo. Some of those received were, needless to say, unprintable; of the remainder, when the Editor had got to the bottom of the matter, the following three entries of doubtful virtue were received. They win only notoriety for their authors!. (1) The 'Touch the wall with the body part described' Tour was considered a great success, or (2) The Committee unanimously agreed that the 'P' and 'E' should not be put back. Tim Ratcliffe (Shrewsbury) "Anus, Orifice & Lacunae stand, Hands in pockets, A smiling band. Spake Anus to Orifice His holes are filled een, Yes said Lacunae But at least I don't lean." Ken Davis (Tonbridge) "Getting to the bottom of it all at the Shrewsbury Annual School" Clare Vint (Brighton) CHURCHESBYTHE YARD Recording a church - an illustratedglossary. Practical Handbook in Archaeology No. 7. T Cooke, D Findlay, R Halsey, E Williamson. Council for British Archaeology. 1996. AS size. Slpp. Numerous drawings & plans. Softback. ISBN 1 872414 56 7. £6.60 (inc p&p). If you are setting out to provide an architectural description of a church to a standard format, this handbook is for you. It is in its third edition. Its stated aim is to help produce descriptions of churches which are unambiguous. Condensed within its pages are all you need to know to Continued on page 45 Context 60 December 1998
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