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Sheffield Heritage Fair 2025
Brian Holmshaw, Simon Hollis and Chris Hill The Sheffield Historic Buildings Trust team Brian Hplmshaw, Simon Hollis, Chris Hill and...

Simon Hollis
Jan 261 min read
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Concrete Communities
It was great to attend the SOLD OUT inaugural Concrete Communities (@concretecommunities) event on Wednesday evening at The Workstation....

Simon Hollis
May 13, 20231 min read
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Sheffield Historic Buildings Trust
Another productive meeting of the Sheffield Historic Buildings Trust earlier this week. Progress is being made on reaching Charitable...

Simon Hollis
Feb 12, 20231 min read
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Finale
We originally booked the tickets to the finale of Standing at the Sky’s Edge on 23rd March 2020 to see the show on 9th January 2021, so...

Simon Hollis
Jan 22, 20231 min read
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Moisture Detection*
I’ve tried, unsuccessfully to date this Protimeter Surveymini which I purchased recently. It looks to be older than the ones shown in...

Simon Hollis
Jan 21, 20231 min read
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Lime and The Big Freeze
Back out on site in Harthill this morning with @edwards_restoration to check on the lime works undertaken last year following the...

Simon Hollis
Jan 20, 20231 min read
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A French Bladesmith in Sheffield
Two things that non-Sheffield folk associate with Sheffield are steel and knives / cutlery / blades (cutting, not football). As a...

Simon Hollis
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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Speedy Re-Agent - Comment
I am really rather fond of the design and robustness of the Speedy Calcium Carbide meters that Thomas Ashworth (now part of GE) of...

Simon Hollis
Jun 10, 20221 min read
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Victoria Quays Photography Walk – Part 1 – Buildings
I recently attended a photography walk around Victoria Quays, Sheffield arranged by @canalrivertrust and led by @replacement.hipster...

Simon Hollis
Jun 9, 20222 min read
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Building Conservation – Vol. 3, No. 2 – February 1981 - Comment
I can't get enough of these old Building Conservation magazines, most of my collection are from before I was born. It is both interesting...

Simon Hollis
Jun 8, 20222 min read
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Carter Knowle – Sheffield - Level 3 Building Survey
A level three building survey on this detached property round the corner from home. A couple of points of interest here: The garage roof...

Simon Hollis
Jun 4, 20222 min read
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