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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote] 19th August 1949 Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser GATES FOR HEANOR PARK Twin gates, considered by an expert to be among the best examples of wrought-iron work in the country, and about 150 years old, are undergoing renovation at the works of Messrs Oakley and Grant, Ashbourne Road, Derby, preparatory to being erected in Heanor Park, by the Heanor Memorial Parks Committee, at the end of this summer, when it is hoped they will be consecrated by the Bishop of Derby (Dr .A. J. Rawlinson). The Duchess of Kent has been invited to open them in the spring of next year. Of the £650 cost of renovation £450 has been guaranteed by Heanor Rotary Club, and the balance will be paid from the Committee’s common fund, to which £3,000 has been subscribed. It will take about 1,000 man-hours to complete the restoration. Mr. C. E. Cobb, of Vicarwood Avenue, Duffield Road, Derby, who is supervising the work in an advisory capacity, says the gates were made by Buxton, at Derby wrought-iron smith, with the exception of the pressed steel plaques, which are German. The main gates, which are 17ft long and 12ft wide, are still in a good state of preservation, considering they have been exposed for so many years. The pressed steel floral ornamentations and crest plaque are being faithfully reproduced in copper sheet, about 1-32nd of an inch thick, so that they will withstand the weather of future years. Due to water lodging in them, the brass wards on the locks have perished. New locks will be made and fitted by Mr. L. Oakley, who is by trade a locksmith and whitesmith. Jenny[/quote]
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19th August 1949
Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser
GATES FOR HEANOR PARK
Twin gates, considered by an expert to be among the best examples of wrought-iron work in the country, and about 150 years old, are undergoing renovation at the works of Messrs Oakley and Grant, Ashbourne Road, Derby, preparatory to being erected in Heanor Park, by the Heanor Memorial Parks Committee, at the end of this summer, when it is hoped they will be consecrated by the Bishop of Derby (Dr .A. J. Rawlinson). The Duchess of Kent has been invited to open them in the spring of next year.
Of the £650 cost of renovation £450 has been guaranteed by Heanor Rotary Club, and the balance will be paid from the Committee’s common fund, to which £3,000 has been subscribed.
It will take about 1,000 man-hours to complete the restoration.
Mr. C. E. Cobb, of Vicarwood Avenue, Duffield Road, Derby, who is supervising the work in an advisory capacity, says the gates were made by Buxton, at Derby wrought-iron smith, with the exception of the pressed steel plaques, which are German.
The main gates, which are 17ft long and 12ft wide, are still in a good state of preservation, considering they have been exposed for so many years. The pressed steel floral ornamentations and crest plaque are being faithfully reproduced in copper sheet, about 1-32nd of an inch thick, so that they will withstand the weather of future years.
Due to water lodging in them, the brass wards on the locks have perished. New locks will be made and fitted by Mr. L. Oakley, who is by trade a locksmith and whitesmith.
Jenny

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