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The ARTISAN
Volume 3 Issue 18
October 2012
The magazine of the Association of Painting Craft Teachers
and the Scottish Association of Painting Craft Teachers
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Gert Jan Nijsse demonstrates breche violet
Mats Carlson’s Verdigris panel
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From the Editor
Hi All
Here we go again, I say that every year, but happily
for me, this is the last time I need to say it. As you
well know (because I’ve been banging on about it in
past issues), I have semi-retired down to two days
per week.
That’s really a cheap intro into the need for one of
you members to take over this magazine. We really
need someone to step forward and take this on before I go, so I can hand over my small experience at
this editing lark!
in the summer. He,
John Latham and Alan
Jones are organizing a
free workshop. I have
included information
on how to get in
touch if you want to
attend.
Roger’s cartoon has
been a feature of the
Artisan since it’s first
edition by Patrick and
this edition is no different, you'll find him
on page 23.
Front cover: PDA Competitors at
Accrington & Rossendale
Inside front cover: Area 4 Masterclass
Inside rear cover: Putting a gloss on the
Thames
Rear cover: Staff at Accrington & Rossendale college
What’s in this issue? Well we could call this one the
Accrington & Rossendale edition as that college Don’t forget to check
features a great deal; well done to them as a team out Adrian Dibbs’ idea
of an APCT summer
and to Phil Burgess who is our featured member.
trip, let him know if
Another big thank you goes to Derek and Loraine you are interested and he will cost the venture and
for their photographs and report on the PDA organize the activities.
competition. I believe that Phil Burgess has agreed
to take over that competition this year and I wish I apologise if this editorial is beginning to sound like
him well, and I am sure he realises he has big boots an Oscar speech but I would also like to thank the
staff at Tangerine. They create the press releases
to fill.
for Dulux Decorator Centre's and never fail to send
Again I have to thank George Brown, as our me material for every issue.
intrepid reporter from North of the Border, I
If you are a corporate member, don’t forget that
harass him every year.
you are entitled to free space in the Artisan to proWhile mentioning Scotland I must apologise to Ian mote your company, especially if it has an angle on
Moracen. On the front cover of the April edition I training, please e-mail me at the address overleaf.
asked who the gentleman was next to John Fleming.
Ian sent me a card to inform me it was him, John On the subject of e-mail, can members please use
also telephoned me, however I forgot to print this our private address as I am only at college for two
in the last edition, both please accept my apologies. days now (oops there I go again) I do not read the
college one so often.
Bill Stewart has sent in another of his memories,
keep it up Bill! Can I encourage other senior So you guys on the chalk face, welcome back to the
members to do the same. There is no substitute for barrage of e-mails, the onslaught of pointless meetexperience or a good yarn among like-minded peo- ings and the nit picking EV visits.
ple.
Don’t forget you can get a full colour version of this
Paul Baily is still doing great work with master clas- edition by logging into the website: www.apct.info
ses, he writes of the event he put on, with Gert
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In this issue:
5 President’s Report
Peter Doyle’s news to date
6 Secretary’s Report/S.A.P.C.T
Barry Mason’s update and news from the North
8 My Life in Decorating
Phil Burgess writes of his career and college
12 Area 4 Masterclass
Paul Baily reports
13 Summer Trip
Adrian Dibb proposes going Dutch
14 PDA Apprentice Awards
Derek Butterfield reports
16 UK Minimum Wage
Apprentices get 5p rise
17 Putting a Gloss on the Thames
Bill Stewart recollects
19 DDC
Trade case study
21 Ofsted Preview Report
Effective practice in Colleges
22 Skills Show
What is it?
23 P&D Show/Rog
Advertisement/Cartoon
24 London Olympics
Students Participation
25 Quiz
Date and Venue of Autumn EC Meeting
To be held in the training offices of
AkzoNobel
Wexham Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 5DS
On Saturday 20/10/12 at 10.00
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The ARTISAN
Is the Magazine of the
Association of Painting Craft
Teachers &
The Scottish Association of
Painting
Craft Teachers
How to contact APCT officers:
Peter Doyle
APCT National President
5 Bailys Mead
Royal Wooton Bassett
Wiltshire
SN4 8LH
Barry Mason
APCT National Secretary
Shrewsbury College of Art &
Technology
London Road
Shrewsbury
SY2 6PR
barrym@shrewsbury.ac.uk
W : 01743 342511
M : 07977484896
H : 01939 291150
Derek Butterfield
APCT Treasurer &
Membership Secretary
Lanthorn Cottage,
Arborfield Court,
Swallowfield Road,
Reading RG2 9JS
Tel:0118 9760220
derekbutterfield@btinternet.com
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President’s Diary
Hello all, I do hope all our members have had a fantastic summer break and have a
good start to the new term. Since my / our day and evening together in Royal
Wootton Bassett things have been fairly quiet as far as my Presidency goes; unfortunately myself and Ruth were unable to attend the SAPCT ‘s AGM in June, from
all reports another excellent day and evening. I am looking forward to next year’s
event which we shall certainly make (if invited).
In June Accrington & Rossendale hosted the Dulux Decorator Centre’s apprentice
of the year competition final, and we must give Phil Burgess and his team a massive
thank you and pat on the back for the hospitality, professionalism and sheer hard work and commitment
shown during our 2 days at the college. Phil you were a credit to the college and the APCT, thank you.
Dulux Decorator Centres would also, through myself, like to thank all colleges and lecturers who went
to the effort, trouble and time to work so dedicatedly with all the students who entered the 2012
competition. The final was an excellent display of real skill shown by the 4 young guys and 4 young girl
finalists and it’s fantastic to see so many young ladies coming through the trade. Incidentally, the competition’s title may be a little confusing “ apprentice of the year”. The fact is that as long as the student is
working towards a qualification in painting & decorating and is within the age limit, we would welcome
their entry most warmly, why not show your students this year’s final video to enthuse them, just go to
you tube and enter Dulux apprentice of the year competition; great stuff that makes me very proud to
be a painter and decorator by trade.
On the 20th of October we have a committee meeting being held at Akzonobel’s national training centre
in Slough. If any member has an issue, idea, thought, worry, anything that you need bringing up, please let
me know in advance, call me 07730910577 or mail me peter.doyle@akzonobel.com. As always please
remember this is your association and we can only try to provide what our members want, if we know
what they want.
On a training front, it is my intention to work closely with kindred organisations and companies that
want to support colleges. With this in mind I have spoken to Darren Robinson, national sales manager
for Graco Spray equipment, and Darren has very kindly agreed to sponsor our association with a trip to
the Graco manufacturing and European training centre in Belgium. This would be a 2 day 1 night stopover, visiting the plant as well as discussing and using the very latest up to date spray equipment from
Graco. Members who may be interested in attending, please, in the first instance, contact myself via
e-mail. The date has not yet been set; members would need to pay for flights to and from Brussels but
Graco will pay hospitality and hotels and organise transfers, and I am sure a beer or two in the evening!
Other trips I am investigating are Copley NMC (Belgium) and Akzonobel’s European centre of excellence and decorating museum in Sassenhiem, Holland. As always any suggestions, paint related or social,
if I can help organise please make contact.
And finally I believe we are hoping to have an APCT stand at this year’s painting and decorating show.
Should that be the case please come up and say hello to your colleagues on that stand, and again this
year the DDC will have a college corner I believe, so pop over and introduce yourself and get up to date
information on college benifits and entry forms for the 2013 Apprentice (diploma) student, young decorator of the year competition.
As always I wish all our members the very best of health and luck.
Peter Doyle (APCT President)
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Hello All
Secretary’s Report
I hope you had a good summer break and were able to re-charge your batteries .
I hope like us at Shrewsbury you have had a good enrolment for this year’s intake,
we have had our best numbers for many years and have even more than the
bricklayers, which is very rare.
Not a great deal has happened regarding the Association during the summer, in
fact very quiet, so nothing really to report.
I am now looking forward to the EC meeting at Slough, please feel free to come
along, just let know so we can order enough sandwiches for lunch, the more the merrier.
Another event I am looking forward to is the Painting and Decorating show, do come along and say hello,
we plan to have an APCT stand there just as we have done in previous years.
Well that’s it for me, may I wish you all the best for the new academic year.
Regards Barry
News from S.A.P.C.T
We had our A.G.M. in the Rob Roy Hotel, Aberfoyle on Saturday 9th June, where Charlie Murmin from
Edinburgh’s Telford College was comfirmed as S.A.P.C.T. President for the second year of his term.
We did not have a great turnout for this one unfortunately and only had 10 members present. Before our
meeting we had a very nice lunch courtesy of the association and the meeting started around 2.00pm
where we tackled the business of the day.
We had a visitor from the Scottish Qualifications Authority, (S.Q.A.) in Glasgow, to try and explain a few
points we had with the new Apprentice Training and Assessment Packs, which are being produced by
S.Q.A. I don’t think she managed to allay any fears between our membership at all.
Then it was over to President Charlie to judge our annual Lecturers Graining & Marbling Competition,
where we ask any members attending, working or retired, to exhibit a panel for entry into our competition.
We usually have a few high quality panels on view and it is great to see members of the public passing and
stopping to have a look at these panels. It is a very hard job for the judge, this year being no exception.
The competition was won, for the second year running by Ian Moracen, a retired lecturer who taught at
Edinburgh’s Telford College.
Our meeting lasted until around 5.30pm. when we then adjourned to the bar and met our respective
partners for a wee refreshment before dinner. We gathered together again with our partners at around
7.00pm for dinner, which was again very nice, after which we danced the night away until the early hours
to the hotel’s resident band and then D.J. As most of the APCT members who have been guests at our
A.G.M. know, when the music finishes around 2.00am we move into the residents’ lounge where we continue to share a few wee drams. All in all a fantastic night was had by all, again. And can I just remind all
our APCT brothers, sisters and friends you have a continuing invite to the S.A.P.C.T. where you will be
made most welcome.
Mike Swan based here in Angus College has agreed to take over as association Secretary as of last month
(September 2012) from Michael Duffy (Anniesland College). Michael has served us well over the last five
years as association Secretary and as an association we pass on our grateful thanks in print.
George Brown S.A.P.C.T. Treasurer & Competition Secretary.
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Association of Painting Craft Teachers
Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting and the N.E.T.C Meeting
From Saturday 20th October 2012 Akzonobel training centre, Slough.
These minutes will be available in the Members Area of the APCT forum.
http://www.apct.info
Members who require a paper copy are asked to contact National Secretary Barry Mason.
Don’t forget the original website for Diary Dates, News and Links to many useful sites.
www.apct.co.uk
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My Life in Decorating
Peter Doyle had an idea a few moths ago, for a member to write an article about
their career and college, with the idea that it will become a regular feature.
Phil Burgess from Accrington volunteered to go first and this is his story.
My Apprenticeship & career to date
While I was in training to become a Painter & Decorator, I studied at Burnley
College for two years before a right choice move to Accrington & Rossendale
College, studying my level 3 where I met my tutor & now good friend, Glenn Studholme. He has been
inspirational to me since day one and I can probably say he took me in as one of his own, showing me the
ropes and the tricks of the trade. He was an amazing tutor whom I was lucky enough to work alongside a
number of years later, still at Accrington. What this guy doesn’t know, believe me, is not worth knowing.
We have had a number of master grainers & marblers from my area who have travelled the world showing their skills and I can honestly say Glenn is up there with the very best. What I find remarkable is that
Glenn was one of the first craftsmen to be using water based/acrylic mediums (back in the early nineties)
in his graining & marbling effects, and achieving results that left others scratching their heads. I adopted
these water based methods and, believe me, I will never go back to oil!
I started my apprenticeship in May 1990 at a beautiful prestigious Jesuit College called Stonyhurst College
nr Clitheroe, Lancashire. The College is a Grade 1 listed building founded in 1593. Thinking back there
were no finer foundations that a decorator could ask for. There was a team of five mature decorators
who I considered to be enthusiastic craftsmen. For eight truly wonderful years, I was involved in all aspects a decorator could possibly encounter. From fine detailed painting on the ornate galleries to hanging
hand printed wall coverings and major restoration projects within the grounds of this amazing historic
building.
I have many fond memories from serving my time at Stonyhurst, as I got to work alongside many
craftsman who had a passion for their trade. Some of the projects I was involved in were in preparation
for visits by the Queen (centenaries), actor Tom Selleck (filming Three Men & a Little Lady), the late
Cardinal Basil Hulme (Head of the Catholic Church); I even got to decorate the ex-home of JRR Tolkien
the English writer & poet, where, it is said, he got the inspiration to write the Lord of the Rings or, equally inspiring, a full refurb in the Great Hall, were the English military & political leader Oliver Cromwell
once slept on the way to the Battle of Preston in 1648.
From there I was employed as a foreman painter on various sites around East Lancashire, planning, pricing
and hands on for a number of years, before ending up briefly as a technician/tutor at Accrington College
where I met some wonderful tutors who inspired me and planted the seed to take up full time teaching as
a career a little later on.
I then moved overseas to Australia, travelling the whole country and decorating for companies while I
slowly but surely, travelled the full circle of the large island. This was extra special, because travellers that
I met were fruit picking for long hours and receiving pittance for their duties, I was toshing away for
excellent rates of pay in a job that I loved and relished. From painting harbour-side apartments in the
sunshine in Sydney to painting timber-built homes with fire retardant coatings in the beautiful Blue Mountains region of Katoomba, then on to the boat yards of St Kilda in Melbourne where I worked, spraying
anti foul and marine coatings to a variety of boats & yachts. I picked up a wealth of experience in the
southern hemisphere and who knows may end up back there one day.
On my return I was self-employed for two years enjoying a busy schedule working for myself before my
good friend and now Head of Construction, Darren Eccles offered me a part time post at Accrington &
Rossendale College. Before I could blink, I was fulltime and now currently the Programme leader for
Painting & Decorating and Floorcovering trades.
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(cont) What made me go into teaching Painting & Decorating?
Probably like most tutors, it wasn’t something I set out to do, but I got the opportunity to teach some
part time hours to a group of really challenging learners. It wasn’t my best teaching experience, but one
thing’s for sure, it couldn’t have got any worse. An unenthusiastic boisterous lot to say the least, but a
reality check of the ever so demanding teaching role, I can say this put me on the right path and understanding of the correct teaching methods, commitment and dedication required to stimulate my learners. I love my teaching role, engaging with learners and trying to coach them into being able to paint and
decorate whether that maybe for their own use or to become a tradesman of the future.
My Team
My team are simply amazing, I could not ask for any more. We are a very tight-knit team and all very
good friends. We all trust each other sincerely. The team are all passionate, committed, and competitive;
they constantly do over and above and strive to be the best team in an “Ofsted” outstanding College. I
am lucky to have such a team and it is their loyalty and hard work that puts the Accross Painting & Decorating section on the map.
I also think it’s important for our team to engage with all learners from all walks of life, to produce constantly interesting theory sessions, excellent demonstrations, demonstrate good practice and have fun
while doing so. We are all Painting & Decorating tradesman and want the very best for the team. There
are 5 tutors, 3 full time & 2 part time and 1 technician. We are proud to be a Unibond centre of
Excellence and a Lincrusta Centre of Excellence.
What is it that makes our College special?
Our College is recognised as outstanding by Ofsted. The construction
department has been recognised as one of the best in the country for
many years, awarded the Queen’s Anniversary prize for construction
education. There is always a real buzz about the place that naturally
transfers from the staff to the learners. As a passionate team we
strive to be the best we can. Our main aim is to create Painters &
Decorators out of everybody who walks into our workshop as a
learner; whether these are kids with learning difficulties, DIY, or
preparing learners for industry. We are in the middle of the decorating world as most manufacturers are
on our door step.
We ensure our learners get the best experience possible in the trade and for this to happen we have
excellent links with manufacturers in the decorating world. To name a few involved with Accrington are
Dulux, Lincrusta, Graham & Brown, Unibond, Crown Paints and Muraspec. Because of these super links,
the learners are always applying the finest materials that are on the market. As much as we do not like to
be wasteful, the materials are not rationed either. It is not unusual to find a Level one learner applying an
expensive flock wallcovering or lincrusta frieze in training. The learners are always applying the finest materials that are on the market, and are up to date with industry by using modern products that have revolutionized the decorating world.
And the students?
Probably just like everybody else's! Hard work! My philosophy is how you press the right buttons to get
the best from them; as we all know as teaching staff, this can be very stressful and challenging. We do try
to promote a certain image in Painting & Decorating, such as cleanliness, competitiveness, a sense of wellbeing and satisfaction from a job well done. The team’s rapport with our learners is super; we are their
friends, social workers, alarm clocks, verbal punch bags, mums, dads, agony aunts, banks and tutors mixed
into one.
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(cont) If I was a school leaver & attending one of your career days, what advice would you
give me & how would you encourage myself to sign up at Accrington?
Show them a Joiner and tell them: “if they don’t shape up” they could end up like one of them”. Painting &
Decorating has become a really popular and cool trade to be in over the last ten years with the help and
inspiration of television. It is popular with male and female learners and in a way is linked to fashion,
design and coolness, which in turn, sells itself. The comeback of wallpaper has been fantastic for everyone
involved in the trade and it is a pleasure to see the learners using such amazing products. Gone are the
days of the painter smoking a roll-up with his white ice cream jacket and flat cap, we are in a world of
amazing wallcoverings, paints and materials that everyone wants to be part of. All the tutors in P&D are
really passionate, it’s what we do! and how we roll! It’s our trade, our life, our hobby! So this attitude
rubs off on the school leaver, it is contagious! As a team we have grabbed the bull by its horns and are
now the envy of all other trades. If there is a competition we are in it! If there is a photo opportunity we
are on it! If we can help out for a charity we will do it, if it makes us smile or others smile we will do it!
We have created a sense of wellbeing, positive moral and a community of decorators that are proud. We
must be doing something right as we have 40 new Level ones enrolled for September.
What exciting things are in the pipeline for our students?
As an eager team, we like to dangle the carrot for our learners, with the intentions of getting the very
best out of them. Things on the agenda for 2012-13 are a Painting & Decorating German exchange to
Bocholt in North Germany for 25 days. This is open to 12 learners from any Diploma group to travel
overseas to work with a German company while living with a German family. My application has just been
approved by Leonardo funding, after lots of hard work by myself organising and planning employers,
accommodation, cultural visits, travel arrangements etc. Our learners will work with our German counterparts for 17 days, be involved in cultural visits such as a visit to Henkel (Unibond), a sail down the river
Rhine, Tour of Koln, a number of German master classes at the local College, the odd glass of War steiner and a student football match against the Germans. I will keep you updated on this mission! We are
also in the process of creating a Lincrusta resource centre in the P&D workshop on the top floor; this is a
place for the painter, where the learner can relax, study and appreciate their trade. The Lincrusta
resource centre is tastefully decorated inside and out with various Lincrusta products and will be finished
in calming colours. One wall is finished in idea paint, which is a two pack coating that can be used as a
whiteboard; the students love the idea of drawing on the wall which creates a super atmosphere in the
classroom. Our workshop is second to none, maturing all the time; it caters for all learners at all levels.
We always look forward to competitions such as the Dulux comp, Skillbuild, Johnstones, PDA Comps,
tours of paint & wallpaper manufacturers, testing products for Unibond or anything else that enriches the
painting & decorating learner. We also like to get involved in real life projects; last term we did an ECO
project in the construction foyer. The Level 1 & 2 learners hung recyclable wallcoverings, applied VOC
free paints whilst using paint trays that could be disposed of on the compost heap. This year we are decorating the local cricket pavilion, shelters for the homeless & hopefully undertaking work at Blackburn
Rovers football ground. There is nothing better than job satisfaction for the learner.
Where would I like to be in 5 years?
I love my teaching at the minute as I find it rewarding and satisfying, but I am also very open minded and
love to be open to opportunities that may arise. I enjoy my trade sincerely and will probably always be
linked with it in some shape or form.
On joining the APCT, what benefits would I like to see offered to potential & existing members?
As a new member, I would like to share my resources with other likeminded tutors; we are all in the
same boat and want the same things for our learners. I would like to see more of the demonstrations
that were put on at the AGM event in Royal Wooten Bassett, they were really interesting!
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(cont) Funny Story
Did I ever tell you the one about a bloke called Peter Doyle who dropped 4 x 2.5 litre tins of Dulux paint
outside the front of our college??? Oh better not, you might know him!!
My thoughts on the APCT
All in all I have met some rather nice, warming and interesting people in my short time as a member in
the APCT, whom I can call friends, to name a few: Derek Butterfield, Pete Doyle, Peter Walters, Dave
Tiffany, Lorraine Birt, Steve Matthews & Paul Wilcockson have all inspired me in some way or another
and I have thoroughly enjoyed their company. I would recommend any tutor/tradesman to join and be
part of an amazing community with a spirit and passion for the trade. I would definitely recommend any
young tutors coming through to join, as resource sharing and knowledge updates are a very useful tool.
Phil Burgess.
(More photographs on the rear cover)
Websites for Students
MyCustomWP has offered to provide websites, with some level of customisation, for students attending the various Painting/
Decorating courses around the UK colleges.
They will implement these websites at no cost and would charge only to recover their costs for domain name registration and ongoing hosting at £50 per year.
Further details at www.apct.co.uk
Qualified Decorative Painter?
By submitting samples to the QDP committee you have the chance to be judged
a competent decorative painter.
Contact: Supafly2@spray.se
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Area 4 Masterclass
Hi Everyone,
Over the past 4 years, I have been organising one-off decorative painting weekend courses (wood graining/marbling/trompe loeil) with top European teachers. The first weekend that was organised was in 2009,
when Christian Martincourt and Benjamin Craig made the trip over from Paris. Christian demonstrated
heartwood walnut, burr walnut and oak. Again in 2010, Christian and Benjamin returned, with Christian
teaching feather mahogany, birds eye maple and palisander.
In 2011, Gert Jan Nijsse from Holland and Mats Carlson from Sweden came over. The first weekend was
with Gert who demonstrated and taught Salome, portor and grand antique marble. Then in October,
when Mats Carlson came over to teach, he demonstrated and taught birchwood with trompe loeil mouldings and a panel of verdigris also with trompe loeil mouldings.
This year, Gert Jan Nijsse returned to teach breche violet marble, Napoleon grey marble and pitch
pine. the event took place at the workshops of Stephenanthonydesign.
When the first two weekends were organised with Christian and Benjamin, Christian used a traditional
watercolour and oil glaze media for demos and teaching. Then with Gert and Mats, we have been using
the Golden Paints Proceed acrylic system with great success. You can purchase Golden Paints in this
country through Wrights of Lymm.
The courses are for all levels from beginners through to the experienced decorative painter.
It also is a great opportunity to thank all of those who have attended these courses and I would like to
give a special thanks to Derek and Loraine and Steve Keeley for their help and support.
I will be organising a weekend course in the New Year, so if any of you are interested and would like to
find out more information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
One last thing, John Latham, Alun Jones and I are organising an APTC one-day workshop at Chichester
College. This will be at the beginning of November. For more details please please read below.
Many thanks,
See photographs on inside front cover
Paul Bailey.
One Day Graining Workshop
Alan Jones, John Latham and Paul Baily have organised a free workshop which
will be at Chichester College on the 3rd November 2012.
Please contact Paul on 07906 844 865 or email: paulpaintcraft@hotmail.com
All materials and lunch are provided, all you need to bring are graining tools.
Places will be limited on a first come, first served basis.... Book today!
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Proposal for APCT/SPCT Summer trip 2013
Members will recall that some years ago our colleague Patrick Richardson organized trips to Scandinavia,
Spain and Italy for the Association. Each time we have met up with some of these members they have said
they regret not being able to get together to do something similar, “if only someone would be willing to
take on the organization”.
Well I wondered if any present or past members would be interested in a trip to the Netherlands. Titled
something like "Royal Palaces of the Netherlands" I have had a look and propose 4/5 nights to depart
Harwich - Hook of Holland or Hull – Hook of Holland for the members from oop north and Scotland.
Seems the prices are similar for overnight crossings. Cabins are available on both crossings. I e-mailed a
travel company, Veentjer Guided Tours, with thoughts on a possible trip and they replied with an itinerary we might use.
I thought we could travel Thursday overnight to arrive in Rotterdam/Euro Port early on a Friday morning.
Ships arrive 07:45 and 08:15 respectively, so convenient to meet up. Next step will be to find out if any
members and family would be interested in another trip/educational visit. If this is viable I will be happy to
put something together and do the organization as a one-off purely as non profit making and for the
members of APCT/SPCT and friends/families. Costs will not be possible at this stage as discounts can be
earned for group bookings and the quality of the hotels required will be a factor i.e. 5/4/3 star will reflect
the price.
Would any interested parties please be so kind as to e-mail radibb@yahoo.com as soon as possible even
if you cannot make a decision at this stage? It will give me an indication whether to take this project
further.
Veentjer Guided Tours have suggested the following programme after an overnight ferry to the Netherlands.
Day one. Friday 09:00 departure from Rotterdam and travel via a nice route to Otterlo. Visit the Kröller
Muller museum with paintings of van Gogh and later to Apeldoorn to visit the Het Loo Palace and stay
that night in the Hilton in Soestduinen.
Day two. Saturday from Apeldoorn to Amsterdam; sightseeing tour of the city, boat tour of the canals,
visit Palace on the Dam square, some free time to explore the flower market and also the following
musea are possible:- Rijksmuseum, Willet Holthuysen Museum, Hermitage of Amsterdam. Overnight stay
in The Hague possibly the Hilton in The Hague or Hotel Carlton Ambassador, Promenade Hotel, Carlton
Beach Hotel, Scheveningen or Europa Hotel, Scheveningen.
Day three. Sunday in The Hague you can again have a city tour, visit Panorama Mesdag museum or visit
Madurodam. Municipal Museum Modern Art also has the collection of the Mauritshouse. Over night ferries to UK.
You can have a Tour guide/ Tour Manager for the whole time with you; however you also have to house
and feed her/him. Otherwise you can have a guide
Het Loo Palace
in the Palace and museum and one for half day or
full day in Amsterdam and The Hague. If wanted I
can arrange everything for you in the Netherlands.
Please respond as soon as possible, Veentjer Tours
will need to know the head count in order to work
out a cost. Adrian Dibb
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The Painting & Decorating Association
Apprentice/Trainee Awards Report for 2012
This year saw thirty-one entries for the PDA Apprentice/Trainee Award, held over two heats. The first in
the north was at Crown Paints Darwen on 27th April and the second in the south in collaboration with
Reading College on 8th May. We have used Reading College in the past but Crown Paints were a new
venue. They have developed a new training facility in conjunction with Accrington & Rossendale College,
which proved to be excellent.
The apprentices who attended were a credit to themselves and their companies. We hear so much about
apathy these days, I really would like to commend them for stepping up to the plate with total commitment and good humour throughout. They were an absolute pleasure to work with. When you consider,
some of them travelled long distances, with incredible early starts i.e. 3.00am. I would therefore like to
take this opportunity on behalf of the PDA to thank them for their endeavours and wish them every
success in the future. I do hope each and every one of them achieved personal success on the day and
enjoyed the event.
It is not an easy task to develop a test piece which is colourful, has visual impact, covers skills within the
students capability and is achievable within the time limit, of approximately six hours. Students find the
most difficult aspect of the test piece is the setting out of the design. When you think of it, this is no
surprise, as this is something that they don’t encounter on a regular basis on site and/or as part of their
NVQ. It is however crucial that they master this aspect, if they are going onto higher levels in the
competition arena, representing their college, company and hopefully, their country.
The Reading heat, from left to right: Steve Hand Seddons, Jill & Brian Shaw Purdy Brushes, Danielle
PDA Marketing, Sian Pearce and two colleagues from Ian Williams, Dave Johnson, Lecturer Reading
College, Paul Newman Reading Assistant Principle.
It takes many people to make a competition successful. So special thanks must go to Crown Paints. My
initial contact was Vernon Kinrade who introduced me to Mark Bannister. Vernon kindly agreed to sponsor the paint for both heats and I liaised with Mark to set up the work areas for the competition. I must >
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(cont) mention here that Mark helped immensely in all aspects throughout the day including providing a
superb buffet lunch for all and organising a goodie bag at the end of the day for the competitors. The
whole event was a huge success, we could not have wished for more. The venue was perfect, a large
open space, plenty of room and you could easily see all the competitors working. We were also visited
by several members of staff throughout the day to give their support; namely Graham Haworth From HR,
Steve Mills and Matthew Brown from technical services.
Other sponsors to be mentioned are Packexe for readily supplying their first-class hard floor protective
covering for both the heats. Brian Shaw, who took a day out of his holiday to support the Reading Heat
and provide some impromptu brush packs for each of the competitors on the day. Purdy also provide
the main prize following the Luncheon at Painters’ Hall.
Also to be mentioned were the company representatives and college lecturers, who were responsible for
getting the trainees to the event, supporting and encouraging them throughout the day namely; Steve
Hand (Seddons), Sian Pearce and Ivan Greenhall (Ian Williams), and college lecturers from Leeds College
of Building, Preston College and Accrington & Rossendale College and indeed the companies themselves,
for all their commitment to this competition. It was also nice to have the company of Danielle representing the PDA at the Reading heat, who got stuck in, helping to make the day go smoothly.
Brian Shaw of Purdy Brushes with competitors from the Reading heat.
When deciding on the actual test piece I was torn between the golden jubilee and the Olympics, both
were topical but the hammer came down on the side on the Olympics. Most competitors managed to
complete the tasks set and it was certainly challenging to mark it and come up with an overall winner.
The top two candidates who attended the Luncheon at Painters’ Hall in London were Thomas Regan and
Rachel Cook, two students of Accrington & Rossendale College. Thomas came out top by a small margin.
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(cont) Thomas becomes The Painting and Decorating Association “Trainee of The Year 2012” Many congratulations. Thomas receives a set of Purdy Brushes to the value of £500. Rachel receives a runner- up
certificate and Purdy Brushes to the value of £200.
Loraine Birt and myself have
been involved with this competition for a number of
years and it is always nice to
ring the changes. So, in May,
at our AGM I approached
Phil Burgess from Accrington
and Rossendale College and
asked if he would consider
taking over the reins next
year, to which he readily
agreed.
Phil has a good knowledge of
the competition scene, not
only entering students but
hosting both the Dulux competition as well as Skillbuild.
Phil and Simon with winner Thomas Regan and runner up Rachel Cook
The PDA Premier Trophy
Award Apprentice Trainee Entries are now open for 2013.
This year we will host three regional heats in Central, Northern and Southern England. Each apprentice
will be given the task of completing a practical application within a set time period which aims to challenge
their skills in a number of different painting and decorating practices, setting out and measurement, stencilling, special effects, attitude and work ethic.
Derek Butterfield, Competition Organiser & Past President of The Association of Painting Craft Teachers.
Various changes to the UK minimum wage rates come into force on 1 October.
The government announced in March that the minimum wage would rise by 11p. This 1.8% rise is slightly
lower than the typical rise in earnings and the current rate of inflation.
The freeze in the minimum wage for those aged under 21 means that:

The rate for 18 to 20-year-olds remains at £4.98 an hour
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The rate for 16 and 17-year-olds remains at £3.68 an hour
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However, the rate for apprentices rises by 5p to £2.65 an hour, which is appallingly low, particularly
given that many apprentices work full-time, taking days off for college without pay in some cases.
If the government is serious about apprenticeships, perhaps it should recognise that forcing young people
to choose between this measly wage and the prospect of full-time employment at the minimum wage is
bound to put people off. I find this particularly strange when the evidence of the Low Pay Commission
suggests the national minimum wage can be viewed as an efficiency wage, motivating workers.
The minimum wage was introduced in 1999 at £3.60 an hour for adults. The latest setting for minimum
wage levels mirrors recommendations from the Low Pay Commission. Ed.
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PUTTING A GLOSS ON THE THAMES
I lived on the river for sixteen years. Well not actually ON the river, but I didn’t have a fence at the bottom of my garden, I had the River Thames – well, 75 yards of it.
About two hundred yards down-river was a boat yard. The proprietor of the yard was Tim, who had
served his apprenticeship with the famous Andrews boat builders of Henley, who specialised in making
timber boats, particularly the Thames Slipper Launch and so this was Tim’s speciality as well. He repaired
them, maintained them, and even built them. I watched him dredge an old Slipper Launch out of the river
after many years submergence and completely make a replica using the wreck as his pattern, from keel to
cladding.
Slipper Launches are completely clad in mahogany and no boat left Tim’s yard without at least 4 or 5
coats of yacht varnish, each dry coat wet abraded with 360 wet or dry paper.
All his varnishing was done by a young lady, Christine, who lived a short distance up-river and on the other side of the bank so came to work by boat. When I saw her sailing past my garden, seated in the bow
of her boat with its rudder bar stuck under her arm and her big black Labrador sitting beside her I knew
that another boat was near to launching and that I would soon have a phone call from Tim to go to his
yard to signwrite and/or decorate it.
Tim had one large boathouse which could hold two boats and in which all the timber boats were worked
on, both woodworking and varnishing or decorating. Sometimes the sawdust was almost ankle deep and
the cobwebs hung heavy with the stuff also. Christine worked in these conditions yet all her finishes
were immaculate.
When I was taught exhibition varnishing I was told to follow six routines implicitly:
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Vacuum up all dust (not sweep) and lightly damp down surrounding area.
Never shake or stir the varnish, and pour it gently into the container (or kettle) to avoid air
bubbles.
Clean the container thoroughly and coat the inside with quick-drying knotting to bind any
dust which may have remained.
Keep the varnish brush in a mixture of thinned linseed oil to keep the bristles soft and remove all surplus oil by wiping on a palette knife held on edge over a kettle and then brushing
hard on brown paper to remove last traces.
Wear clean cotton overalls, avoid any woollen clothes.
Move slowly and only necessarily to avoid disturbing the air.
I never told Christine about these rules, she would only have laughed! Although I think I did see her once
damp down the sawdust! She certainly wore woolly jumpers and yet Tim never complained about her
finishes. He wouldn’t have dared.
I was called in after the third or fourth coat had been wet abraded – one or two more coats being applied
when I’d completed my task - essentially a perfect surface upon which to gild. However I still wiped it
over with a damp chamois and pounced it with a bag of French chalk. I had to draw on the height lines
because you can’t snap a chalk line on a curved surface.
I used John Keep’s Gold Colour Signwriters Enamel as my size. It brushed easily and could be seen well
on the mahogany surface. It took about half an hour to reach the right tack, so sometimes it was ‘write a
bit - gild a bit’. In those days a book of Regular Transfer Gold Leaf was about £10 - four pence per sheet.
I shudder to think what it costs today.
I used to charge ten pence per inch height per letter, doubled for gilding and doubled for shading.
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(cont) Therefore the word SLIPPER in three inch high letters, gilded and shaded would be charged at
£2.10 – another reason why I haven’t got that apartment in Barbados!
I also did some work for another boatyard a couple of miles further down the river. He only worked on
plastic boats so no gold leaf needed there. All this work on boats I did at weekends or in the holidays. It
was fun but, sadly, all came to an end when I had a stroke.
Bill Stewart PP
PS
I had a teacher once, a lovely man called Jimmy Sexton, who confided to me that if he had a problem of
cissing whilst varnishing (quite a common defect) he would spit on the problem area and rub in well with
his brush; invariably the cissing stopped. I’ve tried that technique and it works, but I would never teach
such a thing or in deed write about it....
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Very intrigued by this story and being a big fan of the Thames and it’s craft, my wife and mentor for the
Artisan took it upon herself to find out if the boatyard and Tim were still there and had he any photographs of the Slipper boats.
Tim is still trading on the Thames and has sent some photos (rear inside cover). Angie also asked Tim if
he would write a few lines and he sent an e-mail with the following:I hope this comes over as affectionately tongue in cheek as it is meant to be. More years ago than I would ever
want to admit, when I was in my early twenties, I bought a little boatyard in a Thames side village called
Wraysbury. At the time much of our work was to do with restoring classic launches, as well as servicing many other boats. I met Bill through his neighbour Bunny Hannaford. If you were to imagine Last of the Summer Wine on
Thames you wouldn’t be too far off the mark. Bill helped me out with many boat names and signs around the
yard, until his stroke meant that his hand was too shaky to be able to do the thing he enjoyed the most.
We only ever had one disagreement/artistic difference; I like shadow or shading, Bill felt it spoiled the clarity of his
lettering.
Bunny was, and Bill still is, one of those larger than life characters you instantly like. If I learned one thing from
them, as I approach my dotage, second ( or is that third ) childhood, it is how to be a grumpy old man in style.
Thanks for the happy memories.
Tim.
One further coincidence is that Tim attended Falmouth Technical College in Kiligrew Street way back in
the seventies. I work for Cornwall College which incorporates Falmouth Marine School as it is now
known.
Ed.
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Trade Case Study September 2012
STUDENTS PAINT THE WAY TO A
BRIGHTER FUTURE
Dulux Decorator Centres, the UK’s leading decorating specialist, is continuing to brighten the lives of
painting & decorating students at Leicester College, one year on after forming a successful partnership, in
addition to helping out the local community.
In July 2011, Dulux Decorator Centres joined forces with Leicester College to help the young painters &
decorators of the future by providing all the tools and experience necessary to help them get a head start
in the industry.
A bespoke package was created for the college and provided second and third year students the opportunity to undertake a variety of jobs in decorating, customer service and retail at any one of the three
Dulux Decorator Centres in Leicester.
The trainee painters & decorators all received a toolkit, containing specialist tools at a significantly reduced price, encased in a complimentary painting & decorating satchel. They were also given additional
Dulux Decorator Centres’ branded goodies, including t-shirts. Students and staff were eligible for a cash
card account which gives special discounts at any centre nationwide.
As part of the partnership, students undertook painting & decorating projects to give something back to
the local community. The latest involvement was with housing association Spire Homes, which provides
nearly 5,000 homes to people in Northamptonshire and Rutland.
Angela Hall, midlands sale manager and Nigel Jarram, Leicester territory manager at Dulux Decorator
Centres, have worked closely with Leicester College since the start of the partnership. They initially met
with Spire Homes to explore the possibility of working with students to help them gain fundamental experience.
Following this meeting, a project called ‘Bright Futures’ was created, which puts the students’ skills to
good use in addition to helping residents who would struggle with decorating their homes themselves.
Over a two week period, 21 students from the college joined team members from the three Dulux Decorator Centres in Leicester, to inject a new lease of life into five flats. Spire tenants chose the paint from
the local store on Ealing Road, and the students received the materials free of charge as part of Dulux
Decorator Centres’ Colouring the Community scheme. The scheme, which is currently in its 12th year,
donates paint and materials to local community groups and charities to help them restore their premises.
Kirk Staines, lecturer in painting & decorating at Leicester College, commented: “This was an invaluable
opportunity for the students to put into practice what they have learnt during their time at the college.
The nature of the project meant they really had to think on their feet, while working cleanly and safely in
an unfamiliar environment.
Over the past 12 months this partnership has helped to ensure these painters & decorators of the future
are well prepared for employment, in addition to giving them access to the latest products in the trade.
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(cont) We feel the experience this opportunity provides is vital for the students’ development and look
forward to continuing to see its positive effect over the years to come.”
Beverley Whitehead, marketing and communications manager at Dulux Decorator Centres, added: “This
project was a great way to help not only vulnerable members of the community, but also the next generation of painters & decorators, who received glowing reports for their work.
We hope to support more projects like this in the future in addition to continuing to invest in the sector’s future talent. Our work with local colleges is something we value greatly as a company, through
both partnerships and competitions like Apprentice of the Year.”
This national competition sees budding painting and decorating students battle it out in regional heats to
secure a place in the grand final. They then have the chance to be named Apprentice of the Year, winning
prizes for both themselves and their college.
Beverley continued: “The contest aims to provide painting and decorating students with a challenging, but
fun and practical competition. Each participant has to complete a series of practical applications, comprising various elements of painting and decorating, including wallpapering, stencilling, waterborne glosses and
special effects.”
Dates for the regional heats of the sixth Apprentice of the Year competition next year will be announced
at the National Painting and Decorating Show, taking place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, 20th-21st November.
To find out more about Dulux Decorator Centres follow on Twitter @DuluxDecCentre or on Facebook
www.facebook.com/DuluxDecoratorCentres.
Students proudly
display their CPD
certificates from
Spire Homes
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Ofsted previews their report on effective practice in colleges
Poor inspection grades at colleges already suspected of performing badly are hiding a general downward
trend in results, chief college inspector Mike Davis has told FE Week.
The principal officer for FE colleges at Her Majesty’s Inspectorate said that a range of issues that kept
cropping up were affecting results.
He conceded colleges considered at risk of lower grades were being targeted which skewed overall results.
But Mr Davis said their lower grades were also being reflected across the board. “There are issues, I
understand and accept that, about it not being a proportionate sample because of risk assessment meaning that we look at a higher proportion of those of concern,” he said at an Learning and Skills Improvement Service conference on college performance.
“But the general sense is that of those that we’re inspecting, the movement is not in the right direction.”
Mr Davis also revealed how the Skills Funding Agency’s £30m student satisfaction website, FE Choices,
was seen as carrying irrelevant information in light of Ofsted’s new competitor website, Learner View.
“The data that is in FE Choices is often many years out-of-date by the time of publication, so it is not necessarily relevant for that cohort of learners,” said Mr Davis.
“It doesn’t cover all of the providers. Sixth-form colleges, for instance, are excluded.”
He was addressing the Birmingham conference on September 19, giving a taster of the findings in Ofsted’s
How Colleges Improve report, due out shortly.
“The overriding message for organisations, whether they maintained high standards, moved forwards, or
wobbled around in terms of quality and standards, was that the importance and impact of outstanding
leadership and management cannot be underestimated in how colleges improve,” said Mr Davis.
“All the elements in the report are inextricably linked to the actions and behaviours of leaders and managers.” He added: “Themes that come through are complacency, a lack of ambition, direction and vision
from the top”.
“Governors who did not set clear institutional targets or monitor performance well enough, they were
quite restrained in terms of their understanding of their role and their expectation of the college.
Therefore they monitored too narrowly and in some instances they allowed the senior management or
leaders to effectively tell them what their targets should be. Again on inspection in many of these organisations there’s a defensive and inward-looking approach to management. They are organisations which
look inward rather than outward.”
Mr Davis said he wanted to see good teaching take precedence over issues such as finance and buildings.
“Leaders and managers are too focused on finance and/or buildings to the detriment of the promotion of
good teaching and learning, or the development of the curriculum,” he said.
“Now we go to organisations sometimes where say that it’s been really difficult. I know it’s been difficult
in the sector, I worked in the sector for a long time and it has been very difficult over the last number of
years.”
But at the end of the day, the learners that are in classes or on programmes this year will not benefit
from that new build, which is a year, two years down the line, and if senior managers spend a lot of time
and energy looking at that to the detriment of the curriculum and the quality of the teaching they will be
held accountable.”
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(cont) Mr Davis added: “Management teams that were unsettled by frequent changes in personnel or too
reliant on external consultants working in key roles on an extended basis.
So you’ve got this flux going on inside the organisation, people arriving or going who don’t have particular
allegiance to the college, lots of stop gaps all over the place, so everybody starts getting demotivated in
terms of their role and how the whole thing fits together.
Poorly-managed staff changes led to a loss of expertise and often were accompanied by a plethora of
management initiatives that were simply not explained properly to staff.
There is an issue where inadequate quality assurance systems extended to poor monitoring of subcontracted work — if you’ve got an organisation that hasn’t got its own house in order in terms of quality
assurance, assessment, a real clear focus on learners and driving up improvement, some of these organisations have taken the opportunity to take on numerous large subcontracted provision.”
He took on the challenge laid down by chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw, who questioned whether
colleges should look for opportunities abroad when they should be concentrating on local learners.
“Sir Michael is asking the question about other types of provision — surely there should be some link
here between the organisation’s ability to manage its own provision well and the opportunity to expand
and develop its own empire?”
http://feweek.co.uk/2012/09/22/ofsted-previews-their-report-on-effective-practice-in-colleges/
The NEC
Birmingham
15-17 November
2012
The UK’s biggest skills and careers event, The Skills Show is a unique annual celebration that will
inspire tomorrows young apprentices with exciting opportunities in further education
The Skills Show will play host to a range of skills competitions, awards and activities. Visitors will
be inspired by skills in action as the best of the nation’s young talent perform at the WorldSkills
UK Competitions.
The Opening Ceremony will be a spectacular start to The Skills Show, welcoming competitors
and visitors from all over the UK. It will feature the presentation of Learner Awards as part of
the Apprenticeship Awards. The Ceremony will be a celebration of skilled young people,
recognising the skills stars of today and tomorrow and packed with performances by some of the
UK’s finest young talent!
A small allocation of complimentary general admission tickets has been released for the Opening
Ceremony. These are available by application.If you would like to apply for tickets please call
0845 475 1500 or email getintouch@theskillsshow.com.
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The National Painting and Decorating Show
Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 November 2012
Jaguar Hall 1, Ricoh Arena, Coventry
The biggest annual event in the UK painting and decorating industry and one you really
can’t afford to miss if you use, stock or specify decorating materials and systems.
The UK's only dedicated national exhibition for the painting and decorating
trade
Widest range of international products, materials and associated services for
professionals
Business-boosting ideas and tips; discounts on a wide range of products
Keeping the trade right up to date with the latest developments in
sustainability and environmental legislation
Call in and visit the APCT stand
http://www.paintshow.co.uk/
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Darlington Painting and Decorating students used their
skills to create an Olympic collage.
Trowel occupations students at Cornwall College Camborne
built a large wall depicting the iconic Olympic rings.
London Olympics, didn’t they do well
Students and alumni from the UK's colleges and universities won
more than 60% of Team GB's London 2012 Olympic medals with
more than 50 institutions laying claim to educating and supporting
the British athletes who made it onto the podium.
Twelve of Great Britain’s 65 medals were won by college students
The NEC
Birmingham
15-17 November
2012
The UK's biggest skills and careers event
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London 2012 Olympics: 50 things you never knew
1. Shakespeare was the first person to use the word “Olympian” in 1591, in Henry VI, with the line: "Promise them such rewards / As victors wear at the Olympian
games."
2. The ancient Olympics were first referred to in Homer’s Iliad, written in the 7th or 8th century BC.
3. The earliest record of the Games dates from 776 BC, when the only event was a foot race ….
4. ... and women, slaves and “impious” persons were banned from taking part in or watching the Games.
5. The “Olympic Truce” required that wars and disputes with the Hellenic world be suspended for the duration of the Games.
6. The first post-classical “Olimpick” games took place near Chipping Campden in 1612, exactly 400 years before London 2012.
7. The National Olympic Association was set up in 1865. Its aim was to establish a National Olympic Games, which would be held in a different city every year.
8. The first National Olympic Games took place in London in 1866, the last in the Hadley, Shropshire in 1883.
9. The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 by French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
10. Coubertin proposed Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger) as the official Olympic motto and created the symbol of the Olympic Rings to represent “the five
parts of the world which are won over to Olympism”.
11. The colour of the rings was selected because every nation’s flag contains at least one of them.
12. The first International Olympic Committee Games took place in Athens in 1896 and had only nine events.
13. The 1900 Paris Olympics were the first to allow women to take part, and winners were awarded paintings rather than medals
14. The first female athlete to win an individual Olympic event was tennis player Charlotte Cooper from Ealing, west London, at the 1900 Games in Paris
15. The modern Olympic Games first came to London in 1908.
16. 'White City' takes its name from the paint used to decorate the Olympic Site at Shepherd's Bush in 1908
17. The White City Stadium took nine months to build, cost £60,000 and could hold between 70,000 and 93,000 people.
18. 56 gold, 51 silver and 38 bronze medals were won by Great Britain at the Great Stadium in 1908.
19. The London Games of 1908 consisted of 109 events, 2,023 athletes, 23 different countries and, for the first time, included water events in a swimming pool.
20. Sporting Life reported of the 1908 Games: “more miserable weather would be difficult to imagine”, and it rained throughout the opening ceremony on July 13.
21. Electrical timing devices were used for the first time at the 1920 Games in Stockholm.
22. The official Olympic flag was flown for the first time during the 1920 Games in Antwerp.
23. The first flame to appear in modern Olympics was at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, where tennis was abolished as an Olympic Sport (though it reappeared in the
1988 Games in Seoul).
24. The first Torch Relay started in Athens and went through Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia before finishing in Berlin for the 1936 Games.
25. The 1944 Games had been awarded to London, but was cancelled due to WWII.
26. London hosted the first post-war games of 1948.
27. Advertisers were charged £250 in 1948 (the equivalent of £6,750 today) to feature the five-ring Olympic symbol in advertisements.
28. A torch from the 1948 Games was sold at Bonhams in 2008 for £2,520.
29. Starting blocks were used for sprinting races for the first time at the 1948 Olympics.
30. Wembley Arena will host the London 2012 Badminton, thereby becoming the only venue from the 1948 games to be used in London’s third Games.
31. No Olympic Village was built in 1948 due to a lack of money; instead, the government accommodated the 4,100 or so athletes and over 1,000 officials at RAF
stations, schools, colleges and nurses’ homes.
32. Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire is regarded as the birth place of the Paralympics, as recovering soldiers from its local hospital took part in the town’s games.
33. The first official Paralympic Games took place in 1960 in Rome and hosted 400 athletes from 23 countries.
34. The 2012 Torch Relay included 8,000 people and 1,018 towns and cities.
35. The Olympic Anthem, which is played when the Olympic Flag is raised during the opening ceremony, was composed by Spyridon Samar. Its lyrics are taken from a
poem written by Greek poet Kostis Palamas.
36. London is the first city in history to hold the Olympic Games three times.
37. The Olympic Motto for the 2012 London Games is “Inspire a generation”.
38. Women’s boxing is to take place for the first time at this year’s Games.
39. American swimmer Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the most to be won by a single person in the Games’ history.
40. The Berlin Olympics of 1936 were the first ever to be broadcast on television.
41. Equestrianism is the only Olympic sport in which men and women compete against each other on equal terms.
42. The London 2012 Olympic gold medal is made of 92.5 per cent silver, 1.34 per cent gold and the remainder copper.
43. The London Olympics 2012 consists of 300 events and 10,500 athletes from 205 different countries.
44. The Olympic Village will require 165,000 towels for the duration of the Games.
45. An estimated 260,000 loaves of bread will be eaten by athletes in the Olympic Village.
46. The wavelike roof of the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park is 160m long and 80m wide, giving it a longer span than Heathrow Terminal Five.
47. 4,000 bins will be emptied 336,000 times in the Olympic Park throughout the duration of the Olympics and Paralympics.
48. The London Philharmonic Orchestra took 50 hours to record the individual anthems of all nations competing in the 2012 Games.
49. During the Closing ceremony, three flags are raised; the Greek flag to honour the Games’ birthplace, that of the current host country, and that of the country hosting
the next Games.
50. 5,000 tonnes of sand have been brought to London from Surrey to accommodate the Beach Volleyball event at Horse Guards Parade.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
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Association of Painting Craft Teachers Master Class DVD’s
DVD 001
DVD002
Ron Plumpton
Ron Gordon
Robert Woodland
Black & Gold &
Bluette Marble
Rosso Levanta &
Kerry Red Marble
60 mins
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Top photo is Tim O’Keefe who remarks...
“I try to avoid getting my photo taken, because it
usually results in a cracked lens, I did find one, I hope it
doesn't scare your readers too much”!
Lacewing owned by the late Lord Craigton, was
restored by us and we sold it on behalf of his widow.
Chatterbox III was named after the owners wife, allegedly. We had to put the number in a little badge because he didn't check with the Thames Conservancy
that the name was available before getting it written.
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2012but I am pretty sure that
Lady
is a18
boat
was after Bill had his stroke so he didn't do it for me.
Simon Whitaker. Danny Pinder. Kevin Robinson. Phil Burgess
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