This is an on-going, largely preventive conservation project for this extremely rare scheme of late 15th or early 16th century wall paintings. The programme of monitoring and treatment, as required, follows an episode of historic water damage which had resulted in flaking and delamination of the paint layers.

Conservation treatment and removal of severe mould infestation of a large 19th century family portrait belonging to a private collection in Wales

Conservation/restoration of the oil painting ‘White Bud’ by H F Lucas Lucas, dated 1923. The painting had not been varnished. There were numerous brown coloured mouldy spots and a white haze over the paint layer. There were several scratches, abrasions and lacunae. The tension in the canvas had slackened. A small dent was present. The back of the canvas was very grimy. Five of the eight wedges were missing. The wedges were not secured. One wedge had broken off and the remnant sits in the corner hole. The painting had been separated from its frame but the frame was present. The frame was grimy and mouldy. There are inscriptions of the provenance of the painting and the horse at the back of the canvas.

Peppers' jacket was bought into the Repair Shop by owner and trainer Neil Powell. The jacket and collar belonged to Pepper, a much-loved border collie who qualified as a search and rescue dog at just 18 months old. Pepper helped rescue a young German boy, who had been missing for over 36 hours in terrible weather as well as being part of the team of heroic dogs involved in the Lockerbie bombing disaster rescue.

Green velvet coat decorated with embroidered gold braid and cord creating swirling patterns down the sleeves and front of the coat. From the images it appears that the coat may have an interlining which may have been used to take the weight of the embroidery. Lined with a rust-coloured lining.

This banner was too large to take out of the church so had to be worked on inside. It was a very peaceful experience. I met a variety of people as they passed thorough the church gates and walked and chatted along the path. I picked up little snippets of everyday life. Little timebombs of conversations.

One of the many altar frontals created in 1984 by Jane Lemon. Sarum Group of Embroiderers.

Beige cotton with hand painted/printing depicting three characters surrounded with a decorative boarder. Multi coloured: pink, blue, green, yellow, brown, black, white, red, To mount in preparation for framing

A textile flag from the 1948 London Olympics. Screen printed acrylic paint media over a white wool ground with painted/printed black line drawing of London. The Olympic rings, blue, yellow, green, black and red. Wording painted in red and black reading – XIV OLYMPIAD LONDON 1948

Faience, tiling, sculptural ceramics in the foyer and stairways at Morecambe Winter Gardens Following the conservation and restoration work carried out on the mosaic floors completed in December 2023 we then turned our attention to architectural ceramics decorating the walls, ceilings and stairways. The majority of the work took place from mid February to April 2024 the work was finalised in October.