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An advertisement for Vitrolite by the British Vitrolite Company from the Architectural Review in March 1937. Woodhall Garage in Calverley had a primrose Vitrolite front with green Vitrolite stripes and a black Vitrolite plinth. Source : The long reign of Vitrolite in the Institute of Historic Building Conservations (IHBCs) Context 177, published in September 2023, written by Katriona Byrne, a conservation officer by profession, course director of the MA and postgrad programmes in conservation of the historic environment at Birmingham City University. https://ihbconline.co.uk/cont_arch/?p=1452 Not for re-use.
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