Acknowledgements
HCO is hugely indebted to the Royal Society and British Association Millennium Awards Scheme and Banbury Charities for funding this project.
Additional support has generously been given by a number of companies and organisations in the form of funding, time, labour, materials and equipment.
- P.R. Alcock & Sons Ltd
- Betgate Structures Ltd
- J.P. Charles & Sons Ltd
- Cherry & Son Ltd
- Cherwell District Council
- Entrepose Industrial Services
- Hallet and Silbermann
- Humphris & Sons
- Hybrid Arts (Leamington Spa)
- Joseph Ash Galvanizers (Telford)
- Raleigh International
- Smiths' Concrete (Banbury) Ltd
- Charles & Dave Darrow (Canada)
- Aurora Bearing Company (USA)
The following individuals have been particularly involved in the project:
- John, Chris and David Alcock of P.R. Alcocks
- Sue Baxter
- David Briley of Betgate Structures Ltd
- Syb Briley
- Tony Burbage
- Stella Carr, Tim, Cornelia and Hester Ellis of Hybrid Arts
- Steve Cattley and Adam Kent of Joseph Ash Galvanizers
- David Chowne of P.R. Alcocks
- Les Clarke
- Nigel Curtis
- John Eldred of Smiths' Concrete Ltd
- Rex Edwards
- Paul Grant
- Chris Humphris
- Mick Jakeman
- John Murphy
- Sarah Ormrod
- Dr Gillian Pearce
- David Peachey
- Joyce Porritt
- Ann Reay
- Sarah Randell
- Dave Rose
- Roger Solesbury of P.R. Alcocks
- Ian Smith
- Robin Swinbourne
- Steven and Jayne Taylor
- Jean-Yves Thin of Entrepose Industrial Services
- John Wall
- Mike Whitecross
- Sylvia Youngjohns
Many others have kindly offered advice or lent a hand along the way.
Thanks especially to Ryan Townsend and Agincourt Technologies Ltd for the initial support and hosting of this website.