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LOTTERY money is to fund the public purchase of the Warwick Healey Motor
Company Archive, it has been announced today, Tuesday.
Warwickshire County Council has been successful in its bid for =C2=A351,300
to help buy the collection and also create a new archive featuring an oral
history collection of memories from former employees and those with family
connections to the company.
In addition, ten schools will help Heritage and Culture Warwickshire pilot
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) workshops engaging
children with the engineering and technological know-how behind the Healey
brand.
The lottery money was the final piece needed to purchase the collection
which included funding from the PRISM fund (Preservation of Industrial and
Scientific Material), Friends of National Libraries, King Henry VIII Trust
Warwick, Head 4 Healeys Ltd, Friends of Warwickshire County Record Office,
Warwickshire Industrial Archaeology Society and a number of generous
private donations.
The fundraising campaign was also promoted in the January-February edition
of the *Austin-Healey*magazine, a magazine produced by the Austin Healey
Club USA (AHCUS), which has members is 29 countries and almost every state
in America.
It will now take pride of place amongst Warwickshire=E2=80=99s valued archi=
ve
collections at Warwickshire County Record Office.
Once the project is complete the collection will be available to anyone
wishing to use it for research and will stand as a permanent legacy to the
achievement and ingenuity of the Healey family in Warwick, the birthplace
of the company.
The Healey Motor Company was founded in 1945 by Donald Healey, a successful
car designer and rally driver. It was based in an old aircraft components
factory off Millers Road in Warwick.
It produced two-seater sports cars until 1953 when Mr Healey began a
partnership with the British Motor Corporation to produce cars under the
Austin-Healey marque and then West Bromwich-based Jensen.
The company archives consists of 20 large boxes of material, including
unique, early R&D designs, business records, printed material and
correspondence of the company=E2=80=99s involvement in motor racing and tes=
t
results for land speed records. There are also numerous photographs of
various Healey models including action shots and celebrities.
It was put up for sale at a cost of =C2=A3120,000 by the grandchildren of t=
he
car company=E2=80=99s founder, Donald Healey.
Cllr Jeff Clarke, Warwickshire County Council=E2=80=99s Portfolio holder fo=
r
Heritage and Environment, said: =E2=80=9CWe are thrilled to have received t=
he
support of the Heritage Lottery Fund.
=E2=80=9CThe project reminds us all of Warwickshire=E2=80=99s proud manufac=
turing and
motoring heritage and that Warwickshire is a great place to do business.
=E2=80=9CI am confident the project will support young people to develop ne=
w skills
and an interest in their local heritage.=E2=80=99
Cllr Philip Johnson, chairman of the council=E2=80=99s Communities Overview=
&
Scrutiny Committee, added: =E2=80=9D How fitting that the Healey archive sh=
ould
find a home in the town where the early models were conceived and built.
The company made an important contribution to the identity of post-war
Warwick with its Cape Road works and showrooms in Coten End=E2=80=9D
There will be some Healey cars on display at a Vintage Fair at St John=E2=
=80=99s
House, Warwick, on Sunday, 10th April, from 11am to 4pm.
Entry is free, with stalls, a vintage hair stylist as well as archivists
from Warwickshire County Record Office and a glimpse of some treasures from
the Warwick Healey Motor Company Archive.
Source:
http://www.stratford-herald.com/49712-lottery-windfall-secures-healey-motor=
-company-archive.html
Rick Neville
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><p class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';fon=
t-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">LOTTERY mon=
ey is to fund the public purchase of the Warwick Healey Motor Company Archi=
ve, it has been announced today, Tuesday.<span id=3D"more-49712"></span></p=
><p class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line=
-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">Warwickshire County Council=
has been successful in its bid for =C2=A351,300 to=C2=A0help buy=C2=A0the =
collection and also create a new archive featuring an oral history collecti=
on of memories from former employees and those with family connections to t=
he company.</p><p class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-=
size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">In addition, =
ten=C2=A0schools will help Heritage and Culture Warwickshire pilot STEM (Sc=
ience, Technology, Engineering and Maths) workshops engaging children with =
the engineering and technological know-how behind the Healey brand.=C2=A0<s=
pan class=3D""><br></span><br>The lottery money was the final piece needed =
to purchase the collection which included funding from the PRISM fund (Pres=
ervation of Industrial and Scientific Material), Friends of National Librar=
ies, King Henry VIII Trust Warwick, Head 4 Healeys Ltd, Friends of Warwicks=
hire County Record Office, Warwickshire Industrial Archaeology Society and =
a number of generous private donations.</p><p class=3D"" style=3D"font-fami=
ly:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margi=
n-bottom:26px">The fundraising campaign was also promoted in the January-Fe=
bruary edition of the=C2=A0<em>Austin-Healey</em>magazine, a magazine produ=
ced by the Austin Healey Club USA (AHCUS), which has members is 29 countrie=
s and almost every state in America.</p><p class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:=
'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-b=
ottom:26px">It will now take pride of place amongst Warwickshire=E2=80=99s =
valued archive collections at Warwickshire County Record Office.</p><p clas=
s=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:=
26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">Once the project is complete the co=
llection will be available to anyone wishing to use it for research and wil=
l stand as a permanent legacy to the achievement and ingenuity of the Heale=
y family in Warwick, the birthplace of the company.</p><p class=3D"" style=
=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-=
top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">The Healey Motor Company was founded in 1945 by=
Donald Healey, a successful car designer and rally driver. It was based in=
an old aircraft components factory off Millers Road in Warwick.</p><p clas=
s=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:=
26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">It produced two-seater sports cars =
until 1953 when Mr Healey began a partnership with the British Motor Corpor=
ation to produce cars under the Austin-Healey marque and then West Bromwich=
-based Jensen.</p><p class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';fo=
nt-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px"><span clas=
s=3D"">The company archives=C2=A0consists of 20 large boxes of material, in=
cluding unique, early R&D designs, business records, printed material a=
nd correspondence of the company=E2=80=99s involvement in motor racing and =
test results for land speed records. There are also numerous photographs of=
various Healey models including action shots and celebrities.=C2=A0</span>=
</p><p class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;l=
ine-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">It was=C2=A0<span class=
=3D"">put up for sale at a cost of =C2=A3120,000 by the grandchildren of th=
e car company=E2=80=99s founder, Donald Healey.</span></p><p class=3D"" sty=
le=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margi=
n-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">Cllr Jeff Clarke, Warwickshire County Council=
=E2=80=99s Portfolio holder for Heritage and Environment, said: =E2=80=9CWe=
are thrilled to have received the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund.</p=
><p class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line=
-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">=E2=80=9CThe project remind=
s us all of Warwickshire=E2=80=99s proud manufacturing and motoring heritag=
e and that Warwickshire is a great place to do business.</p><p class=3D"" s=
tyle=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:26px;mar=
gin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">=E2=80=9CI am confident the project will su=
pport young people to develop new skills and an interest in their local her=
itage.=E2=80=99<span class=3D""><br></span><br>Cllr Philip Johnson, chairma=
n of the council=E2=80=99s Communities Overview & Scrutiny Committee, a=
dded: =E2=80=9D How fitting that the Healey archive should find a home in t=
he town where the early models were conceived and built. The company made a=
n important contribution to the identity of post-war Warwick with its Cape =
Road works and showrooms in Coten End=E2=80=9D=C2=A0<span class=3D""><br></=
span><br>There will be some Healey cars on display at a Vintage Fair at St =
John=E2=80=99s House, Warwick, on Sunday, 10th April, from 11am to 4pm.</p>=
<p class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line-=
height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">Entry is free, with stalls, =
a vintage hair stylist as well as archivists from Warwickshire County Recor=
d Office and a glimpse of some treasures from the Warwick Healey Motor Comp=
any Archive.</p><p class=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font=
-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">Source: =C2=
=A0<a href=3D"http://www.stratford-herald.com/49712-lottery-windfall-secure=
s-healey-motor-company-archive.html">http://www.stratford-herald.com/49712-=
lottery-windfall-secures-healey-motor-company-archive.html</a></p><p class=
=3D"" style=3D"font-family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:2=
6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px"><br></p><p class=3D"" style=3D"font-=
family:'Open Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;m=
argin-bottom:26px">Rick Neville</p></div>
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