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A CENTURY SURVEYED - The History of ACES2
Section 1 Introduction 3
Section 2 ACES 4
1986/87 - Remo Verrico 41987/88 - Alan Darg 61988/89 - Richard
Miller 71989/90 - Jack Simpson 81990/91 - Roy Gregory 91991/92 -
Iain MacDonald 111993/94 - Alan Powell 121994/95 - Colin Bradford
131995/96 - Derek Rowell 171996/97 - Ted Hartill 181997/98 - John
Arnold 191998/99 - Charles Coats 201999/00 - John Morris 212000/01
- Alun Jones 232001/02 - Jill Bungay 252002/03 - Malcolm MacAskill
272003/04 - Malcolm Dawes 282004/05 - Richard Allen 292005/06 -
Betty Albon 302006/07 - Ian Hay 312007/08 - Jim Ross 32An Insider’s
Overview- Tim Foster 34An Outsider’s Overview- James Grierson
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Section 3 Artefacts 42
Section 4 CLAVA 53
The Origins - Charles Coats 531983 - Kenwyn Brown 531986 - John
Cook 54From CLAVA to LAVA to ACES - Bert Marshall 56Plus Fours and
Trilby Hats - Henry Tate 59
Section 5 ALAVES 70
1963 & 1973 - Ken Blessley 701975 - Geoffrey Brigham 711985
- Arthur Tindall 72
Section 6 CLAVA - The Bailey History 73
Section 7 ALAVES - The Blessley History 93
Section 8 Presidents 133
Section 9 Publications 135
Rationale 135Titles 135Promotion 136Per Annum 136The Terrier
139Asset 159Professional Papers - Annual Meetings 168Frequent
Contributors 170ACES Award for Excellence 171
Section 10 Website 173
Development of the ACES website 173
Section 11 Photographs 175
Meetings 175Branches 181
Contents A CEnTuRy SuRVEyED
A CENTURY SURVEYED - The History of ACES Section 1 - Foreword
3
ACES was formed by the amalgamation of two predecessor bodies,
namely CLAVA, the County Land Agents and Valuers Association and
ALAVES, the Association of Local Authority Valuers and Estates
Surveyors. With the advent in 2008 of the centenary of the
formation of CLAVA, the elder of our two founder associations, the
ACES Council decided that the occasion should be marked by
producing a history of ACES and of the two predecessor bodies.
Source material for the two predecessor bodies turned out to be
very straightforward. In 1977 Ken Blessley (of whom much more,
later in this tome) had produced the first edition of a very
thorough history of ALAVES and he subsequently extended this to
cover the period up to the time of amalgamation in 1986. On the
CLAVA side, Donald Bailey had in 1983 produced a similarly
comprehensive history of the first seventy five years of that
body.
With the ALAVES and CLAVA stories already very well covered,
that left us to consider how to deal with the ACES story since
amalgamation. There was little confidence within ACES that we could
match the level of detailed information, personal continuity and
insight shown by Messrs Bailey and Blessley. The strategy which
then emerged from the ACES Council was to build a compendium
history by asking every former president to give us personal
reminiscences of his or her year
in office. Bob Perry of Cornwall Council, then our Junior
Vice-President, took responsibility for contacting and cajoling the
past-presidents and I was given the task of compiling the
reminiscences and other material into a single publication, a job
which I was delighted to take on because it was for me a very
appropriate way to mark the end of an eleven year stint as the ACES
Editor.
One unexpected yet delightful by-product of the exercise has
been the emergence of an old scrapbook of photographs of CLAVA
meetings extending over several decades. These fascinating
photographs encouraged me to include a much greater visual content
alongside the text-based reminiscences, lists and tables which
would otherwise have made up the entire document.
Finally, on behalf of the Association, I would like to record
our thanks to the British Property Federation whose generous
financial support has assisted the publication of “A Century
Surveyed”.
Colin Bradford FRICS President 1994/95 and
ACES Editor 1998-2009
Section 1 InTRODuCTIOn
British Property FederationI have never known a time in my
professional career when the public estate is under such scrutiny,
whether it be in making best use of assets, in managing
them efficiently, or as exemplars of sustainability policy. It
is therefore so important to have ACES, from a background of 100
years of experience and yet also with a clear eye to the future,
able to provide the professional support that allows its members to
network, share best practice, learn and rise to the challenges that
we are all encountering, private and public sector alike.
It is therefore such an honour to be able to celebrate with you
your first century. What a proud moment to be able to look back on
the achievements of our forefathers to literally keep our nation
going or rebuild it after the last war
for example, or put it back on its feet after natural disasters
strike. ACES is indeed a fitting name.
Most of our contact with ACES in recent times has been in
relation to good leasing practice and we much appreciate the
support your members have given to ensure that good practice is
being followed, particularly with regard to small businesses
leasing business space, ensuring they are entering such contracts
with some knowledge of what they are doing.
This book is indeed a splendid way to celebrate such an
important birthday. What comes across is not only the sheer
professionalism of your members, but the fun that has been had
along the way. May I offer wholehearted congratulations on behalf
of the British Property Federation.
Rupert Clarke President, British Property Federation
Section 1Introduction