<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Hi, not only did the North Kesteven council houses pre-date the Hastoe ones but they (the N. Kesteven houses) were designed and co-built by amazonails now Straw Works Ltd <a href="http://uk-mg42.mail.yahoo.com/neo/www.strawworks.co.uk">www.strawworks.co.uk</a><br>Have a look at their website for current info.<br>Good news though that a housing association has chosen straw.<br>best wishes<br>Eileen<br><div><span><br></span></div><div> </div><div>Eileen Sutherland <br><br>Author: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Changing-Gear-Britain-Bulgaria-ebook/dp/B008216QI4/ref=sr_1_2_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337345436&sr=1-2">#Changing Gear</a><br><a href="" rel="nofollow"><cite><span style="text-decoration:underline;"></span></cite></a></div>  <div>Twitter:  <a rel="nofollow"
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 style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1">  <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Simon Blackbourn <piemanek@gmail.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Strawbale List <strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 30 September 2013, 20:04<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Strawbale] First strawbale social housing in the UK<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>On Mon, 2013-09-30 at 12:15 +0100, Simon Blackbourn wrote:<br>> Just spotted this news story about the first strawbale social housing<br>> in the UK:<br><a href="http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/news/hastoe-strawbale-housing-officially-opened-eric-pickles"
 target="_blank">http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/news/hastoe-strawbale-housing-officially-opened-eric-pickles</a><br><br>Interesting story, thanks, and its description of the houses as the<br>first built by a housing association may well be correct, but your<br>characterisation as the first social housing is not. The straw bale<br>houses built by North Kesteven council fall into that category and<br>predate the Hastoe ones by some years:<br><br><a href="http://www.n-kesteven.gov.uk/nk-straw-houses/106433.article" target="_blank">http://www.n-kesteven.gov.uk/nk-straw-houses/106433.article</a><br><br>Cheers, Dave<br><br>____________________________________________________<br>    European strawbale building discussion list<br><br>Send all messages to:<br><a ymailto="mailto:Strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz" href="mailto:Strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz">Strawbale@amper.ped.muni.cz</a><br><br>Archives, subscription options, etc:<br><a
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