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Bricks build to pounds 48,000.


COLESHILL remediation specialist Code helped raise pounds 48,000 for charity - by selling off 1,500 pieces of history.

The firm swelled coffers for charity after completing the demolition of the former Aston Martin Aston Martin Lagonda Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury performance cars, whose headquarters are at Gaydon, Warwickshire, England. The company name is derived from the Aston Clinton hill climb and one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin.  factory in Newport Pagnell, Bucks.

To celebrate the redevelopment of the historic site by Spring Residential, Code selected 1,500 of the imperial gauge bricks from the factory to be packaged and certified See certification. .

They were then sold and raised pounds 48,000 to generate funds for Cancer Research and for the Willen Hospice, in Milton Keynes Milton Keynes (mĭl`tən kēnz`), town (1991 pop. 36,886) and borough, S central England. Milton Keynes was designated one of the new towns in 1967 to alleviate overpopulation in London. It is the seat of the Open Univ. .

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CRACKING CODE... (from left) Daniella Quinlan of Stratstone Aston Martin, Paul Stanford of Spring Residential and Chris Rawlins of Code with some of the limited edition imperial gauge bricks.
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Publication:Birmingham Mail (England)
Date:Jun 17, 2008
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