Winston, a civil engineer with exceptional skills in re-inforced concrete and bricklaying, joined the Trust in July 1985 and immediately became very involved in the working parties which at that time were working on the huge concrete box culvert just below Lee Farm Lock. This was followed with the restoration of the lock chambers of Lee Farm, Drungewick and Rowly (Lock 17). He also designed and produced new concrete Wey & Arun mileposts, many of which are now installed. Winston will probably be best remembered for his rebuilding, practically from scratch, the bridge at Lordings Flood Gates lock, where the bridge was rebuilt with brick arch in the style of the original Arun Navigation Bridge. We were fortunate in locating an old photo of the original that enabled Winston to design the replacement pretty well exactly as the original. Although the Trust has so far restored some 23 bridges this was the first to be rebuilt from scratch in the original style. Winston constructed the gates for the flood lock, which incidentally he discovered was in fact also a turf sided lock with a fall of just 1ft, in his back garden in Redhill.

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