After four and a half fantastic years, I am saying a very fond farewell to C20. I’ve loved being a C20 caseworker – it’s a job that is demanding but hugely rewarding.

As a caseworker, I’ve travelled all across the UK to visit 20^th-century buildings and advise on their conservation. I’ve worked on some of the best and most celebrated buildings in the country, including the remarkable 1930s Streamline Moderne De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex; the Modernist Isokon Building in London; the Smithdon School in Hunstanton, Norfolk, an icon of ‘New Brutalism’; and the fantastically robust post-war architecture of London’s Southbank and Barbican estate.

I’ve experienced these buildings in every light and from every angle; I’ve been out on site in the sun, rain and snow, have felt my way through dark basements and clambered up ladders on to rooftops. I’ve got to know these buildings intimately and in a way that few people are able to do.

I’ve also got to know less famous, but no less fantastic, buildings. I’ve worked on a historic early 20^th-century eel, pie & mash shop in London; a rare collection of interwar timber rollercoasters at Blackpool Pleasure Beach; an unassuming shed-like timber sauna in a field in Kent once used by athletes in the 1948 London Olympics; and a ‘space age’ 1970s domed leisure centre in Swindon.

Thanks to the generosity of a C20 supporter, I was given the opportunity to travel to the US to participate in the Getty’s International Course on the Conservation of Modern Heritage. It was an amazing experience and taught me a huge amount about the conservation of 20^th-century buildings in an international context.

I have celebrated some wins at C20 I’ll always be proud of. Particularly memorable was stopping the demolition of 10 Dorchester Drive, a beautiful 1930s Art Deco house in south London. With support from the local authority and local preservation trust, we got the house listed and saved from the bulldozer. Another big win for me personally was listing the Morris Hall, an interwar public meeting place and home of the Labour Party in my home town, Shrewsbury.

The wins were naturally accompanied by some big losses, which were keenly felt by everyone at C20. These are a painful reminder that 20^th-century heritage is too often undervalued and under-protected and that we need organisations like C20 to defend these buildings.

I will continue to advocate for 20^th-century buildings and sites in my new role as a Heritage Consultant at Purcell which I begin in mid-April.

I have been lucky to work with some brilliant and passionate people while at C20 including C20’s dedicated team of staff, trustees, volunteers and members. I will miss everyone at C20 very much, but will keep in touch as a friend and supporter.