by priscillawaugh | Jun 11, 2013 | Articles
. . . but are having well-earned break after some darned fine bricklaying. So here is how it was looking this morning at the front of the building: And at the children’s room on the eastern wing. Meanwhile, Nick is carting the gravel to fill the drain trenches...
by priscillawaugh | Jun 10, 2013 | Articles
Once the concrete has been poured, the full size of the new Children’s Room is apparent. This will be a lovely, light room opening out on to a sunny little courtyard just across the public footpath from the playground. The space up the side will lead straight...
by priscillawaugh | Jun 7, 2013 | Articles
“It should be more interesting from next week,” says Gordon, “When we’ve finished with the drainage.” But call me obsessive if you like (you won’t be the first) it is really interesting seeing the basics of how a building is...
by priscillawaugh | Jun 6, 2013 | Articles
Photographer Steve Wheeler of the Oxford Mail has been down to the site today to get an idea about what the stolen timbers look like. Fortunately, there was just one left, but to see what it looks like (apart from a piece of wood) you’ll have to watch out for...
by priscillawaugh | Jun 5, 2013 | Articles
I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies . . . Poetry is one thing to bring comfort to a would-be builder who has just been ticked off by...
by priscillawaugh | Jun 4, 2013 | Articles
In fact, even more sombre – maybe because it was hard to sleep for wondering what kind of low life would steal from a project specifically designed to be of benefit to the whole community. The proposed wildflower planters would have given a new lease of life...
