by priscillawaugh | Jun 3, 2013 | Articles
Over the weekend thieves entered the site and stole the timbers we had been saving for planters. May we ask anyone who overlooks the site to please keep an eye out for anyone entering the site outside working hours and to phone the police if they see anything? Theft...
by priscillawaugh | May 31, 2013 | Articles
As Graham picks away at the old foundations on the north side, Gordon seems to be giving advice (I’m making this up because I like a good story) and in the time-honoured tradition of peace-maker, Nick puts the kettle on (No, they’re not always having...
by priscillawaugh | May 30, 2013 | Articles
As the block foundations go in for the outside east wall, I was caught with a tape measure, trying to work out where the brickwork began. But now I know. A skin of bricks goes on top of the outside layer of concrete blocks. Inside that comes the insulation, and...
by priscillawaugh | May 29, 2013 | Articles
With the arrival of more men on site today and more materials, the pace inevitably speeds up – although I note I am still not invited to help. Reference to the master plan is constant. And the team work so fast that in a few minutes those piles of blocks will...
by priscillawaugh | May 28, 2013 | Articles
On a day like this, working in steady rain as materials arrive and concrete is being poured, I suspect that Gordon and Graham won’t agree with me that there is nothing quite so exciting as seeing a building going up. But the concrete was there at about 6.30...
by priscillawaugh | May 24, 2013 | Articles
Spurning my offers of help, the G-men have been hacking out doorways. Here, we are standing in the Youth Room on the eastern wing, looking north through a new doorway into the corridor. The loos will be on our right, with a store room and an extra little activity...
