by priscillawaugh | May 15, 2013 | Articles
The trench for the western extension footings seems to have been satisfactorily achieved and attention has turned to the eastern wing. This will be a slightly larger version of the old Social Club lounge: extended by 1m towards the eastern boundary and opening out to...
by priscillawaugh | May 14, 2013 | Articles
. . . and hoping that the drain runs are buried deep enough to be unaffected by the machinery digging for the foundations. This would be catastrophic from the building team’s point of view, because a collapsed drain is something they don’t want to have to...
by priscillawaugh | May 13, 2013 | Articles
Today the digging started for the footings for the new western extension. This will eliminate the “No-man’s Land” outside the Youth Room and the old toilets. Building out to the boundary will give adjoining houses on Pinnocks Way a tidy brick wall...
by priscillawaugh | May 10, 2013 | Articles
I know I tend to wind people up with the boring little mantra that a tidy site / bedroom / workplace is a happy one. It is clear, though, that Gordon knows how to run a site. Mind you, neighbour Mokbal, proprietor of the excellent Bangla Kitchen in Elms Rise has...
by priscillawaugh | May 9, 2013 | Articles
Meetings before the final plans were agreed had considered the possibility of bringing the whole floor up to the level of the old dance floor, but this would have meant adjusting lintels of doorways throughout the building and would have been a major expense. The big...
by priscillawaugh | May 8, 2013 | Articles
Today the lump from the old dance floor is being disposed of. This could be a sad moment for some of the older residents as the raised dance floor will have been quite a special feature of the old Dean Court Social Club. The new floor will be all on one level,...
