Day 138: Hurrah! Time for our sand conversation!

It’s probably a good day for the sand to arrive and the floor screeded so it can set over the weekend. Reporter Katriona Ormiston from the Oxford Mail has turned up just in time to get a quick look inside the centre, but we were given two minutes only for a...

Day 137: Still uncovering the past

Unfortunately, we still can’t have that cheery conversation about the sand, so meanwhile work goes on outside, where Graham has been uncovering more of Dean Court’s past: and Nick gets rid of the covering layers: And this won’t give you much of an...

Day 136: Something to talk about

This forlorn green tarpaulin is awaiting a new pile of sand, and I hope it arrives soon so that I will have a cheery remark with which to start my conversation of a morning.  Then Gordon will be able to respond with a cheery remark of his own and we’ll get a...

Day 134: Cluttons’ Dean Court Day of Action

I love the idea of a CSR Day.  It stands for Corporate Social Responsibility, and it is on such days that employees of an up-market firm like Cluttons come down and get their hands dirty mucking in doing voluntary work on community projects like ours. So while the...

Day 133: Things that go below the surface

The next time you see this pile of sand (except that you won’t really see it), It will be part of the screed that goes over the bituminous damp-proofing and levels the floor of the building. And this is a piece of history making a fleeting appearance to remind...