Hallelujah-Work On The Town Hall Starts!

The two pictures that you see below are not the world's most obvious "Before and After" competition(I'm not very good on these, but I think the outside loo and Town Hall Trust Project Manager Gerard Godfrey have disappeared!)-(Ooh and the ladder has moved).

Gerard Gets Stuck In!

Tea-break before the rest goes!

As Chairman Mao said-"The long march starts with a single step" and this was a first step in the refurb of the Town Hall.

You are probably thinking that this looks a little Mickey Mouse and why are we using Gerard rather than a professional contractor and a cast of thousands?  Are they trying to save money?  How long will this take them with one man and his hammer?

Well.....the latest date we have for the arrival of the builders to start work is March 13th-not too far away.

However, there are amazing amounts of administrative bureacracy in working on a listed building and consents were gained many moons ago that required work to start by now or we would be faced with re-applying and further delay.  So our Project Manager gamely swung in to action last week and with permission from Historic Scotland, a scar on the building has been removed and work has started.