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SUNDAY 15 JULY
As you can see, it's pretty empty now. Most of the chairs have gone. The grand piano will make its exit on Tuesday morning. The lower Tower Room has filled up nicely with an assortment of miscellaneous items, cheek by jowl with the trolley for circular tables, the rectangular table trolley, the cupboard for glasses, the Homerton Children's Centre cupboard and the FoodCycle cupboard. One of the first jobs on Monday morning will be to clean the pillars and the stonework surrounding the east window. The middle photograph shows a test carried out last week. What a difference!
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The next job will be to disconnect the organ console (pictured left) and take it into temporary storage. Ultimately it will be positioned under the organ pipes (right) - which makes a great deal of sense. Repositioning the console will also free up space in the main body of the hall. Then the pews will be taken out. Eight of them are of good quality oak. Four of the eight are being retained and will be incorporated into the refurbished hall. The other four have been sold. The remaining pews are a combination of plywood and softwood with few, if any, redeeming features. They too have been sold.
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Once the pews have been taken out, the dais (it's hardly a stage) in front of the terra cotta wall will be removed to create a level floor. All the floorboards will be taken up and the sloping floor leading to the east end will be levelled. At the same time the floor of the existing side chapel will be lowered to the same level as the rest of the hall. Eventually there will be a stage under the east window. In other words there will be options for services, concerts and performances. The aim of redevelopment is to create greater flexibility while retaining the distinct character of this unique space.
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John Quysner, 15/07/2012 |
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