September 2007
Cleaning the bottom station gate
Gate looks smart now
We took some time off to watch the balloons
Mike made a good job of the complicated curve of the top station handrail
Had time to play lego- making a simple water powered model
Lego model mark 2, with a little girl getting to grips with first principles on open day
Lord Mayor Royston Griffey came to visit us on open day
Julia and other CHIS committee members manned a stand
August 2007
Maggie’s relaxed weeding
Nicky weeding steps
Guy’s extreme weeding of top station
using the cable wheels to anchor the ropes
sweeping the window sills after
happy at his work!
Michael tackling bottom station weeds
Guy’s extreme weeding of bottom station
July 2007
Our youngest volunteer Sarah, daughter of Jason
top water tank from above
putting in acros
tank floor very sound
clack valve in bottom water tank, tank full of dry rotten wood
pulling it out took three in the tank, three above with a rope
out at last
thimble filter
putting acros in bottom tank
out in the air again, lots of volunteers to do handrails while sun shines
June 2007
Peter Davey leading one of the many group trips
A visitor showing his meccano model
group going down
group in the refuge area
May 2007
Maggies model, top station was complicated
Maggie taking model into the top station
Daves model worked happily all day on open day
Daves model worked happily all day on open day
Alan and Mike reminiscing in their ARP kit
Maggie and Mike operating the siren on the lookout point
Wartime searchlight lights up the suspension bridge
the youngest ARP visitor
Sir George White double decker doing three point turn, Jerry’s Pierce Arrow and Lanchester watching
April 2007
Leah piecing porcelain from under the ledges
Ed, Rod and Lisa happily reorganising the boards
son Michael piecing together the signs, more letters than words
Michael and Lisa piecing together the signs
Quite a selection
Michael N piecing together the signs
another sign
Alan and Dave organising the bottles
March 2007
Maggie has been making a sectional model since Christmas
moved it into frontroom from the garage
top station took much head scratching with all the levels
Dave started to make a model too
so did John!
February 2007
found a second water chute in bottom station (can see three now)
found two sight glass tubes in water chute area
Dominic in tight space clearing water chutes
childrens spectacles under ledges
Maggie clearing and searching under ledges
The windows on battom facade needed props, so Mike to the rescue
January 2007
BBC refreshment area before clearance of rotton wood ceiling
BBC refreshment area after clearance
full skip
Malago colliery bricks used in construction of bottom station
searching under ledges
The bottom shelter is shelter 3!