Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Day two was all about skimming and plastering the ceiling in the smallest room in the house. This involved the removal of the light fitting as a temporary measure. The smallest room was too dark for photography so you will have to wait for the next instalment to see the progress made.
2 Comments CherryPie on Dec 14th 2016
Day one nearly didn’t happen! Mr C was working from home and by mid morning there were no signs of activity, not even a phone call.
Mr C phoned me up to vent his frustration. He had sent an email to the fittings department because he had no phone number for them. I was quite insistent that he phone the showroom number and talk to someone in person. He took my advice and was advised that the previous job was behind schedule and that the work would commence tomorrow. This would have been OK if we had been notified there was a problem, these things happen and we could have scheduled our days at home accordingly.
Mr C told them this was not acceptable and the reasons why. After the conversation two men turned up to remove the old fittings from the smallest room in the house and the hallway, un-paving the way for the craftsman to start working his magic the day after.
PS: In the hallway photos you will notice the new front door as mentioned in my previous post. The old door although relatively new had become defective, it had warped allowing wind and cold air to blow in through the gaps.
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2016
I probably should have warned you that sunglasses were needed for the before shots of the smallest room in the house. This decor is the previous owners handiwork, I quite liked it when we moved in but a change has long been overdue.
Tiling the hallway has been in the planning stage for some time. This project involved the tiles continuing into the downstairs cloakroom leading to the sensible option of changing the downstairs toilet and sink at the same time.
Due to the dark nights I have been unable to take a decent photo of the hallway before the work started to take place. I have found photos from some time ago that also shows the old front door which we have also recently had replaced.
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 12th 2016
Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.
Winston Churchill
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Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2016
Comments Off CherryPie on Dec 10th 2016
At the side of the organ in the south transept [of the Church of St Cross], traces of wall paintings in a tomb recess are the last remains of what was once an altar to St Thomas of Canterbury, the martyred archbishop. A nearby door was where travellers coming from the continent to Canterbury arrived. It would also have been the point of departure for crusaders. Knights of St John would spend their last night praying here before embarking at Southampton for the Holy Land.*
*From the Pitkin guide to The Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty
Comments Off CherryPie on Dec 9th 2016
… ‘a Norman cathedral in miniature’
Simon Jenkins, England’s Thousand Best ChurchesThe fine Norman church is all that remains of the original 12th century Hospital. Building began in 1135 at the east end with the north porch added nearly 200 years later. The walls are over one metre thick and built from stone brought from as far afield as Caen (in Normandy), Dorset and the Isle of Wight, as well as some flint taken from the local chalk pits.
On a column on the north aisle is carved the cross of St Cross. In the window nearest to the eastern side of the north transept, the stone surround is strangely angled. Sunlight from the window falls on the cross only on 3rd May (the day in the church calendar of the Invention of the Cross) and 14th September (Holy Cross Day).
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 8th 2016
