WAR MEMORIAL IMPROVEMENTS

At last, work started in late March and hopefully is well on the way to completion. External as well as internal scaffolding was needed for access to carry out the work of replacing the entire roof with new material and an access panel so in the future any maintenance work can be carried out more easily. New floors are being installed where the damp had made the old ones unsafe and a new ladder put in place. All this before the clock workings can be re-installed and started again! As this is a listed building, all work and materials have to be of specific standards which adds to the cost and is the reason why we have been able to secure some financial assistance from the War Memorials Trust. Council must put substantial funds to this as the grant is a percentage funding. This grant could be reduced by any amounts raised so to make best use of the very generous donations and funds voluntarily raised by our townspeople, which is magnificent, their money will be used primarily to fund other improvements such as the pointing of the steps and new electricals within the tower before being applied to the larger project. We hope this refurbishment will last for many years and we now have a CCTV camera focused on the area to hopefully deter anti-social behaviour which caused the damage which necessitated these repairs.