From Simonsway. The Science Block is mostly rubble . . . .
The bulldozers go in! |
| By 25th October 2010 very serious demolition was in progress. I managed to arrange a final (and closely supervised) look round. This was to be the last occasion on which any Old Poundswickian would set foot on the site; from then on it was strictly demolition workers only. |
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From Simonsway. The Science Block is mostly rubble . . . . |
 . . . . thanks to machines like this one. |
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The main entrance. Hutch would have a job parking his car here now. |
 The first floor corridor looking towards the Library and the top of the 'Staff Only' staircase. |
 The back of the main block (photo taken from the 'new' teaching block). Plasterboard, ceiling materials and all manner of rubbish have been thrown out onto the garden. |
 The back of the main block again, with the main hall on the right. |
 Yes, it's the gym block |
 The gym block again, with the old woodwork / metalwork shops on the right. Note the windows in the old shower rooms. These were converted into classrooms when it was decided that children no longer needed physical exercise. |
 Demolition of the dining hall extension, with the original dining hall behind it. The as-yet undamaged room at first floor level is the Library. |
I would like to thank Joanna Gray of Balfour Beatty for accompanying me on this visit, and also for kindly arranging a tour of the M.E.A. |
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