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Martyn Lemon

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Pleased to report that the remedial work has begun on the floor. The collapse has been caused by a water leak under the floor. This has washed away some of the piers that supported the floor joists. The piers were made of clay lump and brick, a common practice way back when.  Interesting point is that written on one of the joists  is the name “D Bone” anyone recognise that name? Maybe he was a local tradesman?

Further updates and pics to follow.

 



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Martyn Lemon via Webstation

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This is the joist with the message in pencil. ‘ All the best to you all . D Bone 1961. Age 31 . Laid water pipe '.

Village Hall Joist by spoonerrow, on Flickr



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Andy

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Was he insured !!!



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Jade knights

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I think it may well have benn Denny Bond as he lived at number 5 School Lane and he was a plumber for  the council for many years.



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Karen

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Denny (didn't know his surname) told me that he moved into No.5 School Lane back in 1947 when the council houses were first built.



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Martyn Lemon

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Further update.......The name is BOND and not Bone as previously stated. Now it can be seem quite clearly.Does anyone know if this gentleman is still with us? He would be 88 - 89 years old now.



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Karen

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I think he passed away just after the turn of the century circa. 2003?

Was it a radiator pipe that leaked as a whole new heating system with a new boiler was installed in 2001 as part of the village hall refurbishment?



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Anonymous

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Denny is longer with us however his son Adrian Bond lives in wymondham.



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Anonymous

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This is a really nice piece of Spooner Row social history.   Well done !



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Martyn Lemon via Webstation

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The hall progresses with all the main claylump piers removed. We await soil test, then the work can begin on rebuilding the piers in block and brick. Then hopefully we can get our new floor down.”

We will have exciting news on the committee room soon,  so keep watching for more information!

 

Village Hall floor 1 by spoonerrow, on Flickr

 

Village Hall floor 2 by spoonerrow, on Flickr



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Martyn Lemon via Webstation

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The hall floor is progressing....with new footings needing to be dug out to a depth of 1.5 metres. Water table has been a problem in places, heavy manual work digging out wet clay. It may not look like it, but we are on schedule!

Village Hall Floor 3 by spoonerrow, on Flickr

 



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Anonymous

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This just goes to show how high the water table is in Spooner Row and its damage to buildings even long-standing buildings such as the village hall. It is very worrying that the default for Spooner Row is to keep building lots of new dwellings which is storing up future horrendous flooding problems - as if we haven't got enough flooding problems in the village now.

Well done to the Village Hall team for keeping us updated on the floor repairs. Hope its all good soon.

 



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Martyn Lemon via Webstation

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The new footings being pumped in...we are getting there!

Village Hall footings by spoonerrow, on Flickr



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Martyn Lemon via Webstation

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The new piers are taking shape to take the floor joists

Village Hall new piers by spoonerrow, on Flickr



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Martyn Lemon via Webstation

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We are getting there! That’s the sub floor laid....the new floor is quietly acclimatising in the righthand corner.

Village Hall sub floor by spoonerrow, on Flickr



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Martyn Lemon via Webstation

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The new floor .....taking shape now. About two weeks to go!

Village Hall new floor1 by spoonerrow, on Flickr

Village Hall new floor2 by spoonerrow, on Flickr



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