Tubes, Pipes and other such things.

Last Saturday's 'Festive Trumpets' Concert was, by all accounts, a success. The sounds from Mark and Hedley's trumpets filled the space around us ; yet never strident or overbearing, and the performance of Faure's Cantique dueting with the violins was truly beautiful. Once more KH showed its worth as a performance space. Afterwards the hall downstairs fairly buzzed with a happy audience enjoying cake and coffee.

An atmospheric view of the Organ Pipes in the tower

The week following the trumpets seems to have been full of pipes and tubes of differing types. At KH we had to deal with an old leak in a cast-iron heating pipe and also the gas supply pipes under the Hall Floor. The October School Holiday week gave us a few extra time slots when the upheaval and lack of heating wouldn't affect anyone greatly. The various sets of workmen have been able to complete everything before the Weekend which is of course when we ourselves want to use the Church. Thus it's been a week of early starts again for me, except for one where my own bronchial and nasal tube blockage meant that others kindly opened up the Church on my behalf (Thanks again I and H)

So we have heating,

we have the Church
and we have the Organ and its Music.

All is now ready for the people.

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Staircase to Heaven

A friend mentioned The Scaffold's Greatest Hits, the musical analogy continues. Even more Scaffold has arrived. and when I visited on Thursday the men were very busy constructing a ----- Staircase to Heaven! No kidding, the front scaffolding towers are not tied in to the walls so the strengthening and buttressing supports have meant that the Contractors are able to build a Staircase and not just use ladders. Very secure it looks too, So eventually the Fabric Team will don their PPE and scale the heights. The Structural Engineer has also inspected and has declared that he is very happy with the Works Progress. Today the Concrete arrives which will be poured into the new big hole, which will form the foundation for Truss 3 N. Gosh it's all go this week.

August Garden Parties

At KH there has been a tradition of having a Garden Party (or parties!) to allow members and friends to come together at the appropriate time to carry out essential works in the garden grounds. Yesterday was one of those days, and the rain did stop and the sun did come out! Firstly, many thanks to those who turned out and contributed their time and energy, and special thanks to Ann Shill for the yummy sandwiches. Our youngest labourer took great delight in sowing the seeds of the Wildflower Meadow, showing great interest in the different sizes and colours of seed, while Mum raked and prepared the ground! Office-bound workers enjoyed their blisters (I hope) proof of their hard work - and a chance for my new First Aid Kit to be used. And what was very pleasant was being able to actually do a little proper gardening apart from just the hard work of cutting grass and hedges! New gardeners were surprised at just how extensive the grounds actually are. Alas; because of Parked c...

Hidden Treasures!

Guess Where? Any answers? I'll post later. For now enjoy. Oh! and the work is still continuing on schedule.

KHPC Fabric Team

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