Chapter 4: Taking it apart · 10 November 2011

Demolition of the southern wall

Demolition

I’ve got to say, although the auditorium was always up for demolition, and the conservation people said it didn’t add anything to the area, I did feel a little sad that we were destroying part of a building that served the community so well. I know what we’re doing will improve things dramatically now, it was empty and ugly and falling apart, but I don’t like destroying history.

We’ll keep as much of the building as we can practically, while building a new family home.