tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27760899691594027692011-09-28T17:34:01.167+01:00Hello this is the blog that will keep you up-to-date on the development of The Link as a Children's CentreCosham Baptisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06831736629784009928noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2776089969159402769.post-62573274501132680262011-02-07T00:28:00.000Z2011-02-07T00:28:39.067Z

next update... the CC officially arrives... coming soon: the artwork arrives...

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After 7 months and 2 days, we finally were able to welcome people in through the new entrance... and in the space of 24 hours over 500 people took the chance to walk through the automatic* doors. 220 for the Crib Service, 100 for the midnight celebration and 240 for Christmas Day. So, here for the first time are pictures without any scaffold, cables, holes or builders! First, one looking up at

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 First up, we have the brilliant work Ian has done in transforming the old tatty weather beaten doors into attractive doors that will give all visitors to the Community Foyer a view into the main worship space... they were painted later on today, after this photo was taken...  Outside the back doors will be a 'terrace' running the width of the building... the weather eventually has turned warm

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 The foyer ceiling... with spaces for the soon to be arriving lights...makes it look so very different  A view from one end of the new Church office... where Jill will be situated...  The front doors... in at last  Looking back from the front doors... now all the plasterboard is on, it looks very different... especially with the bridge there... As you come up the stairs, this will be the view

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The work on the new kitchen has only just begun but it is certainly taking shape...  You can see here the door leading to the Children's Centre. The observant of you will have noticed that there is now no window on the wall above where the radiator now is. The back wall of glass still looks great! A similar picture, but this one includes the boiler room!  A view from the back windows towards

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First of all one from the original view point... on Nov 24th... a month before partial handover of the whole site

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Looking down from the Bridge Link from the balcony to the Youth Pod this is the view you could enjoy looking at the front entrance... it gets better...! Looking the other way from the bridge. The entrance to the disabled toilet and The Link are on the left, the Children's Centre office on the right. Standing in the same place on the bridge. This is the view of the windows that will provide so

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Here we go... more views from in and around the place... First up is one taken as a mistake, but in a strange way I quite like it!Its a view into the Children's centre - at the far end is what will be the toilet! I've asked Fred if there are stairs that come down as it seems these stairs only go up! The Youth pod takes shape too In this photo, you can see the size of the new

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The new kitchen is slowly taking shape... This picture was taken 8 days ago... more changes since, but it gives a sense of the size of the new hatch... Taken much closer to the new hatch... the builder in shot gives the viewer a sense of perspective and just how big this servery will be...

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Afternoon all, time for another update. This one will focus mainly on the new foyer. I realised most of the pictures had concentrated on the main structure, so here we have a few from inside, taking a look around. First of all this is the view through where the old kitchen was. I am taking this photo with a good amount of space (the current foyer) still behind me... so as you can see, it is bog.

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 Greetings all... time for a building development update... First of all, the asbestos has been removed, the remaining steels have been fitted and the entrance is taking shape. As you can see there will be plenty of glass on the front of the entrance.  And similarly from the inside there will be a 'panoramic' view From outside it is now possible to catch a glimpse of how it will look... the

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A view of the entrance way, still slowly coming together.... But I thought we had had enough photos from ground level so for the rest of the shots I went 'upstairs' Taken from outside the lift... this is the view of the roof above the main entrance. You can see it includes two big rooflights to ensure the front part of the foyer is naturally lit as much as possible. Looking towards the front

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Monday saw a fairly large crane arrive...Slowly but surely the steel (which eventually arrived!) was lowered into placeAnd the new front door began to take shape...But then more steel was erected and its not only an impressive door, but the roof that protrudes from the front is truly splendid... prepare to be amazed when you see it yourself!This is a view from inside... makes the foyer even

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From the normal vantage point... just see the flat roof beginning to take shape... lets take a closer look... The foyer as seen when you leave the Children Centre Rooms... the kitchen wall (with the open window) will soon also be demolished to make the foyer even bigger... The scaffolding is all in place for two important parts of the development. a) to extend the existing roof over the hall

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A lot of the work recently has been on the flat roof. Once this is finished and the place is secure, the kitchen walls will be knocked down. Many thanks to all those who helped to clear the kitchen so effectively and efficiently on Monday. For many of us we have wondered how big the new entrance will really be! Well these foundations give us some sort of idea! One final shot... from outside my

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Sort of my normal view, but a bit closer! The scaffolding is going up so that the steels can go in that will support the flat roof over this back part of the foyer. Steels arrive tomorrow! It will keep changing. But please don't go on to the site now - more and more work will be done at height! I love this picture as this is the area that we spent so long trying to keep dry! It also shows the

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Some photos that for the first time really give a sense of the size of the new foyer! The 'end' wall will come the other side of the doors into the Church... a long way away! The view from the kitchen, again a big space, and remember the kitchen will also be moving to create a big space behind too! A view from the 'end' wall, again giving a sense of space and mingling room!

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The CC Room 2 The corridor - with CC rooms on right, shared kitchen off to left The CC office, slowly coming to shape!

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We start off with a picture from the place I said I would stand each week... but as many of you know that has not been possible due to trips to Romania, Yapton and France... But this is what it looks like now... changing fast... The back of the CC rooms are taking shape... The side of the CC rooms, almost finished Inside CC Room 1... window out onto car park and the boards will be the

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I did rotate this but as you can see I don't think it did it! so, if you tilt your head towards your left shoulder then you will be able to see that we have our own air conditioning now in the link!  let's hope it does not rain for a few days !! ps it is now rotated... but now it is stretched! The stairs were not that shallow!

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                                           How it looks from the ramp outside the Chapel fire exit!

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This is the smaller meeting room at the far end of the building

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Work has continued... i have a sense that those three words will be a recurring theme for this blog... Fred is back off holiday next week and will be looking to finish off the work in the back rooms and begin to concentrate on the new foyer very shortly. First picture for you this week is taken from what will be the new exit from the main hall (The Chapel). It gives an idea of the width of the

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Welcome to a new post - a reminder, that if you want to see the blog full size, click on the "Building Work Blog" above and if you want to see a picture full size, simply click on it (works even better if you have opened the blog in its own page)The new corridor has been built. This will provide the emergency escape route from upstairs. But more importantly, during the building work this wall (on

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A shortened week this week with the Bank Holiday. But a quick glance at the 'old beer stores' reveals some noticeable changes... doors have been blocked up, window spaces created, some of the building store areas have been dismantled... Next week Fred and his team hope to put the fire doors in the Church corridor so they can begin work on the temporary Link.... if work is taking place in the

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This post will mainly be pictures... for those of you who never went 'backstage' in The Link, you may not notice many differences. But for those who worked or visited there you will notice a significant lack of walls! The main workshop... where is the tool store or the paint store? From other angle, starting to look much bigger! One of the stores 'opened up', ready for new corridor and fire door

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The walls are falling fast... picture will appear later, but for those that know the beer stores... you won't know them now!

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After weeks and months of planning and preparation the day arrived... and so did a skip, a toilet, some fencing and a sign... But it is a start. Hut arrives today, and the demolition begins Wednesday!

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First of all today, a picture taken from a place I will hopefully be able to stand at least once a week during the building work... This is looking towards the new foyer, with the children's centre behind the bush on the right. The Youth Pod will be straight ahead. As it all starts in 2 days time, today was the final day to do a big clearout of the last 30 years stuff! It included 13 barrels from

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4 days to go... and too much to do! If you can help clear out the rooms ready for Monday then please help! As much help as possible needed on Saturday morning... thanks!

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After buying Uncle Tom's Cabin 9 years ago, spending over 2 years developing the bar, spending another 2 years developing the conference rooms.... we had come to a standstill.... But now, in partnership with the City Council we are delighted that Jorgenson's are about to start work on the final phase. This will involve the final connecting of the two buildings... The result will be:A new

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