Long Room Refurbished
While the Manor was closed to commission the new boilers a group of volunteers led by project director Ray Goodswen and project manager Chris Turner redecorated the Long Room.
Working to a very tight 35 hour deadline more than 20 volunteers stripped wallpaper, vacuumed curtains, refurbished the fireplaces, restored the exposed woodwork, cleaned the chandeliers and repainted the ceiling and woodwork. The work had to be completed before the contractors arrived to hang the new wallpaper.
The touch up after wallpaper hanging was completed ahead of schedule early on Saturday 1 December !
During the week the volunteers used well over 250 litres of paint and ate 56 breakfasts (not each!)
to see photos of the during and after click here
Ray Goodswen, Project Director and Trustee commented "With the help of our volunteers we were able to take this opportunity to completely redecorate the Long Room which is our main public room."
Dick Little, Chairman of the Trustees said "We are grateful to the volunteers for giving up their time to help with this work. Without their expertise and enthusiasm we could not have acheived this wonderful result
I am particularly
grateful to Coral Charles for allowing us to use the funds donated in memory of her late husband Ron, a long time supporter and volunteer himself, to fund this project."
2 December 2007
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