When I was about 15 my brother -in-law undertook to create a rockery for my parents in our Tillingham St garden. He was a fireman when they did a 24 hour on shift and 24 off and like many of the fellow fireman he worked a "fiddle" or part-time job on his rest days, in his case a gardener.
A few cubic yards of soil were delivered and I keenly waited on the rocks to arrive. He told me that he had bought the stone work from the people who were demolishing one of the older buildings in Moor St.
I thought our rockery would incorporate stone gryphons and fancy corbels. To my disappointment when it arrived it had been reduced to just normal type rocks. It looked alright on completion but just an everyday job.
Tillingham St. has gone and those bits of Moor St have gone with it.
Cheers Tim.
A few cubic yards of soil were delivered and I keenly waited on the rocks to arrive. He told me that he had bought the stone work from the people who were demolishing one of the older buildings in Moor St.
I thought our rockery would incorporate stone gryphons and fancy corbels. To my disappointment when it arrived it had been reduced to just normal type rocks. It looked alright on completion but just an everyday job.
Tillingham St. has gone and those bits of Moor St have gone with it.
Cheers Tim.