Saturday 14th April 2012
The Ministry of Defence
no longer require the bungalow at
46a Woodcock Road, Warminster,
as a residence for disabled personnel,
now that new accommodation blocks have been
built at Battlesbury Barracks nearby,
so they have given Kingdown School
(on the opposite side of Woodcock Road)
the use of the bungalow gratis, for educational use.
Danny Howell went along with his camera on the morning of Saturday 14th April 2012, to see Tim Davis use a JCB to remove the old wire mesh fence (which was sadly much the worse for wear) from around the frontage of the property.
A new wooden fence is to be erected in due course.
Some old spindly wych elm bushes were also removed.
Tim Davis may be contacted for Plant Hire at
5 Church Farm Cottages,
Longbridge Deverill, BA12 7DG,
telephone: 7774 225404.
Work in progress.
One of the pair of gates at the entrance to the property.
The 46a sign on the gate.
JCB buckets.
Some of the grubbed out greenery and fence posts.
View from the north-west corner of the property.
The junction of Woodcock Road and the
entrance road to Woodcock Trading estate.
Kingdown School is on the opposite side of
Woodcock Road.
You may just be able to see Nick Trimby,
crossing the road from Kingdown School,
behind the JCB, in this picture.
Nick Trimby asks Tim how the work is progressing.
Nick Trimby, from Kingdown School,
is pleased that the
Ministry Of Defence have allowed Kingdown
the use of the bungalow for free.
Tim said he was due to start the work on Monday
but came today while the students from
Kingdown School
are at home, safely away from the site.
The work has got off to a splendid start.
Tim gets on with the job.
And a good job he was making of it too!
What a wonderful piece of kit the JCB is?
Tim Davis may be contacted for Plant Hire at
5 Church Farm Cottages,
Longbridge Deverill, BA12 7DG,
telephone: 7774 225404.
View across Woodcock Road.
Tim at the controls.
The JCB at work.
View along Woodcock Road.
The gift of the use of the bungalow
for Kingdown School is very good news.