When we rejuvenated Hazel we ended up with a lot of semi decayed wood. This we kept, with the idea of turning it all into saleable craft items. I gave a lot of fragments of Hazel's old bottom to people to paint, but got very few back. Some had lovely castle designs painted on them by the late Anne Riley and Maxine Bailey. Sadly, Anne is no longer with us and Maxine has eye problems so isn't painting any more.
A lot of the wood has been cut down to handy sized chunks with one face sanded ready for painting. What hasn't yet been processed is stored on top of the containers at Knowl St. These containers are now leaking badly. They are going to be covered by some curtainside lorry sheets kindly donated by Tautliners of Newcastle under Lyne. Over the last few weeks I've been gradually shifting the wood to make way for this. i didn't do it when Dave was there as he worried that I'd come through the roof of his workshop.
Today was a lovely cold sunny wintry day, This mornings Hazel trip was cancelled at the last minute so I headed over to Stalybridge to complete the woodshifting job. It's now done and we have to devise a way of getting those heavy PVC sheets up on to the roof.
I'm determined that these pieces of historic but semi decayed wood will eventually be turned into things of beauty. Any budding upcyclers out there who would like to help please get in touch.
