Come and see the Skills Centre over the next weekend of 29th 30th September…
Ahead of the 1,000 Years of Traditional Craft event at Lincoln castle Jools Robert Woodhead’s poet in residence at the Castle has written her latest instalment– Close To Completion
You remain barricaded, protected, demanding no entry
With permission, I am privileged to witness your growth
Evolving, with consideration, to almost completion
Awaiting historic, future, trained skill to unfold
Lincoln Crown Court, in session, dutifully presiding
Keeping construction quiet for criminal calm
Woodhead’s teamwork, craftsmanship and innovation
Ensuring Considerate Construction brings relationships no harm
A team-building buffet lunch brought all corners together
Construction workers, castle staff and court of law
All would work valiantly, for history, together
Creating practical monument, as never before
Money raised on this journey for our vital Air Ambulance
Funding for this working attraction, gratefully secured
Lincolnshire County Council, East Midlands Development
The European Regional Development Fund
Rob Green, award-winning architect of conservational colour
Peter Winson, site manager with a wall of awards
Past and present nominations for accomplished excellence
Dedicated to achievement of essential points scored
Sympathetic to historic, commanding environment
Minimal south facing studio heating and glass
Illuminated generously by north facing reflection
Thick walled heat exchange system, achieving high thermal mass
A lawned roof, subservient, to further eco-friendliness
State of the art lime and hemp panels and dry stonewalls
Glulam beams, layered wood for support of load-baring pressure
Second fix at the point where decorators will be called
Three weeks from this moment, this interior will be shining
Scaffolding, toolboxes, exposed wiring, gone
Machines in place as specialized workshops reach completion
Bringing craftsmen to the centre of where they belong
External landscaping will be ready, no problem
By a dedicated, hard-hatted team of friendly smiles
But not a single skip has, or will leave this building site
Only burning, reclamation and recycling piles
Skills will migrate from Cathedral workshops to Heritage Centre
Master craftsman and apprentice, working side by side
People will come to observe essential skills, not dying
Required at churches and cathedrals, far and wide
Jools