Tue 18th Oct 2022 at 6:45pm
Bromley Report written by Mark Gilyead (he/him)
A creepy task tonight, perfect for the run up to Halloween...
Four of us met at the Bridge House and ran to meet up with Nelson and Carla at Crystal Palace Museum. John from the museum's trust was our guide for the evening, telling us lots of interesting facts about the old Crystal Palace as we cracked on with our task.
Chunky Trunky
We've been clearing out the water tower for a few months now, starting off with some chopped up trees, then lots of ivy and now we're onto the gnarly job of getting rid of the soil, roots and a seriously big tree trunk which is all sat on top of the concrete base.
Our main target for the evening was to clear the area around the trunk so that someone with a chainsaw can come in and finish the job. Nelson took the lead with hacking off one of the huge roots, Ian and Nick were excavating the area around the trunk, Stephen was snipping and yanking down ivy vines and Carla was forensically digging up loose soil and roots.
It was like an archaeological dig! The photos we took looked like they could be snapshots from Time Team... except they'd have no blur from better cameras... 🙄
After a solid 45 minutes at it, we called it a day. Feel free to come back on Saturday if you can't get enough!
Tue 18th Oct 2022 at 6:45pm
Clear up this heritage space for use by the museum
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Sat 15th Oct 2022 at 10:00am
Bromley Report written by Mark Gilyead (he/him)
It was a lovely sunny morning for a bit of GoodGyming! We met at Crystal Palace Museum to help clear out the water tower which will hopefully soon be turned into an accessible and exciting addition to the museum. It's currently full of ivy, soil, rubble and tree roots which needed removing.
Shout out to Amber and Nelson for joining us for their first GG sessions! 🔥
Armed with shovels, a pick axe, a shopping basket and a bunch of buckets, we cracked on.
🌱 Carla was with pulling up ivy and weeds and found a tiny baby shoe!
🪓 Nelson was smashing some thick roots to pieces with the pick axe.
✂️ Amber and I were snipping out chunks of rooty soil for....
🍂 Cat to sieve through with the shopping basket!
John from the museum trust told us interesting facts about the tower's history and an hour absolutely shot by. Luckily we've got a few more sessions in the diary to continue the job but we made some really good progress today!
Nice one guys 👌
Mon 17th Oct 2022 at 7:38am
It was a great way to kick-start the weekend. Looking forward to carrying on with this task on Tuesday!
Sat 15th Oct 2022 at 10:00am
Removing soil so the water tower can become part of the museum!
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