The Building 1994-1997

Firstly it must be said that both Mr. John Williams (first tenor) and myself Mr. Philip Jones (second bass) and Treasurer have been closely involved with the work done on the building over the last three years.

The two applications presented to the Foundation for the Sports and the Arts £30,000 and that to the Arts Council of Wales £39,412 was compiled by myself in consultation with Mr. John Williams .
We did not always see eye to eye on everything that was being done but I believe that posterity will be the best judge as to the final result of our efforts.
John and I were the prime movers but others in the choir gave of their time and energy in doing quite unrewarding tasks in order to save the choir having to commit an input of cash to the project. This input was regarded by the Arts Council as self help or labour in kind.
This amounted to some £7000 of self help.

Before listing those who should have our thanks it may be instructive to realise the extent of the work carried out since the first grant was obtained.
New Roof and Rendering of East facing wall.........£20,000
New Windows................................................................£6,900
New Kitchen..................................................................£1,300
Complete repointing of building...............................£4,300
Cleaning Stonework.....................................................£2,500
Upgrade electrics..........................................................£7,100
New Windows.................................................................£2.200
New Ceiling....................................................................£1,757
New Seats for Choir......................................................£3,025
Function Furniture......................................................£1,800
Servery...........................................................................£1,000
Other items such as new Kitchen Floor,Upgrade of ladies and Gents Toilets and decorating are difficult to cost exactly since costs overlap.
The total of invoices for the work carried out over these years amount to some £70,057.
£350 was raised from sale of slates,a Donation was made by Mr. C.Rossi from his council allowance and scrap lead was sold for £65.00

Contributions have been made by
Mr. G. Bond of Warmaway in the form of a number of Stained Glass panels.

Mr. B.Palfrey gave of his expertise in tiling the Gents and Ladies Toilets together with the kitchen area free of charge.