Restoration - Week 12

3 months of work now done at the ground and slowly making a difference to the overall appearance of this much maligned old sporting arena. Weather cleared this week allowing us to get a good 12 hours of graft in and returfed the 'kop' area, cleaned more of the SW corner pitch wall as the

Council lads continued clearing the South enclosure area. Following a discussion with their bosses however the next section at the East End of the park was deemed unsafe to work on, so CPL will now move on to clear this section ourselves.

But it is by far the worst part of the remaining terracing, with the concrete gone and trees now growing through the missing terracing. But it is vital to restore what is left and realign the cornerstones to then infill the missing concrete with red blaes in the meantime and remove the moss, trees, bushes, weeds and dirt that has eaten this terrace away over the last 50 years.

But undeterred by the mammoth task ahead we ploughed in to the clearing work with shovels and buckets and already have cleared a 6 foot section behind the pitch wall as well as cleaning this section of the wall with wire brushes. We also removed 12 small trees and branches from the front terrace but it is difficult and unpleasant work as each terrace is covered in broken glass, beer cans and bottles from years of anti-social behaviour here.