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for a weekend of renovating, while the villagers
watched with approval as the old school started
to breathe with new life.
“We heard stories of children walking for
miles across the fields to school, barefoot in
summer and with rags tied round their feet in
winter,” said Andrew. “Their soaking rags
would be dried round a stove during lessons
ready for the long journey home again.”
Lucy had slightly more protection on her feet
when she literally stamped on the ceiling in
hob-nail boots to knock it through, but Andrew
had no protection when he took a
sledgehammer to the front wall which was on
the verge of collapse.
“It keeled over without much effort,” said
Andrew. “Unfortunately, we broke every rule in
the book along the way. We couldn’t afford
scaffolding so we borrowed pallets and stacked
them on top of one another to create a stand.
On the first day I fell off and twisted my thumb.”
So while Lucy continued to take the rest of
the wall out, Andrew sat on the tarmac for the
next two weeks, chipping mortar off the bricks
with one hand.
The challenge was how they were going to
rebuild the wall for a reasonable cost.
“We had a few quotes which were very steep,
then one man called in on his way to church to
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