Winter Sports - Football
It was a horrible, horrible time and, without doubt, the worst thing I have ever faced in my career
Nathan’s previous employer, HAC, scene of his worst experience
His role at the HAC brought mixed emotions. During the aftermath of the 7th July 2005 bombings on the London transport system, the Artillery Garden was used as a temporary mortuary. “At the time, we were well into the cricket
season and someone came up to me and said that the cricket won’t be played today, because something is going to be happening. The bombs had already gone off - then all of a sudden, fork lifts came in and started churning all the grass up. Everything just came to a halt and, within twenty-four
hours, we had a 4.5 acre site covered in marquees.” "It was a horrible, horrible time and, without doubt, the worst thing I have ever faced in my career. Once the mortuary went, the contamination levels were extreme, so they then dismantled everything and it needed a complete renovation of the ground. We had to wait another six months before it was in use again; it was a massive challenge.” Nathan had the added pressure of bringing the estates back up to an excellent standard
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“Bringing it back for the Queen’s
Presentation of Colours was an extremely high point in my career. She was very appreciative that her grass was looking really nice and she made a lovely comment about the great job the groundsmen had done.” With the Queen’s compliment as another
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