The steel frame work goes up


was purchased to aid the cutting of all the steel, particularly the mitre joints. Several saw blades later I had a rather large pile of steel which needed welding together in various ways to fabricate the frame work and panels. Something which I could not, as yet do. After blowing several fuses and turning many welding rods into cork screws, I begun to get the hang of it, practising on the many off cuts I had lying around. Once welded, they all had to be marked out and drilled, pop marked for identification, holes tapped out where necessary and painted. It sounds so simple when put like that. After the walls were finished, the outsides were rendered and a roof fitted. The inside could now be fitted


22 BIRD SCENE


out with the internal flight doors and the inside cages made and mounted. The steel work had to be erected, so once again, around came my brother, and up went the majority of the framework. Once the mesh was fitted to the panels they could also be mounted, and eventually, the building site started to look like an aviary. It took best part of 2 years to build the major aspects and ready it for occupants – actually this happened flight by flight. Only last year having completed it enough to have all 4 flights occupied – Rohan will be 4 this summer. I have spent many hours in the making of what my wife calls Azkaban, but all the more satisfying for me when I look out the window


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