In the midst of death there is life
Demolishing The 1st Eye Scout Hut, Wellington Road, Eye, Suffolk - 11th May 2013
The Eye Scout Hut - a pre-fab built in the Silver Jubilee year of 1977 and with an intended lifespan of ten years - has definitely reached the end of the road, some 25 years after it probably should have been replaced. Despite being in use until recently, it looks in about as good condition as some of the unrestored 1940s huts at Bletchley Park, which is to say it's pretty decrepit. Anyway, after several years of fund raising, there's enough cash in the kitty to build a suitable replacement. So to make an event of it, the "decomissioning" of the hut is marked with a mini Fete, and some token demolition takes place as a queue forms in order to smash up a store room and knock down a bit of breezeblock wall.
next album: The BBs at Wingfield, and More Garage Destruction, Suffolk and London - 11th May 2013
previous album: Bank Holiday Flowers, Brome, Suffolk - 6th May 2013
New building on Wellington Road
A new house goes up, just down the road
The virtually-derelict interior of the Scout hut
Tired curtains, and tables with junk on
The store room
Store room, and discarded fire extinguishers
'Please wipe you feet' sign on the door
The hut's corridor
Milling around outside
A paper model of the replacement is on display
Gov's dad is on hand to video the occasion
A metal shelf is carried out
Andy P gets some water in the un-fitted kitchen
The bogs
More fire extinguishers
Andy carries a bowl of water out
The back of the scout hut
The side of the hut
Peeling paint on the emergency exit
The front of the hut
The outside Fete
Andy P gets the 'local news' treatment
A queue of demolishers forms
Carrie mans the 'pick a straw' lucky dip
Carrie hands a bag of cans over
The demolishers are keen to get in
Meanwhile, there's a bonfire round the back
A boy fans the bonfire
A bonfire scene
One boy leaves with a smashed drawer
The toilet is vacant
Fred roams around
The queue starts going in
Fred does some gurning
The internal door finally comes off
The door is hurled on the bonfire
Thumbs up for the fire
The fire really gets going
An opportunist makes off with the guttering
Carrie surveys the destruction
The damage is surveyed
A trail of destruction, and a lump hammer
The remains of the store room
A small pile of debris
The curtains have gone now
A crowd builds up by the fire
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In the midst of death there is life
In the midst of death there is life
New building on Wellington Road
A new house goes up, just down the road
The virtually-derelict interior of the Scout hut
Tired curtains, and tables with junk on
The store room
Store room, and discarded fire extinguishers
'Please wipe you feet' sign on the door
The hut's corridor
Milling around outside
A paper model of the replacement is on display
Gov's dad is on hand to video the occasion
A metal shelf is carried out
Andy P gets some water in the un-fitted kitchen
The bogs
More fire extinguishers
Andy carries a bowl of water out
The back of the scout hut
The side of the hut
Peeling paint on the emergency exit
The front of the hut
The outside Fete
Andy P gets the 'local news' treatment
A queue of demolishers forms
Carrie mans the 'pick a straw' lucky dip
Carrie hands a bag of cans over
The demolishers are keen to get in
Meanwhile, there's a bonfire round the back
A boy fans the bonfire
A bonfire scene
One boy leaves with a smashed drawer
The toilet is vacant
Fred roams around
The queue starts going in
Fred does some gurning
The internal door finally comes off
The door is hurled on the bonfire
Thumbs up for the fire
The fire really gets going
An opportunist makes off with the guttering
Carrie surveys the destruction
The damage is surveyed
A trail of destruction, and a lump hammer
The remains of the store room
A small pile of debris
The curtains have gone now
A crowd builds up by the fire