Broadlands Park

We have got four new additions to our growing family!

Four chickens arrived last week, thanks to Elaine, they are rescued chickens from a battery run farm. They are a little threadbare at the moment, but I have been reliably informed that with the correct food & a bit of love they will soon be feathered & beautiful! Ralph made their new house & all the staff are feeding & watering them. They are laying eggs & everyone has had boiled eggs for breakfast!

Elizabeth named them ( we are taking no responsibility for this!)

Sheila, Dotty, Henrietta & Val !!!

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Val & Elaine have tried to replicate a Lyons Tea House

 On Tuesday afternoons at Broadlands Park the  bone china tea sets & cake stands come out, scones with home made jam (made earlier with the clients by Val) cucumber & salmon sandwiches with the crusts cut off are served.

Ralph plays on the keyboard, a chance for a reminiscence session.

With all the good weather the builders are managing to progress well. The new four bedroom extension (on the right of the house) is now up. Behind that three bedrooms are being added. The inside of the house has been gutted, the front hall way has had the double doors bricked up & behind the stairs opened up.

The picture on the right shows where the lift will go & looks through to  the corridor to the old kitchen, it is so difficult to recognise where everything used to be!

This picture shows the roof of the new four bedrooms.

Update on our builing work!

We have moved into our new Dining room , Lounge & kitchen. Lots more room, & no more builders underfoot!  Everywhere is a bit bare!! We will get there, I feel we have to live in the rooms first. Pictures are now on the walls, flowers & plants make it more homely.

First Meal in The Dining Room

Serving our first meal in the Dining Room

Hall Floor

Tiles in the hall, found when the carpet was removed.

Walls going up in the new bedroom extension

Teresa from Boadland House, with the help from staff from Martham & Broadlands Park took 20 clients out on a Broads trip from Potter Heigham.

Enjoying a day on the River

A Big ‘Thank You’ to Broads Tours (Herbert Woods Boat Yard) at Potter Heigham who kindly donated the tour.

  Views on the River

New Windows

New kitchen being installed

We are hopefully moving into our new kitchen, dining room & lounge this weekend. The work is progressing fast!

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The work on the new kitchen, dining room & lounge is progressing well. The roof tiles are now all in place, the scaffolding is coming down this week & the floor is in. David ( the foreman) informs me they should be starting plastering next week. It is all taking shape & as with the bedroom extension  more interesting tasks await me……..looking at carpets, lighting & kitchen design. The height of the ceilings gives a feeling of space & the windows give so much light, it will be a big difference to the dark dining room we had before.  With the better weather we have been able to take avantage of having quiet areas round the side of the bedrooms & although the grass finally grew so did the weeds!!

This is a picture of the new lounge, taken from the front of the house. The three windows are bay windows, making an interesting feature & replicating the two apexs at the front of the main house.

As always we are trying to raise money for activities & outings. Elaine,Hilary & the clients decided on a sponsered knit! Knitting squares for a blanket & being sponsored per square. So far so good!

Elaine, Violet & Laura

Beryl

Celia showing us how it is done!

Violet taking it all seriously.