These young men are pupils of Looe Secondary Modern School posing in front of war time gun stations
at Hannafore, West Looe on September 8, 1947. The picture, taken by Donald ‘Scotty’ Graham, was
brought in by Peter Davey of Bedfordshire. Pictured are: (back row, left to right): Peter Davey, David
Holland, Barry ‘Oakers’ Pengelly; (middle row) Paul Martin, John Hunkin, David Cook, Kenneth Bowen;
(front row) Barry Geach, Peter Fenlon, Roy Richardson and Roger Hoskin.
Picture from the past
Restore to glory
Greenwood
Nick has been restoring antiques for inches. It had a dozen drawers down
most of his working life, some damage each side and a storage tunnel running
Restoration
being minor such as water marks or through the middle for suitcases etc.
scratches, others have arrived in a Along with this a 10 foot library table
variety of conditions. was made in oak with ‘rippled oak’
Est 1947 A Grandfather clock arrived in pig meal
cross banding, ‘very rare indeed,’
• Bespoke furniture made to order
sacks, fortunately the owner had put
said Nick.
every piece into the sack and a full
• Design service available
His own furniture ideas have
restoration was achieved. Other pieces
incorporated struts in the chairs to
have been stored in a barn where
reduce stress on the joints when
pigeons roosted. This was for a
AFTER customer in the Orkney Islands.
tipped on its back legs.
Most people seeing the furniture said
Medieval domed roof construction has
Nick would have put the items on the
gone into making the legs of a circular
fire but with a lot of hard work they
table. This has a centre post with
were all brought back to fine working
curved struts forming the legs (see
order. The customer was, to say the
photo below). Nick plans to make one
least, extremely surprised with
from locally grown and seasoned sweet
the end result.
chestnut with an oil finish that resists
heat quite well.
Of late Nick has been asked to make
BEFORE
some bespoke furniture. A customer To view Nick’s work visit the website
needed a bed that had a 2m high www.greenwoodrestoration.co.uk
headboard with a mattress height of 42 and enjoy!
Antique furniture sympathetically restored
~ french polishing
~ furniture made to customers individual design
~ furniture repaired and re-polished
Visit our website
www.greenwoodrestoration.co.uk
Tel: 01503 220179
Mob: 07882 902773
Where quality counts!
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