Events: March, 2019

Here is a round-up of the events at The Swan during March, 2019.

2nd Mar: Demolition & Stripping

On Saturday 2nd March,the local community turned out again in large numbers to help with the renovation of The Swan. Apart rfom being able to see progress so far, the team stripped wallpaper in the B&B rooms, lifted the vinyl the kitchen, and removed the last of the plaster in the bar area.

Thanks to Doug Seeburg for many of these photos.

30th Mar: Sanding & Clearing

Saturday 30th March was a day to remember. The team were promised sanding and by jove, they got that and more! As well as tackling door frames and windows, there was further stripping activities: this time of the ceilings to get rid of the polystyrene tiles.

Downstairs the team tackled the gents toilet, and also clearing up the bar area which had a lot of debris and also rubble.

Outside the last bits of the planters removed and a general tidy up was done. There were also some tip runs to get rid of the wood pile that was bulding up next to the skip.

There is still lots of preparation work to do before we can start putting the pub back together.

Clearing rubble from the bar area

Lads taking a break in the sun

Usual format for kicking off the sessions

Clearing out the gents toilet

Sanding one of the many door frames

Stripping a bedroom ceiling

Demolishing the gents toilet

Tidying up outside the kitchen

Removing rubble from the bar area

The skip is filling up quickly

A lot of the ground floor is now bare brick

And more sanding ...

Sanding the bannister in the B&B

We are starting to win ...

Dump run

Filling up the van with wood

And more stripping ...

Finishing off what was a planter

30th Mar: The Skangsters

The Skangsters played The Old Court in Windsor on the evening of Saturday 30th March. Over 150 people attended the gig. They sang and danced along to some real classic tracks. The Skangsters have donated approximately £500 to the restoration of The Swan. A huge thanks guys!

A couple of The Swan Supporters - Adrian Chojnacki and Martin Payne - have taken some videos for us so you can get a feel for the gig. Just click on the photo to be taken to a video on Facebook.

Madness - Night boat to Cairo

The Specials - Monkey Man

And some more photos recently received.