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Planning permission for the Sports Hall at BRGS was granted on Thursday 2nd September 2004 and demolition on the site started on Saturday 23rd September 2004.

 

 

 


Students using the facility for the very first time! 4th January 2006.


Year 9 students queue to use the Sports Hall for the very first time on Wednesday 4th January 2006. Year 9 raised the most money for the Sports Hall through organising various fundraising initiatives.
Photos of the Sports Hall flooring and the changing facilities. January 2006


Photos of the Sports Hall after the Official Opening on the 31st October and prior to the installation of the sports hall flooring.


NOVEMBER 2005


AUGUST 2005


 

JUNE 2005

Back of Sports Hall Our Site Manager! Brickwork progressing Brickwork progressing
 
Our hard-working construction workers! Sports Hall section & front of building Brickwork nearly reaching the roof!

End of May 2005
Continuing with the brickwork...


Laying the floor and preparing for the stairs to be dropped in...

May 2005

See the roof go up...

See the first brickwork...


The floors are added...





15th April 2005
Currently, the huge steel framework of our new sports hall can be seen!





29th March 2005


24th March 2005


Steel frame is constructed

21st March 2005


Preparing for arrival of steel


Gabion retaining
wall

Lift Shaft


Steel arrives...




Crane for steel


Crane for steel









Friday 25th February 2005

Friday 18th February 2005

Friday 11th February 2005










On Monday 6th December 2004, the High Sheriff of Lancashire, Gail Stanley, took part in a ceremony to mark the start of the Sports Hall building. Alan Torevell, Chairman of the BRGS Sports Hall Appeal Committee, Neville Cormack OBE, Chairman of the BRGS Governors' Building Committee, David Kenworthy, Managing Director of Wardens Builders (the building contractors), and other members of the Sports Hall Appeal Committee attended the ceremony. BRGS students Jessica Brown, Alex Maxwell, Thomas Kershaw and Michael Hindle are pictured.


Photographs taken on Monday 1st November 2004 after demolition of the workshop next to the steps to the top yard and the Art Block.


Photographs taken on a rainy Friday 22nd October 2004 prior to demolition of the 'old boys' toilets' which more recently was the workshop for the caretaking staff.


Photographs taken in Summer 2004 (before any building work began) of the steps leading up to the top yard and a view of the top yard looking towards the gym and dining room.



Choose another article:
Initial Proposals and Plans for a Sports Hall
Who was in the Sports Hall Committee?
Diary of fundraising activities and events May-July 2005
Sports Hall Construction Progress Summer 2004- January 2006
- view a photo diary of the building being constructed
HRH The Earl of Wessex opens the Sports Hall - October 2005
"Sports Hall target reached!"
Sports Hall Open day - January 2006
Supporters of the Sports Hall visited BRGS to have a look at our new facilities.
Official opening indoor cricket facilities by Peter Martin - March 2006

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