Work is underway to restore Moulsford Church’s roof and spire, and the spire will be topped with a weather cock for the first time in many years. – Vintage Photograph

Description

Local roofers J. W. Gray and Son are reshingling the roof of Moulsford Church with cedar-wood shingles and replacing the old oak shingles as part of Phase One of Operation Overcoat. The spire will be topped with a weather cock, paid for by an anonymous parishioner, for the first time in many years since the last one became delapidated and disappeared. The renovation of the spire is expected to cost about 250, and Phase Two of the scheme, which includes repairs to the roof of the church, will be carried out in the next few years and will be more expensive. To raise funds to meet the expenses of the project, an appeal for funds is set to launch in around six weeks and a preliminary, local appeal to “buy” a shingle for the spire at half-a-crown each has already raised 20.Local roofers J. W. Gray and Son are reshingling the roof of Moulsford Church with cedar-wood shingles and replacing the old oak shingles as part of Phase One of Operation Overcoat. The spire will be topped with a weather cock, paid for by an anonymous parishioner, for the first time in many years since the last one became delapidated and disappeared. The renovation of the spire is expected to cost about 250, and Phase Two of the scheme, which includes repairs to the roof of the church, will be carried out in the next few years and will be more expensive. To raise funds to meet the expenses of the project, an appeal for funds is set to launch in around six weeks and a preliminary, local appeal to “buy” a shingle for the spire at half-a-crown each has already raised 20.

Dimensions: 16.2 x 20.6 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04877202

IMPORTANT! WHEN BUYING PHOTOS FROM US:
All the original vintage images are sold without watermarks.
All our press photos are LIMITED ARCHIVE ORIGINALS – they are not reprints or digital prints produced by us. We sell them in the same conditions they were given to us by the archives.
SEE the BACKSIDE OF the PHOTO – many times the image for sale will present stamps, dates and other publication details – these marks attest and increase the value of the press photos.
Since the photos are old press photograps they may have scratches, lines or other wears of time, which just underlines the authenticity and age of the photos.
What you will buy from us has a true historical value and authenticity. All these old photos have a story to tell and come from reliable sources.
In the past, the photos were often parts of series or were mass produced by the archives. Nowadays, their number is decimed – many were destroyed by time, use or natural disasters. Few were preserved and are nowadays carefully stored in our archives.

OCR computer generated text:

2×512″

————-

Church is reshingled Phase one of Operation Overcoat, a scheme to make Moulsford Church weather- roof, is the reshingling under way here. The work consists of replac- ing the old oak shingles with cedar-wood shingles, and is being done by J. W. Gray and Son. For the first time in many years the spire wil be topped with a weather cock, paid for by an anonymous parishioner. The last weather- cock was removed when it became seriously delapidated, and it has since disappeared. The renovation of the spire 16 MAY 1963 f will cost about 250, but phase two of the scheme, the t repairs to the roof of the church, which will be carried C out within the next few years, a is expected to be considerably more expensive. i 7 To boost the maintenance F fund to a point where it will t not be completely used up, b an appeal for funds is to be t launched in about six weeks. A preliminary, local appeal a made last week-end for r parishioners to “buy” a a shingle for the spire at half- a-crown each has already brought in 20. 16 MAY 1963