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The rafters of the corridor roof, which is to be flat, had been nailed on. We left the north wing and walked across to the south wing where we watched the concrete mixer for some time. The material they used in the mixer was shingle, sand and cement mixed with water. When the mixer was empty a man turned a wheel and the container turned over to where two men had filled a scoop with sand, cement and shingle. General Progress This shot into the container and a small tank filled with water was emptied inot Most of the labourers were on the south the mixer. On Friday work ceased owing to wing, some more window frames had been the continual rain. erected in the central hall. More girders arrived from Dawnays but 19-6-1939 Eighteenth Week they were made in Middlesbrough. One of the windows in the basement has had glass The rafters to the woodwork room and boys put in it. cloakroom had been completed but the greatest improvement was on the central 12-6-1939 Seventeenth Week hall where the spaces between the windows had been built in. Last week the window When we visited the building on frames were propped up. Wednesday, we noticed that the walls were When we visited the basement the stairs much higher and the classrooms in the were dark and eerie because no lights had south wing had been started. We were able been laid in that section. to walk through the building for the first time. Entering the building we walked along the corridor and turned left into the library, where we noticed that the walls were going to be plastered because there were ‘keys’ or cuts in the bricks. We walked along the corridor to the central hall which we were told had seating accommodation for four hundred people. We also noticed two two emergency doors on the north side of the hall. Next we entered the craft room which is one and a half times the size of an ordinary classroom. This room will be used for needlework and drawing. Over the boys cloak room iron girders had been built in. The walls of the gymnasium had nearly been completed. We next entered the woodwork room which had a small room at one end for metal work. Here the iron trusses had been built in and the roof timbers, which measured 4” x 2”, were in position. 9