Video about the Architectural Heritage Fund - Featuring George Street Chapel

On 23rd Feb Lisa Thompson filmed at George Street Chapel for inclusion in a film she was making for the Architectural Heritage Fund to describe the grants administered by them, in particular the specific grants sponsored by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Challenge Fund and English Heritage.
We posted a record of the filming day on our blog on 10th Oct - Filming a Filming - but click on the link here to see the finished video for the AHF.

The Architectural Heritage Fund video 

Rebuilding the Organ

The pipe organ was rebuilt in January 2014, but there was a lot more work to complete within the building after that. On 19th August we held a small choir practice with the Age UK Oldham Choir when the organ was played by Les Garner. The sound recording will be used in the introductory video to be shown to visitors, and it is used as the background music to video recorded of the pipe organ being rebuilt last January.

The choir sang two hymns, 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' and 'Breath on Me, Breath of God'
The tune to 'Breath on Me, Breath of God', Trentham, was composed by Robert Jackson organist at St Peters Church, Oldham. There is a portrait of Robert Jackson (1842-1914) in Gallery Oldham.

Video of Drone and George Street Interactors

A short video shot by Andrew Fielding, recording part of the filming carried out by Lisa Thomson at GSC for the Architectural Heritage Fund on 23 September, 2014. It features the George Street Interactors and a drone camera flown by Louis Carraz.

The film is to be used by the Architectural Heritage Fund to demonstrate the work carried out at the four buildings that received support from the first grants awarded by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Challenge Fund supported by English Heritage and the Architectural Heritage Fund.

Age UK Oldham received £100,000 from the fund to match fund the HLF grant, allowing our works to proceed.

Draft View of the Evolution of the Chapel

I simple model has been created to help draft out the evolution of the chapel, which will help to direct the introductory movie and the interpretation of the chapel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de3GqUp2JDs&feature=youtu.be

Interpretation - Draft Movie

No physical work at the chapel again today, but all through the program there has been work going on in the background to interpret the history of the chapel. Some of that work has been to bring you a daily diary of the physical building works through this Blog and the Friends of George Street Facebook page.

There has been steady work carried out uncover more documentary evidence about the chapel, its tenants and those who worshipped there - and to pull together all the information to create an introductory video for visitors to the chapel and an accompanying book.

A draft of the movie is available for a short time on Youtube - click the link to be taken there. If it is not working it is because the video has expired and time for comments has passed. The video was edited to take into account comments. Revised version no won line until 7 March, 2014.

The video is being created by Julian Baum and Claire Lavall at Take 27 and researchers Andrew and Annelise Fielding with substantial support provided by the photographs of Peter Langley and the documentary research of Gail and Roy Lees. The link is to an 8 minute draft video so we can see all the sections we need to include and get the pace and content right. Already we can see that the movie needs to be extended to about 10 minutes.

There will be additional pictures and a narration over the top. There will be a book which will contain everything in greater detail, telling the story of construction, life, worship, decay and restoration at George Street Chapel.

Please have a look at this draft and pass back any comments you might have.

I know this is difficult as it is not finished and you may not have a complete a knowledge of the chapel and its history. However I am sure you realise that the movie can only be a snapshot of the chapel's 200 years life and those who lived and worshipped there - encapsulated in 10 minutes.

There will be two other shorter sections as stand alone movies to cover the cellar dwellings and worship in the chapel 

The link will only be online for two days, as it is only work in progress and we would not want it to be widely circulated. It is a means to getting to the finished movie.

Please email Andrew Fielding with any comments you may have and say that you saw the draft via this Blog site.    To    aandafieldingltd@gmail.com 

Day 162 - FOGS Visit Organ Restoration

Week 34 - Day 162
Friends of George Street made a visit to David Wood, organ builders today to take a look at the completed organ restoration. Well, at least the musical side of the restoration. The casework still needs decisions to be made about whether it will be stained or painted, and decisions also need to be taken about how the facade pipes will be re-painted and decorated to reconstruct the original decorative scheme.

David Wood, organ builder, Huddersfield
 describes one of the metal pipes to Friends of George Street.

YOUTUBE Video of restoration and tuning work

Visit by Friends of George Street

There was a visit to the chapel today by the Friends of George Street with some staff and trustees of Age UK Oldham. The group was escorted around the building works by site supervisor Ian

Tour of building works at George Street Chapel for the
Friends of George Street.

A View from the Roof of George Street Chapel - the video

Day 115 - Video of Roofers

Week 24 - Day 115
Video uploaded to our Youtube site shows the start of work to fix all the slates in place.

By today the George Street side of the roof is almost completed.

Update on Restoration of the George Street Chapel Pipe Organ - July 2013

Yvonne Lee, CEO Oldham Age Concern and Maggie Hurley, Community Development Officer visit David Wood Organ Builders on 3rd July to see how the restoration was going of the pipe organ from George Street Chapel.

Day 90 - Stone Gutters being Lifted into Position

Week 20 - Day 90
The individual stone blocks that will form the gutters to the front and rear elevation are beginning to look as if they will carry away the rain water. The gutter will be lined with a sheet of lead to make it waterproof, but first they have to be lined up accurately. Each is made to fit in the correct place and has been numbered accordingly.
The lewis chains and lewis holes seen being used in the video sequence have been used by stone masons from Roman times to lift heavy pieces of stone into position.

Video Update of Restoration Works - to Friday 7 June

A tour of the chapel, starting at the chimneys and roof and moving down through the chapel to the cellar to look at the stage of restoration reached by Friday, 7th June.

Vist to GSC by FOGS

A special Study Day for the Friends of George Street included a special tour of the building site  today.
Project Manager and Site Manager, Mike and Ian, took the FOGS around the site explaining the work that had been done so far and what was going to happen as work proceeded to fulfil Age UK Oldham plans.
The value of the tented enclosure was clearly demonstrated as we walked about on the roof scaffolding in the dry and safely despite the rain outside.
To see a video of the visit click here.

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Site induction and safety talk.
Issuing of hard hats and high viz jackets. 

In the basement cellar, walking on the recently poured concrete floor.

The main chapel floor with the temporary floor above.

In the amongst the roof trusses standing on the temporary work floor.

The roof, looking at where a new stone gutter will be made and fitted
to replace the cast iron gutter which had been used to replace
original stone one, on the George Street elevation.

Video of Preparatory Works between Feb and April 2013

This video shows the works completed to the end of April to remove all the damaged and modern intrusions. It shows some of the features hidden from view by the wall plaster, which give an insight into the history of previous works carried out at the chapel, as well as details of its original construction.
The conservation works will enhance some of these features, but cover up others, as well as insert modern facilities needed to allow the building to have a sustainable life in the modern world for Age UK Oldham.
Click here, or on our Video Bar  or go to http://youtu.be/6it5v9AQWcc

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Reconstruction Filming Day 30 Sept 2012

We spent all day today filming a reconstruction of a congregation at George Street Chapel. This will feature within our interpretation video, which will describing the history of the chapel from its construction to the present day. Our 'congregation' was made up of Friends of George Street and Age UK Oldham staff, friends and relatives. Many thanks to you all.
A short video of the filming day will be uploaded to our new 'FriendsofGeorgeSt' Youtube video channel. Link from the embedded video in this post, or the video bar on the right.
                                                          http://youtu.be/V5ahi_HChbk

Claire Duval and Julian Baum filming 'close-ups'.