22 April
Another day packing. I feel as if I’m in the swing of it now, but the deadlines loom ever nearer. The aim it so vacate Gibraltar House, and the other stores in 51 Clarence Street by the end of May. In my part time hours that is 5 packing days!
Bought some multi vitamins at lunchtime to help to boost energy levels.
Packing metal work again today, Kirsty made remarkable progress last week, so it was not quite as daunting as I feared. Corrine was helping today, she is a textile teacher in her other life, and unbeknown to me, the shields I set her to wrap all had beautiful padded fabric backings – a real bonus for her!
Terry, the archaeology volunteer, came in to purple spot the metal work boxes we might need access to in the next 2 years. My plan is to use drawers under the current prehistory cabinet to create pull-out mini displays. I thought it prudent to mark those we need access to. Else it will be a hands and knees cum hide and seek game. Hence purple spots to denote boxes we want kept at the front.
Paul manfully continued his marathon through the social history in the roller racking. His piece de résistance was a very Victorian arrangement of wax fruits, a tall teetering pile, wired together in a red basket to create a centrepiece. Always delicate I guess, but now extremely fragile, with wax and wire a century old. It certainly would be a focal point of any dining room, and I guess will remain in Paul’s mind as his triumph of packing. (photo here)
And as for me, I spent the day going up and down and down and up stairs, partly as I had packers on 3 floors apart but mainly because I moved complex and intricate metal pieces to the Gallery 13 cases. A canny plan, devised by Helen, and aided and abetted by Bruce the Technician, to cut down on the fancy, time consuming packing these pieces would have needed…my legs knew they had had a serious work out by the end of the day. Who needs a gym? Join the AG& M packing team!
The Wilson 