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Carpenters
It has to be said that the Carpentry Department has gained something
of a reputation for "extracurricular" work. Anyone with a few
spare moments while in the General Hospital can visit the Chapel and find,
in its peaceful atmosphere, a beautiful lectern made by a carpenter in
his spare time.
Over the months another carpenter has been devoting his spare moments
to creating the main structure of a trophy cabinet.
All is not deadly serious within the Hospitals Group, and an active Golfing
Society proves that. It is the Hospital Golfing Society which has paid
for the materials which have been used to make this trophy case.
Below is the cabinet which is ready to be varnished and have its glass
panes put in. The "roof" has a fine dental effect produced by
a radial saw, and has little wooden blocks glued fast. The case has been
made purely from experience without plans.
A cabinet in the making
The membership of the Society fluctuates between 30 and 60 members as
staff come and go. It gives staff the opportunity to relax from often
stressful and sometimes sad work. A catering assistant might be seen playing
golf with a mortuary attendant, and a pathology assistant might be seen
walking the greens with a managerial executive. The Society is for young
or old, male or female, and helps build up a friendly, morale-boosting
atmosphere, which then has a knock-on effect for everyone else including
patients and visitors.