Work is well underway getting Pulpit House ready to become an Ask Italian Restaurant, and they have a red sign saying they are recruiting.

In what was Modern Music / Dawsons there is also evidence of work in progress. They are looking for sales assistants. Laidlaw Supplies appear to be a discount shop selling hardware and household good etc…

The old chancellors sign is painted over and rumours are that a well known Coffee House will be opening there on the Market Place. But as yet no recruitment signs…

An interesting discovery was made at St Nicolas Church when the 1881 wood panelling was removed to allow work on the walls near the Blacknall’s monument.

Revealed was a wall painting of coronets with leaves. The question now is whether they should be covered up again or kept on permanent display. It is not known when they date from but they are old enough to matter to local historians.

Today Outdoor Traders opens on the High Street. This picture was taken the evening before – last minute preparations were being made inside.

Not much to report. I think the flats are getting worked on inside. Outside the path was dug up, and those pictures, that once decorated the hoardings, have reappeared as window recesses. Possible October Opening.