Great-grandfather gets building for Hartlepool primary school

Hartlepool Mail

The great-grandfather and allotment holder has ramped up his woodworking skills and is encouraging members of the public to come along and help themselves to some of his handmade items – asking for just a small donation in return.

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00:00 And with Bob and his Chester road allotments, Bob I understand and I know that you make

00:06 some bird boxes and then you donate them to the school at Springwell?

00:11 Yes, well I know it's a bit of a school with a few, the birds have a few problems on the

00:20 hands and I just like to help them out a little bit, especially when it's coming up the holidays

00:25 time, Christmas and things like that, which I know they always need somebody extra.

00:30 I know you've been doing it for a long time, how long does it take you to make a bird box?

00:38 I have to make it in very different stages because I don't have much time with regard

00:43 to now.

00:44 But I can make one or two in the morning if I have two or three hours.

00:51 That's quite a lot in the morning, I couldn't do that.

00:55 If I have them all ready to be tucked together, the main problem is getting hold of the plywood,

01:04 it's that expensive.

01:05 If I have to buy it myself it takes quite a bit to make a bit of profit, otherwise I

01:14 have to buy it myself.

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