(The Factory from the rear, which used to be a bakery and letterpress for the orphanage. Now it houses a cafe (only used for conferences) and was a rockin' place to play hide-and-seek in the dark. Wow.)
(The Factory from the front. Currently people from BBC are building a TV set inside and are getting ready to film some sort of a 1-man show. No word on when auditions are.)
(The cool thing about the Oval is the back road on each side of the Oval. This is right outside our building, #9, looking east toward the factory. The small building on the right is probably an old power plant for the orphanage.)
(And a look inside the old power plant for the orphanage.)
(Each residential building on the Oval looks really similar from the front, but they're pretty different from the rear. Here's a shot of #7 from the back.)
(And a picture of the Oval's chapel, built by the orphanage. Unfortunately, the inside isn't very inspiring or even nice to look at, so enjoy the outside.)Next up, the view to the east from the Oval--classic English countryside and rolling hills.
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The Power plant in the mid 1960's burnt waste oil (this was a dirty thick tar like material), if you got it on your hands and clothes it was difficult to remove. The Heating plant served one side of the Oval. In the winter the oil became too thick to run through the pipes from the tank to the boiler, so there was no hot water or heating at times.
Thanks for keeping the Oval looking as we left it as children.
It was fun living in the Children's Home at the Oval.
Philip
www.theirhistory.co.uk
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