July 18th 2011
The most work has been around the cafe and the Boar
war statue you wouldn't believe the difference to the
area in a few short days.
The lions have returned back to the original position
from years ago as they have for many years been to high.
The side of the cafe has been landscaped over looking
the woodland walk.
This is the view from the cafe veranda looking out
onto the lake
5the June 2011
Inside the new cafe the situation is similar with the
doors going on and minor work inside to finish off.
The cafe is different in that once its finished it
still cant open as the building will be finished but the
new
management will then need to install the kitchen
equipment before it can open.
It does look nice an bright inside with all the
windows letting the sun in.
24th April 2011
The cafe roof is now all but finished and the
scaffolding is slowly coming down and the fence is going
up for the veranda on the lake side both these projects
are due to finish in May
With work well underway on the new
cafeteria pavilion in Queens Park, the
Chronicle would like to offer readers a
chance to name the building, which is to
replace the 34-year-old Jubilee
Cafeteria.
The impressive timber structure
is now in place and the design will
enable users to view the internal
timbers when using the new facility.
The wall materials, on both the
cafe and games pavilion, have been
carefully chosen to match the sandstone
on the two lodges located at the park’s
main entrance, where possible.
Councillor Andrew Knowles,
Cabinet member with responsibility for
health and wellbeing, said: “Queens
Park, as the name implies, has many
royal connections with a history to
suit. Readers may wish to name it after
a royal event, maybe one that is taking
place this year or even a past occasion.
“The details of the winners will
be engraved on a plaque within the
building and they will also be invited
to be the first people to enjoy a meal
in the new facility, together with up to
five of their friends and family.”
Readers are also invited to
suggest ideas for what items they
consider should go into a time capsule,
which will be buried in the park
grounds. Those with the winning
suggestions will receive a voucher for
coffee or tea and cake for two at the
cafe.
Councillor Roy Cartlidge, ward
member for Crewe West, said: “This is a
quality facility which will be the hub
of activities within Queens Park and a
focal meeting point for many years to
come.
“We obviously can’t keep
referring to it as the new pavilion and
so would welcome readers’ ideas. The
idea for the time capsules is a fun one
which will provide much enjoyment when
it is unveiled in years to come.”
Queens Park, once renowned as one
of the finest parks in the North West,
is undergoing a £6.5m transformation to
bring it back to its former glory. The
Heritage Lottery Fund is providing a
£2.7m support grant with the rest of the
investment coming from Cheshire East
Council.
Within the park’s 45 acres are
walkways, trees, shrubs, planting,
children’s play area, crown green
bowling, putting, boating lake
(currently drained for construction
works), grassed areas, memorials and
cafeteria.
For more information on the
Queens Park restoration project, visit
the Queens Park web pages at:
www.queensparkcrewe.com or
www.cheshireeast.gov.uk – then click on
‘leisure, culture and tourism’, then
follow links to the park pages.
Those without online access can
request a paper copy from Queens Park
manager Elaine Dodd, on 01270 537896.
SEND YOUR ENTRIES TO:
Suggested capsule items can be
sent on a postcard to:
Elaine Dodd, Pym’s Lane Depot,
Pym’s Lane, Crewe, CW1 3PJ.
Entries to be received no later
than Friday, March 18.
Don’t forget to include your
name, address, daytime telephone number
and email address if you have one.
This week has seen the new steps go
in and part of the roof going on
The cafe you can just see the bricks on
the front triangles but there is still
so much scaffolding that its hard to see
but once again the flowers brighten the
place up
February 12 2011
The cafe mean while is going more and more pink as
more roofing goes on in a nice pink colour
Jan 29th 2011
The cafe has had lots of glass put into the roof and
really taking shape at last once the roof is on the
weather wont effect the work so bad. With all that glass
its will be nice and bright inside.
23 January 2011
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The cafe is also getting its roof put on and the
glass windows at the top can be seen going in.
After the snow and ice and the break
for new year work is slowly getting
started again with the cafe roof boards
starting to go on.
From across the lake you can now see
the cafe emerging from the trees.
Picture taken with a Finepix HS10 with a
30x optical zoom from the golf coarse.
The Jubilee Pavilion
December 5th 2010
Work has been hampered all week with snow and ice but
they have managed to do some more woodwork on the cafe
with the centre roof going into place slowly.
November 20th 2010
The Cafe work has mostly been on
the west side roof getting the beams
in place.
You can now start to see the view
the cafe will present on the horizon
taken from the lake
The new cafeteria at Queens Park has reached a
milestone – with the impressive timber structure
soaring into place.
A specialist company has been involved in
installing the timbers due to their size, weight and
complex fixing arrangement. The design will enable
users to view the internal timbers when inside the
new building.
The wall materials, on both the café and games
pavilion, have been carefully chosen to match, where
possible, the sandstone on the two lodges located at
the Crewe park’s main entrance. The dark-red St Bees
sandstone is the same as that which forms the sea
cliffs of St Bees Head, near Whitehaven, in Cumbria.
Councillor Andrew Knowles, Cabinet member with
responsibility for health and wellbeing, said: “The
pace this building is going up is satisfying to see.
But the really great thing is that you can now
visualise what it will finally look like once
completed and see the scale of the new facility.”
Work on the project began in July. It is hoped
the construction will be completed by February.
Crewe West ward member Councillor Robert Parker
said: “I am delighted with the building work on the
new cafeteria. The attention to detail is
particularly inspiring and I feel, once the whole
restoration project is finally complete, Queens Park
will be a major tourist attraction in the North West
and a magnet for visitors to Crewe.”
Queens Park was renowned as one of the finest
parks in the North West. It is undergoing a £6.5m
transformation to bring it back to its former glory.
The Heritage Lottery Fund is providing a £2.7m
support grant with the rest of the investment coming
from Cheshire East Council.
Within the park’s 45 acres are walkways, trees,
shrubs, planting, children’s play area, crown green
bowling, putting, boating lake (currently drained
for construction works), grassed areas, memorials
and cafeteria.
For more information on the Queens Park
restoration project visit the Queens Park web
pages at: www.cheshireeast.gov.uk – then click on
‘leisure, culture and tourism’ and follow links to
the park pages.
If you don’t have online access, you can request
a paper copy from Queens Park manager Elaine Dodd,
on 01270 537896.
13th November 2010
The cafe wood work is progressing but its a big job like
a giant jigsaw but a lot of the beams are in and you can
see the structure taking place
November 5th
Most of the work on the cafe has been around getting
the wooden beams in place. Its a complicated structure
and the crane has been here all week off and on lifting
the beams into place each beam cost about £1,00.
The main work you can see has been the
cafe getting the wooden post put in
place with a crane being on site most of
the week. You can now begin to see the
structure of the wood at last
Friday, September 10, 2010
This week we had the Friends meeting which was postponed from July and details can be found on the Friends of Queens park page
A lot of work has happened around the Cafe this week. The new steel work arrived and was put in place with a crane
As you can see the cafe is now taking shape with the basic walls and steel work in place you can appreciate the size of it now
4th Spetember 2010
The cafe is beginning to take shape as the wall near the lake is being built up
28th August 2010
The Cafe now has the floor in and a few bricks
August 20th 2010
All go this week as a crane was on site putting up steel work for the Cafe
You can now start to see something happening with the cafe as it slowly starts to take shape
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The main work on the cafe is the old flower beds at the back has been removed and new foundation are being installed. It has involved moving a lot of soil from the raised flower beds so the foundation could be laid
6th August
The Cafe the first layer of bricks is going down at a rate of knots so we can see things moving once more
Saturday, June 26, 2010
The Cafe saw its last this week The roof tiles were removed in the week and by Thursday (above) they were removing the roof
Today all that is left is a pile of bricks but the dozer made a perfect frame for the war memorial. Its hoped work can start next week building the new one but it may take some time to clear the rubbish
The new pavilion design is finalized and presented here.
Work will start around Easter
time on the new pavilion which
is highly energy efficient and can be divided into areas
so
it can be used for small groups
It is designed to mimic the main entrance which has a
lodge each side and the tower in the middle.
The pavilion
has the same two structures and the war memorial in the
middle. Being mostly glass
it will give a great view through
it onto the lake
The Boer war statue will be restored and the base will be
dug out as the original footing are still there.
This will
mean people can then read the names of the fallen.
What is interesting is there will be guns brought back
like the original inn the picture above.
But it will be
interesting to see what we get the was a lot of
controversial talk about the guns
as at the time the guns
used were not the type used in the Boer war and a lot of
complaints
were voiced at the time. So will we get Boer war
guns or just old ones we will ask at the next meeting
The Cafeteria standing behind the Memorial is aptly named the Jubilee Cafeteria to commemorate the Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, being officially opened on 12th June 1977.
This modem structure along with the bandstand was built to replace the Victorian Pavilion which unfortunately had burnt down. The front page of Crewe Chronicle told the sorry tale about the original Pavilion on Thursday 4th January 1973 with the following report. A Senior Fire Officer told the Chronicle that possibly an electrical fault was the cause of the fire, early on Friday morning, 29th December 1972, that had destroyed the Park Pavilion.
To make matters worse, it seems that water mains had been fractured by frost and, although firemen pumped water from the lake, it was to no avail and by the grey light of dawn very little was left of the 1887 Pavilion.
Pavilion and statue 1963 Continuing along Central Drive, built for horse drawn carriages, the South African Memorial stands impressively in front of the Pavilion. Flanked by a sloping bedding display the statue is 31ft high and made of Labrador and Aberdeen Grey granite. Topped by the life-like figure of Tommy Atkins. The north facing side is the only place where the former Arms of the Borough with the moto "Never Behind" can still be seen.
The Copper bronze plaques on the four sides of the monument give the names of the railway volunteers who served in the Boer War (1899 - 1902). Crewe can quite rightly feel proud that through the railway volunteers they were able to send more men to the Boer War than any other town in England or Wales of comparable size.
The pavilion 1904 from across the lake
1910 the pavilion and the war memorial which was unveiled in 1903 the pavilion was burnt down by arsonist in 1970
The result of the fire December 29th 1972 and the pavilion burnt down
Children playing out side the original pavilion
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Queens Park Cafe taken 7/10/2008 taken from the lake |
