{"id":2036,"date":"2024-06-11T12:19:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T12:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2025-04-26T17:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T17:16:06","slug":"the-beacon-move-and-refurbishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/06\/11\/the-beacon-move-and-refurbishment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beacon Move and Refurbishment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When North Rode Parish Council decided to organise an 80th D-Day Anniversary event on 6th June, we decided that this would include lighting the village beacon alongside hundreds of others across the United Kingdom. The original beacon was installed in 1999, for the occasion of the Millenium, when the lighting of North Rode Beacon was televised nationally by the BBC. On inspection, the oak post was found to be in very poor condition below and above ground requiring replacement. It was on the verge of falling over if a cow leaned on it! Parts of the basket tray were found to be corroded completely though, needing to be cut out and repaired. In addition, the beacon needed to be relocated to within the Daintry Hall boundary and to be designed such that the post could be temporarily removed if necessary. These pictures show the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New foundation design<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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over the old post goes!<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mark Bullock prepares the basket for moving<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Huw Williams inspecting the corrosion<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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…it looks quite bad<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The new post arrives from Ladderstile<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Graham Sampson, builder of the 1st beacon, digs out the base for the new one.<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The anchor block is placed<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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..the base is concreted<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The new support arrives from Rob Thorpe<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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..and is bolted into position<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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..and covered.<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The post ends are carved to the correct dimensions using saw, chisel and an adze by Huw Williams<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The repaired basket arrives from Rob Thorpe<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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..the new thicker base should last much longer.<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The basket is fitted to the post<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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.. and a small time capsule inserted in the support telling of the D-Day event<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dave Stonier arrives with his telehandler and with the help of Alistair and Tony it is lifted in position<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It fitted like a glove and is ready for action the following week.<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On 6th June 2024, the refurbished beacon is loaded by Mark Bullock and lit by graham Sampson and his grandson Charles Sampson<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The skills and resources of many villagers were kindly offered and provided to enable the beacon refurbishment and relocation to take place in time for 6th June 2024 and was completed just I time! Special thanks though go to the following individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony Hayes \u2013 Design of new beacon foundation and support and installation work.
Mark Bullock \u2013 Removal of dismantling of old beacon
Peter Brocklehurst \u2013 sourcing of new oak post
Rob Thorpe \u2013 Manufacture of new steel support and repair of metal basket
Graham Sampson \u2013 Excavation for foundation
Cllr Alistair Bailey \u2013 Assistance with installation work
Dave Stonier \u2013 Provision of telehandler to install completed post
Cllr Huw Williams \u2013 Project management, post carving and installation work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When North Rode Parish Council decided to organise an 80th D-Day Anniversary event on 6th June, we decided that this would include lighting the village beacon alongside hundreds of others across the United Kingdom. The original beacon was installed in 1999, for the occasion of the Millenium, when the lighting of North Rode Beacon was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2036"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2076,"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2036\/revisions\/2076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northrodepc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}