Inspired by reading about a South Wales company being contracted to stabilise a pyramid, Michael takes a look back at growing up with a structural engineer as a father, and particularly at the restoration of Castle Gardens, Lisburn. Continue reading from Egypt to Northern Ireland via South Wales – a bit of a structural ramble
It was very lucky that I was at my parents’ house as a phone call came in to the house asking to speak to my father. Well he can certainly listen – but that’s not good enough when they want to know if he can make an appointment tomorrow. What is particularly annoying is that if I had not been here, he would not have been seen tomorrow to check his condition, and it seems he should have been seen in September. I should explain. Dad had a number of quite major strokes back in March 2008, during a course … Continue reading Belfast HSC Trust does it again…
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