December 2000
(A) Lighting fixtures and Skylight Completion
(97)
Cleaning the hundreds of pieces of glass in the original light
fixtures
(98) Mounting the glass fixtures
on the chandeliers
(99) A completed skylight
at the top of the arched ceiling
(100) The Royal Alexandra Hall
with most parts mounted and awaiting installation of the cove
moulding and final varnishing of the ceiling beamwork.
(B) Fireplace Restoration Begins
(101) Parts of
the fireplace being stripped of paint exposing the original varnished
oak
(102) One of the long front columns being stripped
(103) A detail of the bottom of one of the columns being stripped
To some photos showing the general state of the project at the end of 2000.