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The rebuilding of the Good Shepherd Church wall is making good progress. Mohammed and Stephen (main picture) have begun laying the reclaimed bricks from the Wantage Road end.
They have used the bricks recovered when the old wall was demolished for the bottom courses. The bricks visible above ground are part of a horde of 7000 old bricks of the same vintage as the originals.
Lintels have been put in place to bridge over the tree roots (middle photo).
It doesn’t seem likely the wall will be finished in time for Christmas, but should be complete in the first month or two of 2026.
Many local people contributed to the crowd-funding appeal which is partly paying for the rebuild.