Come inside the gallery!!!

This is a view of inside the gallery - doesn't look much now, but we will all have to wait and see what it looks like in November - yes, that's right I said November this year!!

Well, that is if the guild manage to obtain funding - 'fingers in pies' at the moment, so keep checking the blog for more info and also the guilds website.

http://www.artandcraftguild.co.uk/

a view of the outside . . .

building continues . . .

The gallery is just taking shape - can you spot the bottom of a window?

The back wall . . .

Building under way . . .

They have started building!!!.

The builders have found a well - more info

http://www.burscough-wharf.co.uk/html/news_and_events.html

and are making a feature of it.

Demolition under way . . .

The scafolding has gone up on the A59 and the builders have started the demolition of a quarter of the wharf buildings. The photo below was taken from the other side of the A59.







Above, is the view from the other direction - the red area shows where the back of the guild gallery shop will be . . (roughly).

Above, is a view of the court yard, with the A59 behind the building - below, the red area shows where the front of the guild gallery shop will be.



The next 2 photos are other views of the side to be demolished.

Man at work!

Check out the guilds Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Art-and-Craft-Guild-of-Lancashire/100966446615296

Building work has started . . .

The builders have moved into the wharf at Burscough and are working 7 days a week. The opening date is said to be at the beginning of November . . this year 2010!! A notice has gone up about the footpath on the A59 past the Wharf buildings - it will be closed to pedestrians from 6th April till 21st September.

Guild members don't have too long to secure funding to make our dream come true of a permanent space to exhibit and sell our work. We the Art and Craft Guild members have already started on this enormous task. Keep checking this blog for more updates.

PS If you are anywhere near Lytham from 20th April till 9th May, pop into the Lytham Heritage Centre and see the Guilds spring selling exhibition. More info on the events page http://www.artandcraftguild.co.uk/

The Guild Gallery Shop plans . . .

Inside the courtyard of Burscough Wharf, looking towards the A59, this
is what the building will look like. The diagonal line going through
the picture is the A59.The red area is roughly where the guild gallery shop will be.

The red area is where the guild gallery shop will be.

This is what the same view looked like on Saturday February 20th 2010!

The red area is roughly where the guild gallery shop will be.

The builders have now moved in.
We have been given the beginning of November 2010 as the opening date!

Will the guild get funding and be ready for the opening?
Keep checking this blog to find out how we are doing!!

The Art & Craft Guild of Lancashire http://www.artandcraftguild.co.uk/
Burscough Wharf

http://www.burscough-wharf.co.uk/

Burscough Wharf

This picture was taken a couple of years ago, across the Leeds
Liverpool Canal of Burscough Wharf.
The Wharf is situated on the canal and the A59 in the centre of
Burscough, near Ormskirk, Lancashire.
Burscough Bridge Station and Tescos are a couple of hundred yards down
the road, the A59.

This blog . . .

This blog is about The Art & Craft Guild of Lancashire, formerly known
as The Craft Guild of West Lancashire, opening their own gallery shop,
a permanent place to display and sell their work. So far we have the
place, Burscough Wharf, but we need funding to fit out and run the
gallery shop.