We held a site visit to the redevelopment of Waygood’s High Bridge site with members of local businesses, and John Moreels, who was one of the former owners of the Wards Building. John had bought the building in the 1970s and ran the famous art supplies store from the front building. Another member of the group had memories of frequenting Rileys snooker hall on the ground floor.
We saw the first girder installed for the new link corridor linking the shop front reception and the warehouse building behind.