April was going to be a busy month for Molly, a lot of things were
coming to fruition.
At Midnight on Friday 8th of April owner ship of
St Clara’s Church ceased to be part of the Church of England and changed to the
ownership of the Barrington estate.
Molly chose that
date because she thought it appropriate because it was Lazarus Saturday, which
was the day when Jesus Christ raised
Lazarus from the dead after he had lain in the grave four days.
She was metaphorically doing the same thing with the Church
because if not for her intervention it would unquestionably have fallen into a
state of disrepair from which it wouldn't have risen again.
Adam Jandrell and his team were on track to have the building
renovation completed on the site over on the east side of the Spanish River, by
the end of April and the west side by June 1st.
Then the team could commence
work on the Church Lane Cottages.
Which meant that Amelia
Williamson needed to start looking for tenants, and the Parish Council helped
with a list of suitable candidates.
Molly had instructed Amelia
that priority was to be given to local people or people with ties to the
village at the very least or those who worked in some capacity on the island
either in agriculture, the hotel or the hospital.
For the commercial units they
could be rented to non-islanders, but the businesses had to employ local
labour.
But the month was also tinged with a small amount of sadness
because once the Church was under her full ownership, she could complete the
plans for her grandfather’s reinterment, which obviously opened old wounds.
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