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Raising the Roof!

Raising the roof! ... and the walls, and everything else come to that! This is one way of dealing with a boathouse which is surplus to requirements - in this case at Number.

The terms of the RNLI's lease dictated that when it was terminated the boathouse should be demolished. However the contractors decided there was an easier way - lift it in one piece, place it on a barge and float it away!.

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