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Feb. 29 The Artists at the old Bailey. The artists leave the court for lunch: Professor Gerald Moira with Mrs Jean Robinson, followed by Professor Kenneth Rowntree. The artists and Builders take over in the old Bailey. As the Courts are in Recess, the Central Criminal Court is being taken over more and more by a small band of eminent artists and assistants, and by a small army of builders who are finishing off Phase I of the Programme of Reconstruction being carried out by the Corporation of the City of London, under the direction of the City Surveyor. Eightyfive-year-old Professor Gerald Moira, who painted the original murals fifty years ago, is again responsible, with colleague Kenneth Rowntree, for repainting them, and including a new one which is a mural depicting the work of London Civil Defence Forces during the Blitz. Much of the work in the dome is being carried out fifty feet above the ground. Sea folding inside the Grand Hall gives an indication of the extent of the work which, after Phases 2, 3, and 4 are completed by 1954, will have involved an expenditure of nearly half a million pounds. Parts of the old Bailey were demolished by an incident, but the remaining court has always been able to function. Repair work is being done according to a plan which will interfere with the legal work there

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