I needed there to be such a large amount of rubble and dirt that required shifting that I could keep him working for me for a long time and I wanted it to be such a large tempting job that he would be forced to put up with all the strange things I might ask him to do. I said, ‘Now this development is six terraced streets, thirty houses each side in a street; we’ll strip out every house which should be enough rubble for two twelve-yard tipper trucks. I’ll pay one hundred and eighty-five pounds per truck. It’s going to be at least a one-year contract: there’ll be site waste to shift as well as the rubble stripped out from the houses. That’s not all though. We’re going to demolish the central streets so there’ll be a big open area that I’m going to plant an eco forest in. Now you probably know the thing every upscale development needs is a water feature: there’s no canal nearby and the river’s two miles away so I’m going to dig my own. I’m going to call it the River Anfield.
