MC/13/2/12

MC/13/2/12

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Salisbury Cathedral Scrap-book 13

13

1993-1999

1 volume

A purpose-made scrap-book with a coloured floral cover design and a label numbered "13". The book contains press-cuttings relating to the history, features and contents of the Cathedral and to people and events associated with it. Some of the cuttings are inserted loose-leaf wwithout being pasted in. The main topics covered include: the enthronement of David Stancliffe as 77th Bishop of Salisbury (Dec 1993); a 28-inch model of Salisbury Cathedral made in icing sugar by Chris Hoppe (Mar 1994); closure of Salisbury and WellsTheological College (Jun 1994); "Lorry crashes into Close gate" (Nov 1994); commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Normandy landings (Jun 1994); service of thanksgiving for the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment, attended by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh (Mar 1994); a Compact Disc of Christmas carols sung by the Cathedral choirs, "Joy to the World" marketed jointly with the Ronald McDonald Children's Charities (Nov 1995); purchase by the Dean and Chapter of the freehold of Mitre House (Jan 1995); the proposed Salisbury by-pass scheme; the installation of testing equipment to gauge the viability of installing external protective glass to stained glass windows (Apr 1995); obituaries for the Very Rev Fenton Morley, Dean of Salisbury 1971-1977 (Jul 1995); retirement of the Dean, the Very Rev Hugh Dickinson (Jan 1996); appointment of the Rev June Osborne as Canon Treasurer, the first female residentiary Canon in an "old foundation" Cathedral (May 1995); resignation of part-time grounsdman Robin Dominy after being instructed to cut down a sathe of budding daffodils (Feb 1996); vandals knocked the head from a statue of John the Baptist on the west front of the Cathedral (Mar 1996): appointment of Rev Derek Watson, Rector of St Luke and Christ Church, Chelsea, as Dean of Salisbury (Mar 1996); death at the age of 86 of Geraldine Symons, author of Children in the Close (1959) (Jun 1996); retirement of Roy Spring, Clerk of the Works for 28 years, whose report on his inspection of the Cathedral fabric in 1976 led to the Spire Appeal and the restoration of the spire and tower (Apr 1996); the award to him of an MBE in the Birthday Honours list (Jun 1996); the work of the Holy Dusters in the Cathedral (Sep 1996); photograph of comet Hale-Bopp above the spire of the Cathedral (Apr 1997); retirement of Stan Paull-Mills after 22 years as Cathedral Close Constanble; his sucessor, John Walkman (Aug 1996); obituary of Dame Diana Reader-Harris (1912-1996), Headmistress of Sherborne School for Girls (1950-1975) and sometime resident of the Close (Oct 1996); Sir Edward Heath's 80th birthday (Jul 1996); photograph published on 1 Apr (note the date) apparently showing airships tethered to the Cathedral pinnacles in the 1920s (Apr 1997); triplets, Matthew, Ewan and Thomas Stockwell, aged 7, won three of the four places available to boys at Salisbury Cathedal Choir School ("treble chance", Mar 1997); appointment of Andrew Robertson as Clerk of the Works (Nov 1998); award of an MBE to Jill Baker, wife of former Bishop John Baker, for services to te Salisbury Sudan Medical Link (1997); the Cathedral's medieval clock to be moved temporarily to Greenwich as part of "The Story of Time" exhibition marking the 2000 millenium (Jan 1999); the sacking of Barry Mason as Head of Visitor Services (Apr 1999); nine redundancies in the Works Department, including that of Derek Saunders, carpenter of 26 years' standing, as the Cathedral faced a "£10m funding crisis" (Feb 1999); award of the Refectory catering contract to an external commercial company, and the standing-down of 200 volunteers who had staffed the Refectory for over 25 years (Apr 1999); the prposed redevelopment of the Refectory (the "Plumbery Scheme") (Jun 1999); damage to Myles Place by a "rogue" firework (Apr 1999); "The Shape of the Century: 100 years of sculpture in Britain" exhibition in the Close and around Salisbury, part fo the Salisbury Festival (Jun 1999); an Epiphany Procession held for the first time to complete the sequence beginning on Advent Sunday (Jan 1999); closure of Holmwood House pre-prep school (Jul 1997).

English

Material: paper

Eward, Suzanne