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Salisbury Cathedral Scrap-book 15

2003-2006

1 volume

A purpose-made spiral-bound scrap-book with a red cover. The book contains press-cuttings relating to the history, features and contents of the Cathedral and to people and events associated with it.The main topics covered include: the appointment of Canon June Osborne as 80th Dean of Salisbury, the second-ever female cathedral dean (Feb 2004); the installlation of Canon June Osborne as Dean (Apr & Jun 2004); the appointment of Rev Edward Probert as Canon Chancellor (Dec 2003); the appointment of Rev Mark Bonney as Canon Treasurer (Aug 2004); the making of colour prints of the Cathedral and Close from six photographic plates by Horace Charles Messer (1866-1936) (Apr 2000); dendrochronological research on the timbers of the internal scaffolding of the Spire, leading to a theory that the scaffolding may have been erected not in connection with the original building of the Spire in 1310-1330 but in order to carry out repairs following storm damage in 1362 (May 2005); obituary of Elizabeth Church, former resident of the Close and of the Matron's College; "A Day in the Life of a Stonemason", Lee Andrews (Aug 2004); Head Verger, Chris Crooks, appointed National Chairman of The Church of England Guild of Vergers (Sep 2004); the stained glass memorial window for Dean Alan Beecher (1839-1907; Dean 1901-1907) damaged by stones thrown from outsdie the Cathedral (Sep 2004); the grant of the the Freedom of the City of Salisbury to 1st Battalion the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, received on its behalf by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, its Colonel-in-Chief (Oct 2004); a mock disaster staged in the Cathedral to assess the response of the emergency services (Oct 2004); a reprinted photograph from 1974 showing people sitting on the stumps of the felled elm trees outside Sarum College in the Close, with a felled tree in the background; "Ladies celebrate 21 years of holy dusting" (Jan 2005); the installation of William Pye's water sculpture Sibirica Minor II in the nave of the Cathedral and its use as a font (Apr 2005); Head Verger, Chris Crooks, appointed Vesturer of Canterbury Cathedral; the felling of diseased lime trees from Choristers' Green (Nov 2005); the completion of roof repairs to the Cathedral after six years' work (Jun 2005); the funeral in the Cathedral of Rt Hon Sir Edward Heath KG MBE, and the interment of his ashes under a memorial stone carved by Cathedral mason Robin Golden-Han (Jul 2005); Canon Precentor Jeremy Davies registered a civil partnership with Simon McEnery shortly after the passing of legislation to permit such partnerships (Dec 2005); the retirement of Chapter Clerk, Brigadier Kit Owen (Dec 2005).

English

Material: paper

Eward, Suzanne