Photographs showing St Pauls Cathedral 1988-1991

SPCAA/PA/19

1988-1991

Sir William Whitfield, Clerk of the Works, Martin John (1944-) Stancliffe

This album contains photographs detailing the cathedral between 1988 and 1991. The album contains several tickets issued for events, including a leaflet about Christmas services in 1990, a ticket for a performance of Handel's Messiah 11/12/1990, a ticket for the Lord Mayor's Show 10/11/1990, a ticket for the service for Thanksgiving Day for London's American Community 22/11/1990, the National Children's Society Service 2/10/1990 and a ticket for the 50th Anniversary of the Formation of Airborne Forces, 02/06/1990 as well as a newspaper clipping about the latter. There are also newspaoer cliffinfs about the parachute jump from the Whispering Gallery, about the Great Model being at risk and about the finding of remains of a portico built for the pre-Wren Cathdral by Inigo Jones. There are photographs of staff members at work and at rest, photographs of the exterior of the cathedral, detailing the effect of pollution on stonework, the Christmas Crib being built, both the 1990 crib and the 1989 crib and and Easter Garden being set up. There are photographs of the Great Model in different stages of restoration and detailing both the model's exterior and interior. There are photographs of the Library, storerooms, a bust of Sir Christopher Wren, the High Altar and East End Windows, Nelson's Tomb and Wellington's Tomb one of the Copes on display. There are also photographs of the archeological stones, the exterior stonework and Amen Court as well as photographs of more staff members. There is also a folder inserted into the album with 13 photographs showing the Great Model and restoration work being done to the Drum, the Dome and the Great Chain. Some of the photographs are captioned.

71 photographs, 6 documents, 3 tickets

English

Access is strictly by appointment only with the architectural archivist. Material dating from 1990 to the present day is not currently available for public consultation. Some records are subject to a closure period of 75 years under the Data Protection Act.

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