Photographs showing St Pauls Cathedral 1988-1991

SPCAA/PA/18

1988-1991

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

This album contains photographs detailing the cathedral between 1988 and 1991. The album contqains photographs showing members of the Cathedral staff both at work and relaxing in a pub and at a cricket match and picnic. There are photographs showing the cathedral exterior, grafitti, both 18th century and 20th century, the roof timbers and the workshop. There are photographs showing the Christmas crib being built and set up as well as photographs of the restoration of the Great Model and other bits of cathedral furniture and decoration. There are views of London taken from the roof of the cathedral and also views of the cathedral roof itself. There are photographs of repairwork being done to the exterior of the dome and newspaper clippings about Canon Halliburton, Reverend (later Canon) Winkett, the loan of the Great Model to an exhibition at the Octagon Museum in Washington D.C., the death of Dean Evans and an illegal parachute jump from the Whispering Gallery to the cathedral floor.

112 photographs, 7 documents

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