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A fiddler on the roof, York Minster

York Minster, south front. Photo: William Pumphrey, 1853 (city archives: photo information)

On the roof of the Minster’s south transept, at one time – ‘a singular accompaniment for a place of worship’ – since removed.

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Bellringing, notes and queries: 1940s, 1980s, and now

York Minster and the York Arms pub, after the bells had rung in 2017

On bellringing: notes and queries and historical information, from the 1940s and the 1980s, prompted by the ringing of the Minster bells at New Year.

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York Minster and the bellringers

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Thoughts on the silencing of the bellringers at York Minster.

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Cigarette lighters made from York Minster fragments, 1970s

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An ad found in a 1970s guide to York, when tableware, including cigarette lighters, was made from old York Minster stonework. How things change.

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York Minster transformed: Illuminating York 2013

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Visiting the familiar interior of York Minster, seeing it in an unfamiliar light, via Illuminating York. Modern art in an ancient place. The nave, emptied of chairs, filled with art, by Black Rose urban art collective.

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Ringing in the year: the Minster bells

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The Minster bells ringing in the New Year is the centrepiece of York’s celebrations. There was some disappointment this year that the bells were barely audible.

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Illuminating York 2012: York Minster, Kaleidoscopia

Light projections on cathedral stone wall giving stained glass effect

‘Kaleidoscopia’ by Andy McKeown was projected onto an interior wall of the nave of York Minster during Illuminating York 2012. Beautiful.

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Tagged   Illuminating York, Minster
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