Minster fire drama: Great Window saved (From York Press)

why would the window be there in the first place, It will be ok the £8 admission fee the minster will be charging next year will cover it

scooterboy wrote:
why would the window be there in the first place, It will be ok the £8 admission fee the minster will be charging next year will cover it

Because they were working on it! Why else?

scooterboy wrote:
why would the window be there in the first place, It will be ok the £8 admission fee the minster will be charging next year will cover it

Ee, your a bright one!

No no..YOU'RE a bright one. (= you are.) You have wrongly used YOUR which sounds similar but is the possessive pronoun eg your bike.
As for the East Window, it has been entirely removed for restoration in the glaziers area of the stoneyard. Inside the Minster, a roof to floor vinyl screen is installed at the window's site, with a full size photo of the window printed on it. Hence visitors can still get a good impression of what it will look like, when fully reinstated.

Well done for saving this historic window. It would have been a tragedy to have lost such a magnificent window.

Wow! no posting blamming or implicating CYC - but the day is yet young.

pedalling paul wrote:
No no..YOU'RE a bright one. (= you are.) You have wrongly used YOUR which sounds similar but is the possessive pronoun eg your bike. As for the East Window, it has been entirely removed for restoration in the glaziers area of the stoneyard. Inside the Minster, a roof to floor vinyl screen is installed at the window's site, with a full size photo of the window printed on it. Hence visitors can still get a good impression of what it will look like, when fully reinstated.

P Paul I have nogripe with you and I am a cyclist...HOWEVER I find your posts are rather smug and condescending. Do you enjoy possibly "humiliating" other readers by pointing out spelling, grammar etc? How come you know everything? Wnatever subject is being mentioned you know all about it (example today the story behind the window being in the yard to start with) No offence intended but please do not be such a snob. It would be very embarrassing to be ridiculed because of your education, spelling and so on. Happy New Year

oh dear ..made some mistakes, I suppose he will have ago at me now!

Personally I would be embarrassed to spell/punctuate my sentences incorrectly in the first place....

And thankyou to pedallingpaul for explaining the situation of the window.

Nattynoos wrote:
Personally I would be embarrassed to spell/punctuate my sentences incorrectly in the first place.... And thankyou to pedallingpaul for explaining the situation of the window.

I know but some people for whatever reason do not have that good an education and really have trouble with the English language. He just sounds so snug pointing it out.

Nattynoos wrote:
Personally I would be embarrassed to spell/punctuate my sentences incorrectly in the first place.... And thankyou to pedallingpaul for explaining the situation of the window.

Oh forgot, people may not know it is not spelt correctly. I think it would be upsetting to ridicule someone in this situation.

Funny thing is, Paul does it as his version of trolling. That and the whole "Good job I didn't leave my *bike* near the fire" type rubbish as well. It's supposed to be a wind-up but most ppl don't even notice.
Has to be the lamest troll ever. It's hilarious when he revels in it later with "Haha reel em in!". Yeah right.
Had a very sheltered web experience if you ask me, must be surfing with child lock on or something, cos it's nothing compared to the real trolls out there.
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PS How dare CoYC let this fire happen?! It's a disgrace! Heads must roll etc...

Was walking past the Minster last night when the fire engines started turning up. Thick smoke was coming out an extractor pipe on the side of the stoneyard, the main workshops and offices facing onto the Minster School playground.

Even as we watched the smoke started to spread along the first floor level, coming out of the windows and even through some vents in the bricks. Initially I thought it was just a very strong fire in the extractor from sawdust but as the smoke spread along it seemed much worse.

Firefighters got into the playground, cut the guard off one of the stoneyard's ground floor windows and got in that way. After having a look they seemed to hold back and wait for more tenders (including those extendible platforms) to arrive with more men.

We left at that point but I hope it's alright - the structure won't be at threat but some of the work and especially the wooden moulds for stonework were stored on that side. And no amount of lottery cash can replace them.

Where was the Bishop of Durham or was it the Martians again?

is this god's revenge for Father Tim??

TooRad wrote:
Funny thing is, Paul does it as his version of trolling. That and the whole "Good job I didn't leave my *bike* near the fire" type rubbish as well. It's supposed to be a wind-up but most ppl don't even notice.
Has to be the lamest troll ever. It's hilarious when he revels in it later with "Haha reel em in!". Yeah right.
Had a very sheltered web experience if you ask me, must be surfing with child lock on or something, cos it's nothing compared to the real trolls out there.
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PS How dare CoYC let this fire happen?! It's a disgrace! Heads must roll etc...

TooRad, your (one for Paul there) one of my favourite posters. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Re: Pedalling Paul. How can a cyclist come across as so very pedestrian...? I thought the two were sworn enemies?

nobodyknowswhoiam wrote:

pedalling paul wrote:
No no..YOU'RE a bright one. (= you are.) You have wrongly used YOUR which sounds similar but is the possessive pronoun eg your bike. As for the East Window, it has been entirely removed for restoration in the glaziers area of the stoneyard. Inside the Minster, a roof to floor vinyl screen is installed at the window's site, with a full size photo of the window printed on it. Hence visitors can still get a good impression of what it will look like, when fully reinstated.

P Paul I have nogripe with you and I am a cyclist...HOWEVER I find your posts are rather smug and condescending. Do you enjoy possibly "humiliating" other readers by pointing out spelling, grammar etc? How come you know everything? Wnatever subject is being mentioned you know all about it (example today the story behind the window being in the yard to start with) No offence intended but please do not be such a snob. It would be very embarrassing to be ridiculed because of your education, spelling and so on. Happy New Year

PP - he's our resident troll! Taking him, or most of our other posters seriously on anything will give you grief that you don't need.

pedalling paul wrote:
No no..YOU'RE a bright one. (= you are.) You have wrongly used YOUR which sounds similar but is the possessive pronoun eg your bike. As for the East Window, it has been entirely removed for restoration in the glaziers area of the stoneyard. Inside the Minster, a roof to floor vinyl screen is installed at the window's site, with a full size photo of the window printed on it. Hence visitors can still get a good impression of what it will look like, when fully reinstated.

Goody two pedals is still pontificating to us mere mortals how we should spell etc.

Can you give us an impression of what your brain will be like, if and when it gets finished?

(how is my spelling and grammar - top of the class am I?).

"worth £27 million"?
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Not sure where they get their valuations from, but in my opinion this window is priceless. It's a consummate work of art... Mr Thornton was the Shakespeare of stained glass, if I can put it like that.
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I fear most York people don't really appreciate what we have.
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I blame the council.

scooterboy wrote:
why would the window be there in the first place, It will be ok the £8 admission fee the minster will be charging next year will cover it

As I've said before, this just about sums up your intellectual contributions to these posts. Apart from the glass, there are several tonnes of stone in the Great East Window.

Zetkin wrote:
"worth £27 million"? ` Not sure where they get their valuations from, but in my opinion this window is priceless. It's a consummate work of art... Mr Thornton was the Shakespeare of stained glass, if I can put it like that. ` I fear most York people don't really appreciate what we have. ` I blame the council.

Nice irony. Thank goodness somebody has heard of John Thornton. Putting a price on arguably the finest piece of early C15 glass in Europe is just an actuarial requirement I suppose.

And of course anyone who is really from York knows that they can get free entry to York Minster by registering for a local residents card (not the same as a Yorkcard)

RosieP wrote:
And of course anyone who is really from York knows that they can get free entry to York Minster by registering for a local residents card (not the same as a Yorkcard)

You need a Minster Card really.

Happy new year to you too Cat Amongst! :)

nobodyknowswhoiam wrote:

pedalling paul wrote: No no..YOU'RE a bright one. (= you are.) You have wrongly used YOUR which sounds similar but is the possessive pronoun eg your bike. As for the East Window, it has been entirely removed for restoration in the glaziers area of the stoneyard. Inside the Minster, a roof to floor vinyl screen is installed at the window's site, with a full size photo of the window printed on it. Hence visitors can still get a good impression of what it will look like, when fully reinstated.

P Paul I have nogripe with you and I am a cyclist...HOWEVER I find your posts are rather smug and condescending. Do you enjoy possibly "humiliating" other readers by pointing out spelling, grammar etc? How come you know everything? Wnatever subject is being mentioned you know all about it (example today the story behind the window being in the yard to start with) No offence intended but please do not be such a snob. It would be very embarrassing to be ridiculed because of your education, spelling and so on. Happy New Year

You should meet Pedalling Paul in real life he is a right smug so and so.

Stotty's upped his campaign against the Church.

£27m is a lot of appreciation for a window. I appreciate it a lot or at least I did when it was in place.

1speedisalluneed wrote:

nobodyknowswhoiam wrote:

pedalling paul wrote: No no..YOU'RE a bright one. (= you are.) You have wrongly used YOUR which sounds similar but is the possessive pronoun eg your bike. As for the East Window, it has been entirely removed for restoration in the glaziers area of the stoneyard. Inside the Minster, a roof to floor vinyl screen is installed at the window's site, with a full size photo of the window printed on it. Hence visitors can still get a good impression of what it will look like, when fully reinstated.

P Paul I have nogripe with you and I am a cyclist...HOWEVER I find your posts are rather smug and condescending. Do you enjoy possibly "humiliating" other readers by pointing out spelling, grammar etc? How come you know everything? Wnatever subject is being mentioned you know all about it (example today the story behind the window being in the yard to start with) No offence intended but please do not be such a snob. It would be very embarrassing to be ridiculed because of your education, spelling and so on. Happy New Year

You should meet Pedalling Paul in real life he is a right smug so and so.

really??

bloodaxe wrote:

scooterboy wrote: why would the window be there in the first place, It will be ok the £8 admission fee the minster will be charging next year will cover it

As I've said before, this just about sums up your intellectual contributions to these posts. Apart from the glass, there are several tonnes of stone in the Great East Window.

are you a saxon

scooterboy wrote:

bloodaxe wrote:

scooterboy wrote: why would the window be there in the first place, It will be ok the £8 admission fee the minster will be charging next year will cover it

As I've said before, this just about sums up your intellectual contributions to these posts. Apart from the glass, there are several tonnes of stone in the Great East Window.

are you a saxon

Another stunning, rapier-like, pertinant riposte