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£10 million boost for York Minster
11:34am Thursday 26th July 2007
YORK Minster has hit the jackpot with a £10 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The funds will go towards a £19 million appeal to restore the crumbling East Front, create a stylish new piazza entranceway from Deangate, provide full disabled access into the crypt and install new digital and computer-generated displays about the history and purpose of the cathedral.
The Dean of York, the Very Reverend Keith Jones, said: ""This is wonderful news. Now we can make the Minster a place of which we can be even more proud."
Actress Dame Judi Dench, a long-term supporter of the Minster, also hailed the grant, saying: "It's marvellous news that the Heritage Lottery Fund has been so generous and ensured that the vital restoration work of this most wonderful and iconic building will now take place."
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Corney, says...
1:25pm Thu 26 Jul 07
Beef Curtains wrote:What a silly point that is....a swimming pool would be better. This does raise a good point though, with £10m we could build a class football team. We dont need the minster anymore, i think its just become an eye-sore anyroad.
Knock it down and build a new ground for YCFC
Phantom, York says...
1:28pm Thu 26 Jul 07
andyb, york says...
1:37pm Thu 26 Jul 07
Corney, says...
1:38pm Thu 26 Jul 07
andyb wrote:I dont
The Minster is part of the attraction to our city, and I think it`s money well spent.We all benefit indirectly from tourist money coming into the City.
SilverSurfer, Surfing says...
2:01pm Thu 26 Jul 07
gresmit, York says...
2:02pm Thu 26 Jul 07
SilverSurfer, Surfing says...
2:07pm Thu 26 Jul 07
gresmit, York says...
2:13pm Thu 26 Jul 07
SilverSurfer wrote:Looks like you misunderstood me Silversurfer - what I meant was "It's about time the lottery fund was used for a deserving cause such as this". I was born in York and so am justifiably proud of the Minster.
I see where you're coming from gresmit but after they used £200M+ for the Royal Opera it's nice that some of the money has headed north!
SilverSurfer, Surfing says...
2:17pm Thu 26 Jul 07
Corney, says...
2:25pm Thu 26 Jul 07
gresmit wrote:Oh please do, dont be a spoil sport! Why dont they spend the money repairing Foutains Abbey - that looks a right mess!
It's about time the lottery fund was used for a deserving cause. As for some of the emails above, I shan't waste my time commenting.
Beef Curtains, Durham says...
2:34pm Thu 26 Jul 07
gresmit, York says...
2:39pm Thu 26 Jul 07
SilverSurfer wrote:I see the Minster as one of the great man-made structures of medieval times and we have a responsibility to maintain it for future generations. The Church of England is irrelevant in this respect.
So am I gresmit - but I think there are far more deserving charities than the Church of England or the Royal Opera!
andyb, york says...
2:39pm Thu 26 Jul 07
Corney wrote:When people come to York, they spend money. That money creates jobs.
andyb wrote:I dont
The Minster is part of the attraction to our city, and I think it`s money well spent.We all benefit indirectly from tourist money coming into the City.
gresmit, York says...
2:49pm Thu 26 Jul 07
andyb wrote:Exactly, and they spend that money because they are here, and they come here because they want to see the minster and other historic attractions ....so what's your point?
Corney wrote:When people come to York, they spend money. That money creates jobs.andyb wrote: The Minster is part of the attraction to our city, and I think it`s money well spent.We all benefit indirectly from tourist money coming into the City.I dont
Corney, says...
3:01pm Thu 26 Jul 07
gresmit, York says...
4:11pm Thu 26 Jul 07
andyb, york says...
5:17pm Thu 26 Jul 07
Jason, says...
5:22pm Thu 26 Jul 07
Beef Curtains wrote:Cant they just kick around on the knavesmire. Actually i take that back. the standard is much higher on the knavesmire on a Sunday.
Knock it down and build a new ground for YCFC
Gypsum Fantasic, York says...
9:03pm Thu 26 Jul 07
magicman!, says...
12:28am Fri 27 Jul 07
the minster always has scaffolding around it, obscuring one face or another.
Why not leave it as-is for a few years, and if lightning strikes it, then god obviously isn't very pleased with the church!
>:D
ggnore, my house says...
2:19pm Fri 27 Jul 07
gresmit wrote:That businesses and people pay taxes, and tax revenue is spent on public services, which we all benefit from.
andyb wrote:Exactly, and they spend that money because they are here, and they come here because they want to see the minster and other historic attractions ....so what's your point?
Corney wrote:When people come to York, they spend money. That money creates jobs.andyb wrote: The Minster is part of the attraction to our city, and I think it`s money well spent.We all benefit indirectly from tourist money coming into the City.I dont
Seriously, you must be a moron.
purpleronnie, Fully, York says...
1:32pm Mon 30 Jul 07
Gypsum Fantasic wrote:Haha
Why dont they give the £58k needed by the church begging in tonights press. Greedy child molesting pigs.
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