BECAUSE British cathedrals do not receive any State funding at all, most of the others started to charge an entrance fee years ago. York Minster has resisted - even though it costs about £4 a minute to keep it open.
The adult optional voluntary donation is £3.50, which is £1.50 cheaper than a visit to that gigantic plastic sausage with nipples that cluttered up the Yorkshire Museum Gardens in August... and so much more uplifting.
I was not hassled for money when I visited. The door staff could not have been more friendly or less threatening.
Damaris Graham,
Eycott Cottage,
Old Windsor,
Berkshire.
Updated: 12:37 Thursday, October 03, 2002
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