Last of the York picspam - including bubonic plague and threatening breakfast cereal...

[curiouswombat]

I really do think this is the last of the York picspam! I am hoping it all makes sense - you can blame typos etc on the fact that D-d and I just shared a bottle of wine over dinner! Hic!

There are a couple of pictures from the North Yorks Moors Railway, one is simply of a couple of gentlemen, taken from the station bridge in Pickering, who look like characters from Thomas the Tank Engine






And one of the historical metal advertising sign that caught our eyes - especially S2C and D-d, who both burst out laughing before I even noticed it -






Also - as you may know - York Minster is one of the greatest gothic cathedrals in the world. (With one of the world's best archbishops, IMHO!) This year some of the worn or broken carvings at the roof level are to be replaced by new carvings, as part of a conservation project, which includes training new craftsmen.

The new figures are currently on display before they are put into place - after which it is unlikely that many people will ever see them again.

In keeping with the original figures, these new ones represent illnesses and tribulations of medieval life -

Here are Toothache and Madness -



Backache -



Bubonic plague - see the buboes in the armpit and groin -



And finally the dreaded Plague Doctor -





The plague doctor seems a fitting place to finish - I will spend most of tomorrow gowned up and out in the community taking swabs from people suspected of having the Swine Flu...

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Of course we all know that Weetabix is only really tasty when mixed with blood...

I loved York Minster and since I was the only photographer of our trip, that's the one time I turned the camera over to P.S. who literally spent five minutes fiddling with it so that when she actually snapped the photo I was in the process of scowling and saying "What on earth is taking you so long?" sigh...

However I paid for some time there and still have my certificate and my lovely White Rose of York pin.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

The Minster is such a wonderful building - mind you, I have just found the weirdest thing on their website - your own Archbishop Sentamu (http://www.yorkminster.org/shop/christmas/) to hang on your Christmas tree!!

You will have to come back sometime, and I will take a boat and drive to York especially to take your picture for you!