30 years as worker of maintenance at Lincoln Cathedral

[kagliostro]

30 years as worker of mainenance at Lincoln Cathedral

and someone decided for a Gargoyle added to the building as acknowledgment

I think it is a very satisfying thing, don't you ?

This maintenance worker at Lincoln Cathedral was honored for 30 years service by having a gargoyle carved in his likeness and added to the building.

Franco

[Ritchie200]

Wow!  That is certainly an honor!  He must be well liked and a hard worker for that kind of gratitude!

Jim

[kagliostro]

Yes, I think so, became part of a 925 years old  building isn't for everybody


Franco

[Ed_Chambley]

Nice honor and very neat to see you as a gagolye! Happy 30h year anniversary.

[shooter]

I think it is a very satisfying thing

it does indeed!  Who did the mold?

[Ritchie200]

Is this you?!?!?!

Jim

[PRR]

> Is this you?!?!?!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-516171/Humble-worker-immortalised-stone-gargoyle-world-famous-cathedral.html

Lincoln Cathedral is in Lincoln, England. We know Franco speaks of life in Italy, with Italian electric meters and Italian medical words. I do not think Franco has commuted to England every day for 30 years just to open-up, under an alias so the Anglicans don't guess his true nation and faith. Franco's English has gotten very good, but I do not think his speaking style would pass as a Lincoln brick-layer named Stuart Boyfield.

The story says that the cathedral is very old and some of the gargoyles are falling apart. They like to be as old-time accurate as possible, but you can't get a guy from 500 or 1,000 years ago to pose for a re-cut. More often they take a recent known dead-person, but for a minor work they can slip in whoever is handy.

BTW, the story is from 2008.

[PRR]

48 minute tour of the cathedral, led by Stuart Boyfield (and his gargoyle near 14:00):

! No longer available

[kagliostro]

We know Franco speaks of life in Italy,

That is exact, may be my english isn't so good if talking about this thing someone misunderstand and think the man of the Gargoyle am I

(I'm still impressed about that thing, that guy will be there near forever)

Many thanks for the link to the video PRR

Franco

[PRR]

> that guy will be there near forever

Another guy was in that spot. And apparently fell apart.

The stone is local sand-stone? It will "rot" in the rain, sun, and frost. The roof cap stones are cut with flat slopes so the water runs off. A gargoyle's face (and body) do not shed water so well.

He's probably only got hundreds of years before his face falls off. Another 100+ years, they will take him down and break him up for mortar-sand to make repairs on other stones.

OTOH, all I got for 30+ years service with an outfit which owns a couple "cathedrals" (well, large chapels) was a $2 clock in a $2 veneer case (sells for $70 retail, they probably got $50 bulk-buy).

[shooter]

all I got for 30+ years service

You did better than me after 30+, unless you count the things I forgot to return when HR simply said, your services have been terminated!