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The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarch as Supreme Governor and the Archbishop of Canterbury), and is the mother church for the Diocese of York and the Province of York. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of York. The title "minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title The minster was completed in 1472 after several centuries of building. It is devoted to Saint Peter, and has a very wide decorated gothic nave and chapter house, a perpendicular gothic quire and east end and early English north and south transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters Window, each lancet being over 53 feet (16.3 m) high. The south transept contains a rose window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as The Heart of Yorkshire.

The wreck of HMHS Rohilla HMHS Rohilla, also referred to as SS Rohilla, ran aground in October 1914 near Whitby during terrible weather conditions. The hospital ship, carrying 229 people, was on its way to Dunkirk to pick up injured soldiers when tragedy struck. Six lifeboats attempted to rescue people from the wreck over a stormy three-day period but 83 people sadly lost their lives. However, thanks to the brave efforts of the lifeboat crews, coastguards and local men and women 146 people were saved. The link below gives a more comprehensive record of the disaster and rescue attempts: www.nyma.org.uk/_webedit/uploaded-files/All%20Files/History%20Tree/23%201914%20The%20Wreck%20of%20the%20Rohilla.pdf

The 3 pence (3d) Stamp I found this example in an old long forgotten album on yet another wet rainy day in North Yorkshire. The Post Office Tower stamps 3 pence, and 1 shilling and 3 pence (3d & 1/3) went on sale on 8 October 1965, the day the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, officially opened the Tower. The stamps remained on general sale until 30 June 1966. The Post Office Tower The BT Tower is a grade II listed communications tower located in Fitzrovia, London, owned by BT Group. It has been previously known as the GPO Tower, the Post Office Tower, and the British Telecom Tower. The main structure is 177 metres (581 ft) high, with a further section of aerial rigging bringing the total height to 189 metres (620 ft). Upon completion in 1964, it overtook the Millbank Tower to become the tallest building in both London and the United Kingdom, titles that it held until 1980, when it in turn was overtaken by the NatWest Tower. Commissioning and construction The tower was commissioned by the General Post Office (GPO). Its primary purpose was to support the microwave aerials then used to carry telecommunications traffic from London to the rest of the country, as part of the General Post Office microwave network. Construction began in June 1961; owing to the building's height and its having a tower crane jib across the top virtually throughout the whole construction period, it gradually became a very prominent landmark that could be seen from almost anywhere in London. Opening and use The tower was topped out on 15 July 1964. The Tower was operationally opened on 8 October 1965 by Prime Minister Harold Wilson. As well as the communications equipment and office space, there were viewing galleries, a souvenir shop and a rotating restaurant on the 34th floor; this was called The Top of the Tower, and operated by Butlins. It made one revolution every 23 minutes. In its first year the Tower hosted just under one million visitors and over 100,000 diners ate in the restaurant. 1971 Bombing A bomb exploded in the roof of the men's toilets at the Top of the Tower restaurant at 04:30 on 31 October 1971, the blast damaged buildings and cars up to 400 yards away. The restaurant was closed to the public for security reasons a matter of months after the bombing in 1971. 21st century The tower is still in use, and is the site of a major UK communications hub. Microwave links have been replaced by subterranean optical fibre links for most mainstream purposes, but the former are still in use at the tower. The BT Tower was given Grade II listed building status in 2003. In 2006, the tower began to be used for short-term air quality observations by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and this has continued in a more permanent form as BT Tower Observatory, an urban atmospheric pollution observatory to help monitor air quality in the capital. The aim is to measure pollutant levels above ground level to determine their source. One area of investigation is the long-range transport of fine particles from outside the city.

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O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all. ......................

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