A woman who won a Blue Peter competition to design a boss for York Minster after the 1984 fire describes the process as an “amazing experience”.
Laura Edwards was just eight years old when the devastating fire gutted the cathedral’s South Transept.
She read about the blaze through press clippings sent to her by her York-based grandparents and was fascinated by the story.
BBC children’s TV show Blue Peter ran a competition to design a boss for the new Minster roof after the fire – thought to have been caused by a lightning strike – with the winning design being made by master craftspeople working on the restoration.
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