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Alan Titchmarsh Supports York Minster
Published: on 2nd November 2006 by Alix Peacock in Development Campaign News
ALAN TITCHMARSH SUPPORTS THE MINSTER DEVELOPMENT CAMPAIGN
One of Britain's best known Yorkshiremen, Alan Titchmarsh, has kindly agreed to give An Evening with Alan Titchmarsh, a lighthearted anthology of poetry and prose with gardening and other stories, in aid of York Minster's Development Campaign. The Evening will take place on Thursday 9th November at 7.30pm in the Nave of the Minster. Tickets at the front of the Nave cost £20 and at the rear of the nave and in the side aisles cost £15, all seating is unreserved. Tickets for the event are available from The Development Office, Church House, Ogleforth, York YO1 7JN, Telephone 01904 557245. Tickets will also be available on the door.
Alan will be reading from his newly published second volume of Yorkshire memoirs Nobbut a Lad: A Yorkshire Childhood. His sixth novel, Love and Dr Devon was also recently published. There will be a book buying and signing opportunity at the end of the evening.
Alan Titchmarsh was born and brought up on the edge of Ilkley Moor in Yorkshire. His keen interest in gardening was evident from the age of 10 when he started growing plants in his parents' garden. After leaving school at 15 to become an apprentice gardener, he went on to train full time at horticultural college and subsequently at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Alan then became a horticultural journalist and a freelance broadcaster and writer and he now writes regularly for the Daily Express, Radio Times and BBC Gardeners' World Magazine. He is patron or president of nearly 40 charities, and runs his own charity, Gardens for Schools, which biennially gives grants to primary schools for gardens and nature areas. In television Alan is currently filming 'Nature of Britain' for the BBC's Natural History Unit and has just completed the filming for a new BBC series, 'The Great British Village Show'.
Dr Richard Shephard, York Minster's Director of Development said "Alan Titchmarsh is an extraordinarily talented person - gardener, novelist, anthologist, television presenter - and is, understandably, incredibly busy, so we are all particularly grateful that he has given his wholehearted support to the York Minster Development Campaign."
The York Minster Development Campaign is aiming to raise £30,000,000 to fund the restoration of the East Front of the Minster, and aid the cathedral's music and educational life. The centrepiece of the East Front is the Great East Window, the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. The medieval glass and stonework of the East Front are badly in need of restoration and structural repair. If you are able to help keep York Minster in its full glory, please send cheques, made payable to 'York Minster Fund' to The Development Office, Church House, Ogleforth, York, Y01 7JN, or email richards@yorkminster.org.