Flaunden Women's Institute May 07
Ken Barnes gave an interesting talk Looking after a Palace. He was a trained carpenter and meeting the right person gave him the opportunity to work on historical buildings.
His first job was building a new gallery at Buckingham Palace. From then on he had work in Middle East palaces, and for King Hussein of Jordan.
He built a new cupola for Hampton Court Palace, the existing one had lasted for 500 years, and finally he was given the whole upkeep of Windsor Castle keeping everything structurally sound.
Sadly a horrific fire broke out at the castle. But with lots of help all the treasures were rescued apart from one large painting too big to move. A fascinating story brought about by his first assignment. An evening much enjoyed.
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08 May 2008 10:11 AM
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