Image #1: Worcester Cathedral |  D[ea]r Frank / when do you / break up for / your holiday / let me know / with love from Aunt / Arabella

Image #2: WORCESTER CATHEDRAL 3568 | “AERO PICTORIAL LTD., 137, REGENT STREET, LONDON, W.A”. / AERO PICTORIAL AIR VIEW / Copyright Air Photograph

22.03.1862

…reference to the work of restoration…and on the assertion made therein…calculated seriously to damage the professional reputation of the architect to the Dean and Chapter and the ingenious artists employed as sculptors under his direction… THE TRUTH. In full consciousness of the great interest attaching to the carvings, Mr Perkins, the architect, and the sculptors Mr Forsyth and Mr Boulton, who have been successively employed under him, have taken extraordinary care for their preservation… [Worcester Herald]

26.03.1862

COMMUNICATIONS TO THE EDITOR. WORCESTER CATHEDRAL CARVINGS. … The carver and sculptor, Mr. R. Boulton, not Forsyth and Boulton, as appeared in Saturday’s Herald, is a person of acknowledged ability… JAS. BENNETT AND SON Birmingham, March 22nd, 1862. [Worcestershire Chronicle]

08.06.1867

CATHEDRAL RESTORATION. For the last fortnight the workmen have been very busy in raising to the top of the tower the cornice stones, which are of a massive character, some of them weighing nearly a ton. In a few days Mr. Forsyth, the sculptor, will commence his work; and it is expected that in about four months from the present time the pinnacles will be finished. [Worcester Journal]

11.04.1874

RE–OPENING OF THE CATHEDRAL AFTER ITS RESTORATION. The re–opening of the Cathedral, after the completion of the magnificent works of restoration… …the principal part of the Cathedral restoration was carried on from the designs and under the superintendence of the late Mr. Perkins, architect to the Dean and Chapter; but that Sir Gilbert Scott, R.A., was engaged for the re–arrangement and decoration of the Choir and Nave. The firms which undertook the contracts from time to time were – Mr. Bennett, of Birmingham; Mr. Hughes, of Bristol; Messrs. Collins and Cullis, of Tewkesbury; and Messrs. Wood and Son, of Worcester. Decorators: Messrs. Hardman, of Birmingham; and Mr. Wells, of Worcester. Sculptors and carvers: Mr. Forsyth, of Worcester, Mr. Boulton, of Cheltenham; and Messrs. Farmer and Brindley, of Lambeth, London. Brass and metal workers: Messrs. Skidmore, of Coventry. The encaustic tiles from Choir and altar space, were manufactured by Godwin, of Lugwardine, from designs by Sir Gilbert Scott. R.A., and the marble in the same proportions was supplied by Messrs. Poole and Sons, of London. [Worcestershire Chronicle]