York Minster
Those of you of as similar vintage to me will remember the York Minster fire of 1984. Well, in 1986, as the restoration was under way, Blue Peter held a competition to design Bosses (look it up if you are not sure) to replace some of those lost in the fire. They had a few categories I think, although I can't remember any other than the one I entered, which was 'Historic Events'. I spent a while wracking my brains trying to think of something worth a memorial before I was struck by genius - just a few months earlier the Space Shuttle Challenger had exploded over Cape Canaveral, killing all those on board. Surely they were worthy of being remembered as more than a string of cruel playground jokes? (What does NASA stand for? Need another seven astronauts; What is an astronauts favourote drink? 7-up; Did you know the pilot was blue eyed? One blew left and one blew right; What were the pilots last words? What does this button do).

So I decided to commemorate the Space Shuttle Disaster of 1986. There are a number of things that I am not sure about anymore though. One, why on earth I thought that they'd want to commemorate an American disaster in a grand old British Cathedral. Two, Even if they had, why I thought they would want to do so with a picture of a blue sky and a branching column of grey smoke with the words 'Challenger, January 1986' under it, and Three, what in earth my parents were thinking when they let me post it, it was more offensive than any of the jokes.

And this is why, when you look up at the ceiling of York Minster, my handiwork is sadly not displayed.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:01, 5 replies)

Get rid of the digression
and I'll click.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:09, closed)

Ha,
I was tempted anyway after I read it back. It's pretty pointless and a fairly transparent attempt to pad out a flimsy story.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:11, closed)

I think it's quite a good story, to be honest.

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:29, closed)

I'm such a whore.

( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:30, closed)

But you get your click.
:)
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 1 Sep 2011, 14:42, closed)