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SHA 2005 York, England
I would like to one of the first to congratulate Harold Mytum and our many
other English colleagues for organizing and
bringing off such a successful annual meeting in York. Although northern
England had some of the worst weather in
over 40 years (rain and wind gusts up to 60-90 mph) oddly none of the
conference events were disrupted. The Ouse
River did overflow and start to creep around the hotel = the name, York
Moat House Hotel.
The sessions went fine and the hotel primary setting worked well,
especially for those of us who used it as a base to
do our own touring of the City. York is historic indeed and I was very
lucky to get two sunny days both of which I
was in the Minster for its stained glass.
The tours were great with excellent guides. I found it a bit odd that our
guides on two bus day tours were Americans
(PhD students at the U of York) but they were very knowledgeable. We also
had a very impressive guide (Name?),
the Archaeologist for the Minister, for our Walking Tour of the cathedral.
Special events went very well with a well arranged Awards Ceremony (thanks
to Mary Beaudry) and a very
moving life-story for Marcel Moussette.
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone involved in SHA 2005.
Robert L.
Schuyler*
*(also know as "Touring Bob" who saw the Minster
at least four times)
Robert L. Schuyler
University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324
Tel: (215) 898-6965
Fax: (215) 898-0657
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