Cheery Job: Tomb-Cleaning
What woman has the queerest job in Britain? Miss M. Janet Becker has an excellent claim to that distinction. She cleans and restores ancient tombs in our cathedrals and churches. Using a special preservative paint, she has been restoring tombs for more than fourteen years. In Gloucester Cathedral, for instance, she was responsible for the cleaning of all the monuments. Assisted by 50 volunteers, the task took her about six months. Recently Miss Becker restored for posterity the 600-year-old tomb in Lingfield Parish Church of the first Lord Cobham, who “died of pestilence” in the fourteenth century. She plans to devote her whole life to preserving the beauty of the past.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 26, 2 March 1948, Page 6
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114Cheery Job: Tomb-Cleaning Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 26, 2 March 1948, Page 6
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