TRIBUTES have been paid to Peter Gibson, founder of the York Glaziers Trust, who died at the weekend.
Mr Gibson, who lived in the shadow of York Minster, was a specialist craftsman whose dedication to the city’s historic stained glass saw him made MBE, OBE and freeman of the city.
He worked on every one of York Minster’s many stained glass windows, and twice supervised the restoration of the famous Rose Window - once after it was almost destroyed in the great fire of 1984.
Sarah Brown, director and chief executive of the York Glaziers Trust, said: “For those of us who knew Peter, it’s very sad news, because although he was quite elderly he has been such an elder statesman of stained glass and such a part of the city and for the Minster it’s hard to believe he’s passed on.”
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