Making Light Work of Pounds 2.5m Treasures ; Chandelier Cleaning Expert Is No Del Boy, Fortunately

Western Daily Press › July 20, 2009

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They really are the lights fantastic. And so cleaning chandeliers worth Pounds 2.5 million is not a job to be undertaken by novices.

Luckily the man in charge of the delicate task of cleaning the 18th-century treasures at Bath's historic Assembly Rooms has been doing it for 20 years.

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Making Light Work of Pounds 2.5m Treasures ; Chandelier Cleaning Expert Is No Del Boy, Fortunately

Expert restorer Terry Brotheridge is leading the twice-yearly cleaning of the five chandeliers, made in 1771 and w...

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