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Memorial Community Church
Heritage Open Day: Visitors can have a tour of the building and hear about its history. The most interesting part is the belfry, reached by 100 stairs up the east tower. A chime of 10 pealing bells is played with a clavier (you can have a go). Installed in 1925, they are a war memorial to 200 men from the church and local area who died serving in the First World War. All their names are cast into the bells - the largest number of names cast into a set of bells in the UK certainly, possibly the E
Sat 12 Sep:1100 - 1400. Free Entry. For more information and last-minute updates, please visit the Heritage Open Days website
Memorial Community Church, 389-395 Barking Road, Plaistow, London E13 8AL
Sat 12 Sep 2015
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