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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John Oldham, of John Taylor & Co, writ=
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Aubrey Bennett of Buckfastleigh on the subject of St Sidwell, Exeter, =
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5th January 1943, added:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>What's he say about St Sid=
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then. All I know of their fate is that the 9th is now hung dead in a tripod=
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thingy at the east end of the new church (I've seen it several times - cano=
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seem to be off - who hung it there?), and the tenor was recovered from the=
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rubble by the demolition contractor who secretly broke it up and sold =
it as=20
scrap, an act for which he was taken to court. Rumour has it that the front=
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eight were scrapped.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>The post-war church was a =
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ago converted into flats and a cafe, with part remaining as a=20
chapel.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV></BODY><=
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