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<DIV><SPAN class=375282210-28032010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I was
looking into buildings designed by David Mocatta, who was responsible
for Brighton Station and a number of other structures on the London to
Brighton railway, and came across this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=375282210-28032010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montefiore_Synagogue">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montefiore_Synagogue</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=375282210-28032010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>From
this you will see that it has - unusually for a synagogue - a chiming
clock.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=375282210-28032010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Does
anyone know anything about the bell or bells supplied to go with it? For
an 1833 building designed by an architect with London connections (Mocatta was a
pupil of Nash) I would expect something from Whitechapel, but it would
be interesting to know. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=375282210-28032010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
Rivet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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