A veteran bellringer in England passed away lately when he was taking his part in a peal of the ten highest of all the bells in London. He was in the 300-foot tower of the Imperial Institute, which was built by Thomas Collcutt to celebrate tlie Jubilee in the Victorian Era, and has been gracing Kensington with its beauty since the year 1893. The ringer who passed away was Mr. Walter Prime, who for 50 years had been a member of the St. Paul’s company of fingers and of (lie Ancient Society of College Youths. This society has Jieen in existence since 1637, and practises regularly on such tine rings as those of Southwark Cathedral. St. Mary-le-Bow. St. Michael’s. Cornhill. and this lovely group of bells which is suspended high over London’s museum.
WOODS’ GREAT PEPPERMINT CORE —For Influenza Colds.—Advt,
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 34, 3 November 1934, Page 11
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