ST. PAUL'S COMMUNION SET.
WILL BE MELTED DOWN. The £2OOO gold Communion set of St. Paul's Cathedra], London, has been brought out of storage and will be melted down and redesigned. The plate was presented to St. Paul's by Ernest Terah Hooley, the financier, in the year of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee. There are four flagons and four chalices, the total weight being 300 ounces. They were used twice and then stored. At the time Hooley is reported to have said, "I suppose they have refused to use it because they regard me as a great sinner, and they have no room for sinners in the Church of England." Canon Alexander, or St. Paul's, has just explained. "The original shapes of the vessels made the use of them in services very difficult. As a result they have been stored in the strong-room of the cathedral for more than 20 years."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3449, 24 November 1932, Page 7
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150ST. PAUL'S COMMUNION SET. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3449, 24 November 1932, Page 7
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