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Likctia many stories it began on a quite ordinary day. Bridge was either at lunch
orh oaing after it. The children were in the playground waiting for afternoon
sc oo to begin. Then it happened — an almighty clap of thunder simultan-

eous with lightning. The children squealed and rushed indoors as the rains I

came, and the _village found itself the target of one of the most violent
thunder storms in many a long day.

At the time Ernest Cassell was washing up in the kitchen of his Brewery
Lane home. He glanced up and saw_p1eces of timber splintering from the
church spire. Realising it had been hit he watched to see any signs of fire.

Mercifully noiieappeared and he put through a call to the Vicarage to report
matters to me. ‘

A preliminary inspection in torrential rain revealed a gaping hole in the
steeple about sixty feet up and a considerable quantity of debris littering the
churchyard.

Counting the Cost

Nothing much could be done until the rain stopped, save for telephoning
churchwardens and the architect John Clague of John Clague & Partners. A
hasty site meeting was fixed for when the storm was over but the sound of the
fire brigade tearing along Bridge High‘ Street found me back at the church,

happily to discover we were not the obiect of their attentions. Does anybody
know who was? Unconfirmed rumour said it was Highland Court!

Acting with great speed two representatives of John Clague & Partners
were on site and had arranged for a builder to stand by for emergency repairs.
Unfortunately the damage was beyond their reach but thanks to the telephone
the architects were able ' to contact a steeplejack and he was on the Job first
thing the following morning. By_an odd coincidence he was due to survey the
weather vane at St. Mary’s, Patrixbourne on the Friday.

It could have been worse!

' h dl dd t th weather vane with incredible
SteeeIc)ileJI?c(lliopfligragghligllsnerfi ofvilggelig, ighoehad never seen the like. His is
Eigiedenilably a highly-skilled profession. ‘How does he do it?’ was the question

on everyonyshps! h h ' t’ of the steeple inside and out
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produce 8 ntouched the bulk of the damage being to the surface wooden
S""°t1‘$§° ‘I’-vlgswlever the beam that supported the enormous clock weight had

fling uite seriously split necessitating its replacement once the clockwork had
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