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BROADCAST IN THE PARISH CHURCH A large congregation attended at the church on Tuesday to hear the broadcast from St. George's, Chapel, Windsor, of the King's funeral service. The rector, the C. S. Jackson, presided over the gathering and at the conclusion of the service offered special prayers, followed by the staging of the National Anthem. Mr. Matt. Davis played appropriate organ music during the interval of waiting. On Sunday the Parish Church bell-ringers paid tribute and rang half-muffled peals at the morning and evening services, while on Tuesday evening a quarter peal of Grandsire Doubles, half-muffled, were rung. The ringers were:- 1, R. Meredith; 2, W. J. Garbett; 3, Arthur Bagley; 4, William Hartshorne; 5, A. J. Garbett.

(Extracts from the Wellington Journal relating to Broseley and District, Broseley Local History Society 2008)