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Loughborough Carillon

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Plans were finalised in 1919 and when completed in 1923 it was the first four-octave carillon in England, the concept being associated with
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There are recitals every Thursday (1300 till 1400) and Sunday (1300 till 1400) throughout the summer.
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War Memorial and Peace Carillons website - About the Loughborough War Memorial Carillon
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One of the bells in the tower was used to record the start of the song "
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where so many British servicemen lost their lives during the 1914–1918
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starts with the line "I looked down from the carillon".
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for the occasion - the manuscript of which, donated to
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The dedication was held on Sunday 22 July 1923, led by
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Loughborough Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum
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52°46′9.92″N 1°12′37.66″W / 52.7694222°N 1.2104611°W / 52.7694222; -1.2104611
Loughborough Carillon
carillon
war memorial
Loughborough
Belgium
Great War
Walter Tapper
grade II listed
John Taylor Bell Foundry
Loughborough
Theodore Woods
Bishop of Peterborough
William Robertson
carillonneur
Edward Elgar
Charnwood Borough Council
listed building
spiral staircase
Loughborough Suicide
Indie
Young Knives
Hells Bells (song)
AC/DC
List of carillons of the British Isles
"Edward Elgar manuscript found in dusty folder"
The Guardian
Historic England
"Carillon Tower (1074532)"
National Heritage List for England

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