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The Bulletin
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Fix this textWednesday, July 6, 1949
Fix this textPrice 6d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textSeppels
Fix this textis known the world
Fix this textover as the town of the “Crooked
Fix this textSpire,” a unique medieval structure
Fix this textwhich is regarded as a national heirloom.
Fix this textIt surmounts the Church of St. Mary and
Fix this textAll Saints, the parish church of Chester-
Fix this textfield, and for six hundred years this
Fix this textremarkable structure has pointed uncer-
Fix this texttainly towards the heavens, arousing in-
Fix this textterest and curiosity in each succeeding
Fix this textgeneration.
Fix this textThe spire, which dates from 1375, is
Fix this textout of perpendicular, leaning in three
Fix this textdirections at once—seven feet six inches
Fix this textto the south, seven feet ten inches to the
Fix this textsouth-west and three feet two inches to
Fix this textthe west, and these increasing deflections
Fix this textsince 1818 have caused concern for the
Fix this textsafety of the building.
Fix this textAmong the curious legends which
Fix this texthave originated around the cause of these
Fix this textcontortions is the story which asserts that
Fix this textLucifer, who was flying from Notting-
Fix this textham to Sheffield, alighted for a moment
Fix this texton the top of the spire. At that moment
Fix this texta waft of incense from below so irritated
Fix this texthim that he gave a violent sneeze—so
Fix this textgreat that he twisted the whole spire.
Fix this textYet another story concerns the fact that
Fix this texton one occasion a virtuous maiden of
Fix this textsuch beauty entered the church that the
Fix this textspire bowed in admiration and could not
Fix this textregain its normal position.
Fix this textIt is asserted, however, that it was the
Fix this textaim of the designers to build a spire with
Fix this texta twist at the base which would gradually
Fix this textmodulate so as to finish perpendicular.
Fix this textThe twist, therefore, is by design, but
Fix this textthe contortion is the result of accident,
Fix this textfaulty design and the warping of timber
Fix this textdue to the unseasoned wood used and
Fix this textto the action of the sun on the leaden
Fix this textcovering of the exterior. This leadwork,
Fix this textwhich is arranged in herring-bone
Fix this textfashion, is estimated to weigh 32 tons.
Fix this textMuch damage to the fabric of the spire
Fix this texthas been caused by the destructive Death
Fix this textWatch beetle, whose activities have been
Fix this textcurbed by restoration work,carried out
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Fix this textThe spire, which is 230 feet high, is
Fix this textnot secured to the top of the tower, but
Fix this textrelies for its stability on its low centre of
Fix this textgravity and on the flexibility of the struc-
Fix this textture, which, whip-like, bends to the
Fix this textfiercest gales, which it has withstood for
Fix this textmany generations.
Fix this textRENOWED FOR ITS CROOKED SPIRE, CHESTERFIELD'S PARISH CHURCH
Fix this textROYAL
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Fix this textHOUSE OF SEPPELT
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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