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The Guardian // Entertainment // Art

For whom the bell tolls: hunt for missing piece of Shrewsbury’s industrial history

Monday 31st March 2025, 5:00AM

Quest to restore sound that called child workers to Flaxmill Maltings building, which paved way for modern high-risesFor almost 200 years, the bell tolled to mark the start and end of the working day at one of the UK’s most remarkable industrial sites – but it vanished when the buildings became derelict in the late 1980s or early 90s.As English Heritage prepares to welcome visitors to the Flaxmill Maltings building in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, a hunt for the missing bell has been launched. Continue reading...

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