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Big Ben: The story behind the chimes
Big Ben bongs have rung out for the final time before repair work begins, but little is known that a church in Cambridge holds the secret to the Westminster Chimes.
We explore how the familiar tune was copied from Great St Mary's Church in the 1700s.
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