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A MEMORIAL
clock honouring 'Castle Point's
longest serving member of
Parliament has been officially
unveiled.
The four-sided
cast iron pillar clock is in
memory of Lord Bernard Braine of
Wheatley, who served
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MP for CaStle
Point for 37 years. He died in
2000. The clock was unveiled in
the presence of Jenny Tolhurst,
the High Sheriff of Essex and
London town crier Peter
Moore.
Mike Kettley,
vicar of St |
James the Less
Church in Hadleigh led a blessing
of the clock on
Saturday.
Castle Point
mayor Wendy Goodwin campaigned
for months to raise funds for the
£20,000 clock at the
Victoria roundabout in
Hadleigh. |
Mrs Goodwin
said: "He would have been pleased
with this memorial. Edna Bowden,
chairman of the Canvey
Island,Women's Section of the
Conservative Association, said:
"Lord Braine was a true
gentleman." |
