January 1936 -Tolling 'Great Tom' the main bell at St Paul's Cathedral, London(for two hours) marking the death of King George V of England, George Frederick Ernest Albert (1865 – 1936). Great Tom, was moved from St Stephen's Chapel at the Palace of Westminster and has been recast several was wrung also on the death of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in 2002. History tells us that as Great Tom was being conveyed to St Paul's on New Year's Day, 1699, it fell off its carriage near Temple Bar, and was cracked, so giving its name to Bell Yard .

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