The Leaning Tower of Bridgnorth, Shropshire
11 March 2001
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The town of Bridgnorth, the 'jewel of the Severn'. In 1642 King Charles I described the view from Castle Walk as 'the finest in my domain'.

The leaning tower.

Tony entertains the local school pupils.

In the trenches.

The Team investigated a tunnel cut into the rock beneath the tower by besieging forces preparing to blow it up. The defenders surrendered before they did so.

Victor's drawings of the castle as it might have been.

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