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Tewkesbury Abbey
In this episode of 'Six English Towns' from 1977, architectural historian Alec Clifton-Taylor explored Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.

Plans to restore the canal have been discussed for decades, but will it ever be open again for boats?

Reg Lee is such a fan of the fictional detective that he is launching a Sherlock Holmes Society in Cheltenham.


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