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These windows have been glazed with a commercial glass leaded into rectangles and would have replaced the earlier leaded coloured glass installed by Dickson and Walker. It is believed that this substitution took place in the 1960s. The following “three light” Great War memorial windows are from the London studio of Clayton and Bell and draw on the Victorian style of a bygone age. They were dedicated on 18th July 1920 and commemorate the “men of this church” who lost their lives during the Great War. There is an exemplary use of the whole palette to create velvety textures ornamented by gold and blue. Heavy with detail, each tableau draws individuals to the feet of Jesus, the crucified, risen or ascendant Lord. The figurative use of the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension of Christ to represent the sacrifice made by the fallen to win peace and victory may not be considered to be theologically appropriate now but would have been accurate for its time. |