25 OCTOBER 1946, Page 5

The Bishop of London's committee on the City Churches seems

to have reached sensible, though by no means drastic, conclusions. The damage done in the blitzes was extensive, but not, in many cases, irreparable. Actually only five churches are in a state which leads the committee to recommend that they be written off and their sites sold. Three others are to be converted into Church Institutes, which are badly needed in the City area, and one to such purposes as the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's may decide. In all but one of these cases the steeple is intact and will be retained.

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