Smashed Ebenezer Scrooge gravestone swiftly repaired free of charge
by Jem Bartholomew from World news | The Guardian on (#6SS2K)
Vicar praises stonemasons' rapid restoration of fictional gravesite, seen in 1984 adaption of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
A gravestone for Ebenezer Scrooge in Shrewsbury that was smashed to bits has been repaired for free, in what the vicar has described as a really heartwarming" Christmas story.
The gravestone for Scrooge, a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his 1843 A Christmas Carol, was used as a prop during filming for a 1984 adaptation of the novella.
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