World War II and The Blitz
The church suffered from severe bomb damage in World War II during The Blitz, along with neighbouring buildings such as Pinehurst Court, at 1-9 Colville Gardens. The first bombs fell on September 26, 1940, and the church was hit again in March and June 1944. The Lady chapel and the south transept chapel were destroyed. Restoration work was eventually completed in 1951.
From 1931-1961, the vicar was the flamboyant Fr John Twisaday, who established a tradition of "high church" worship at All Saints, which to some extent continues to this day.
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Famous quotes containing the words world, war and/or blitz:
““As for your world of art and your world of reality,” she replied, “you have to separate the two, because you can’t bear to know what you are.... The world of art is only the truth about the real world.””
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
“Timothy Winters comes to school
With eyes as wide as a football-pool,
Ears like bombs and teeth like splinters:
A blitz of a boy is Timothy Winters.”
—Charles Causley (b. 1917)