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The gravestone marking the fictional final resting place of Ebenezer Scrooge has been pieced back together by a Shropshire company. The stone was vandalised in November and came apart, exposing the cracks that had been covered by previous restoration. The actors who had filmed the 1984 adaptation of A Christmas Carol in St Chad’s Church in Shrewsbury had left it in situ. Midland Masonry restored the gravestone for free and repaired the majority of the damage on Friday. The company will return on Monday to complete repointing the cracks.
“The work has been a bit of a challenge but nothing too unusual, apart from the name on the grave,” said mason Ed Jones. He advises Scrooge fans that “you can read it again, you can see what it is,” although the scars left by the vandalism will be apparent. Helen Ball, town clerk at Shrewsbury Town Council, said the effort was “heartening and humbling. I don’t think I realised how important it was to everybody until I put it on social media”. The council received messages of support from around the world, including from the son of the producer of the original Scrooge movie, who praised the fact that the gravestone had been left in place.
The historic church is also home to the remains of its namesake, Saint Chad (d.672), revered by Anglicans and Roman Catholics. Guided Christmas tours are organised to show the grave of the fictional miser immortalised by Charles Dickens and the other remaining sets from the film. “People come and see it,” said Nigel Hinton, a town guide. “They make a pilgrimage to see this grave, they’ve seen the film and they know that it’s here
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