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Mar. 27 Broken Razor Carves His Model Churches: Crippled by polio, 24-years-old John Hearsey, sits in his home at Tronch House, Peldon, near Colchester, Essex and carves with a broken razor blade. This is the only tool he uses to make models of English and Continental Cathedralss and Churches. All are made to scale - three quarters of an inch to 100 feet- from balsa wood. The largest model - St. Peter's Rome - took two months to complete; the smallest - St. Bride's Fleet Street three days. there are also temples and mosques. Mr. John Hearsey with some of the many models has made. They represent English and Continental Cathedrals and Churches

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13215635
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46963126
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5614px x 4415px (1.3MB)
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Editorial Use Only - No Property or Model Releases. For any non-editorial use, please contact Mary Evans direct
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