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Iconic building's 100th anniversary celebrated

Joe Skirkowski
BBC News, Bristol
Testing people's knowledge of Bristol's Wills Memorial Building

The 100th anniversary of one of Bristol's most iconic landmarks has been celebrated.

The Wills Memorial Building was built as a memorial to the tobacco magnate Henry Overton Wills and opened by King George V and Queen Mary on June 9 1925 in a ceremony that saw thousands lining the streets.

Construction of the building, seen by many as the heart of the university area of the city, began in 1915 but was delayed by the First World War.

It was one of the last gothic buildings to be built in England and attracted national attention in the run-up to its grand opening.

The University of Bristol marked the centenary with a special ringing of the tower's bell and commissioned a poem by Dr Lawrence Hoo that references the building's links to the transatlantic slave trade through the Wills family.

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