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- ↑ Andrew Woodger (9 July 2010). "St Edmundsbury Cathedral's new organ taking shape". BBC News. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ↑ "History – cambschoral". Cambridgeshire Choral Society website. Retrieved 18 February 2012.