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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>1. HBW was not a ringer. Fred Sharpe, who k=
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him, told me that he had a fairly 'basic' opinion of ringers - excepting=20
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>2. Notwithstanding that, I have read some of his=
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correspondence - usually in his own immaculate hand, and some of it is with=
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ringers, and conducted with discretion and courtesy.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>3. He was also a good friend of A.A.Hughes, who b=
y the=20
simple device of keeping him abreast of events was able to assist Walters i=
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the 20th-century, both in his views and into his presentation of=20
information. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>4. Walters may not have been a ringer, but (and n=
ot only=20
on bells) he was a greater and more professional historian than a number of=
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are ever likely to be!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 18 April 2002 16:31</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] H. B.=20
Walters</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Anyone know whether the bell historian H.B. Walters wa=
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ringer. I've<BR>seen some notes of his where he comments on having to ins=
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a ring of<BR>bells when they were up, and I would have though the solutio=
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would be<BR>obvious to a ringer.<BR><BR>David<BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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