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<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>1. Temple Church 8, now in the Ca=
thedral,=20
were restored in 1887 by Taylors; the back 4 recast (tenor at the time 21-2=
-1)=20
and hung in a pretty massive High A frame; unfortunately on a timber founda=
tion=20
and tied at the apices of the A's with timber. Taylor's removed the b=
ells=20
in the summer of 1941 at the request of the church authorities leaving just=
the=20
frame and the Ellacombe which they installed in 1935 when they put the eigh=
t on=20
ball-bearings. In 1987 we took some old ropes from St Thomas over to=
=20
Temple and hung them down through the rope holes to replicate the effect ca=
used=20
by the considerable (5' 4") lean of the tower. Because the floors wer=
e=20
level, the visual effect was of "leaning ropes" ! L=
ast=20
time I was up there, the best part of 10 years ago, the majority of the rop=
es=20
were still there in the (apparently always) very bare ringing=20
chamber.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>In=
addition=20
to the 8 there was a Sanctus bell of c1350 hung in a small timber frame, al=
so=20
still there, level with the tops of the A's. This bell found its way =
to=20
Holy Cross Church, Inn's Court (aka Filwood Park) Bristol, and has just bee=
n=20
rehung there in the replacement church for the one it went=20
to.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>Taylor's quote=
d for=20
rehanging Temple Church bells at Christ Church, Clifton, in 1953;=
they=20
had reservations about using the A frame there and when eventually the bell=
s=20
were given to the Cathedral in 1958, everything was new excepting the bells=
=20
themselves and some of the clappers. So the A frame remains virtually=
=20
intact apart from the shifted side; EH are well aware of its existence and=
=20
regards it as a part of their inherited fabric.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>For another Br=
istol=20
frame which <EM>did </EM>go through and survived the flames see the 10=
bell=20
H-frame at St Nicholas, now containing a rather odd quartet. Notes 3,=
6,=20
7b and 10 of ten, but the smallest is cast to a chiming size and there=
fore=20
hangs in the treble pit on the old treble headstock. Unlike Temple, t=
he=20
tower was gutted through, and an enormous air conditioning system occupies =
the=20
best part of the old ringing and clock rooms.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> <FONT color=3D#0000ff>The other towe=
rs lost=20
their timber frames; but in the case of the post-war loss of Emmanuel, Clif=
ton,=20
the 2-tier timber frame remains in the tower, although the ringing room has=
been=20
incorporated into flats - not only were the bells sold, even the peal board=
s=20
were!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>2. Welding in the crown. The earl=
iest jobs=20
were done with a 3" plate welded into a hole trepanned into the crown follo=
wing=20
the removal of canons. In 1971 when we were restoring the 3 bells of=
=20
Snargate, Kent, the late Bill Hughes demurred at removing the canons of the=
2nd=20
for this purpose - and Soundweld very successfully welded a crown crack (an=
d the=20
bell was rehung, for swing chiming, from its canons). I think this wa=
s the=20
case which set the pattern for future operations of this kind.</FONT></DIV>
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