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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The bell from St.Silas Blackburn - by Tayl=
or 1897 -=20
was transferred to St.Erth, Cornwall, as the second of four in 1983-6. =
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Taylore returned it in 1983, but owing to other problems with the church an=
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tower the bells were not installed until 1896. It is now the fourth o=
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six.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As supplied to Blackburn in 1897, it weigh=
ed 4-3-26=20
(28.5" diameter)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris P</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=3Dfartwell2000@y...=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 28, 2002 7:15=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Re: Tem=
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Church, Bristol and Holy Trinity, Blackburn</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>--- In <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@y">bellhistorians@y</A>..., "David Bryant" =
<<A=20
href=3D"mailto:djb122@y">djb122@y</A>...> wrote:<BR>> Who cast the =
bell at=20
St Silas before the eight - how big was it?<BR>> <BR>>=20
David<BR>> =20
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sp; =20
No idea who cast it David,it was quite a hush hush <BR>thing when it was=
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scrapped,and no idea if it was used as there was a <BR>terrible recording=
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played before weddings,etc,but judging by the size <BR>of the frameside t=
hat=20
were lying outside the church for several years <BR>after the eight was=20
installed,it was probably somewhere upto 4 or <BR>5cwt in=20
size.<BR>Alan<BR><BR></TT><BR><TT>This message was sent to you via the Be=
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