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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>How right he is; it is a circular hole - the original s=
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vault, around which a new plaster or some such moulding had been fixed afte=
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bells were installed in 1951. The bells came out in 1970; the discove=
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about the moulding was made only in more recent years, and there was no one=
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around who could remember the circumstances attending the=20
installation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>If you give me a ring I can perhaps give you a few othe=
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details; for those who haven't seen it look at Dickon's almost record lengt=
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page on this tower: but be warned if you are of a nervous disposition: ther=
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a picture of <EM>myself</EM> looking at the bells "up" !</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> 11 June 2002 12:10</DIV>
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Dunstan-in-the-East</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>I was recently talking to someone who was welll acquia=
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with the late<BR>lamented bells of St Dunstan in the East. He told me tha=
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after the<BR>tenor had been broken up to get it out, it was realised that=
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vaulted<BR>ceiling in the base of the tower was made in sections, so it w=
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have<BR>been possibly to partially dismantle it to get the bell out=20
intact.<BR><BR>David<BR></TT><BR><TT>This message was sent to you via the=
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