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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>There is nothing whatever in the tower of St John the D=
ivine,=20
Leicester.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The Ellacombe was transferred to St Mary de Castro; the=
middle=20
eight hammers being overhauled. I have the other two.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>All the peal boards are </FONT> <FONT size=3D2>dis=
played on=20
the walls of St Mary de Castro ringing chamber. Peterborough didn't w=
ant=20
them; but an eminent cleric of that City visiting a couple of years ago was=
seen=20
casting sheep's eyes in their direction. Tough.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The whole transfer was organised and the artefacts save=
d=20
through the energies of Kingsley Mason, the Tower Master of SMdeC, and was=
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authorised by Faculty.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>At the other vanished Leicester towers:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>All Saints - everything down to the ceiling bosses=20
removed. Subsequently the late Alan Cattell installed a 2-cwt Taylor =
bell=20
ex St Matthew's, in its original oak frame; it is hung for ringing. V=
ested=20
in CCT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>St Mark - The wooden frame of 1872 is still up there.&n=
bsp;=20
Some of the fittings wre in the ringing chamber but may have gone now. =
; The=20
peal boards, again rescued by RKM have now followed the bells to their new =
home=20
at Goulburn Cathedral. Under conversion at present after years of=20
dereliction.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>St Saviour - the bells and fittings have gone. A =
new=20
3-cwt Eijsbouts bell was hung after the disposal of this ringable=20
eight. Many of the peal boards are still in situ and the church is of=
=20
course still in use.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>St George - tower gutted through in 1911; now 1 5=
-cwt=20
swing chiming Taylor bell of that date. Serbian Orthodox=20
to-day.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>St Nicholas, Leicester, were rehung last week; and the=
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following remarkable sets of exact weights are recorded:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Treble 3-0-0 D</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>2nd 4-0-0 C#</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Tenor 6-1-0 A</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Bourdon 22-0-0 E (per G&J tuning books,=
=20
22-0-14 on the invoice and 20-3-14 on the framed notice in the church=20
)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The three smallest are hung dead, the bourdon on its 19=
49=20
fittings now refurbished for slow swing ringing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Returning to St John the Divine the upper floor flats a=
nd the=20
belfry were gutted by fire last December and are under protracted=20
repair.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Not only did we get St Nick's bells chiming this weeken=
d, we=20
also got our new Football stadium opened by none other=20
than Leicester's own Gary Lineker.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=3Ddjb122@y... href=3D"mailto:djb122@y...">David Brya=
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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> 28 July 2002 20:40</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] St=20
John-the-Divine, Leicester</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Does anyone know what, if anything, remains in the tow=
er of=20
St<BR>John-the-Divine, Leicester. I know that the church is now flats, bu=
t I=20
doubt<BR>if these go right up into the upper parts of the tower. I also k=
now=20
that the<BR>frame castings mostly went to Towcester. Is the grillage stil=
l in=20
situ? And<BR>are there any other remaining ancillary items, such as Ellac=
ombe=20
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