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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>St John's: The lower part of tower was cover=
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into flats, and whatever the belfry was, the floors were destroyed by fire =
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December - i.e. nothing left of the bell installation whatever.</FONT></DIV=
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>St Mark's, as stated a chef d'oeuvre of Ewen Christian,=
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sold years ago to the City Council when the dear old CofE found, after clos=
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and gutting it that they couldn't demolish it. It has been thro=
ugh a=20
number of sales, this one to an Asian businessman who I understand has hope=
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turn it into a qualuity restaurant and community centre. At least he =
has=20
done more work to stablilise it in the last couple of months than has been =
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by its supposed guardians, ecclesiastical and civic, in the last twenty=20
years. I am due to visit next week and will update my previous inform=
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as necessary.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>St Nick's. I gave the wrong note for the tenor of=
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old bells, it's B - a minor 3.</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> 29 July 2002 14:23</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] St=
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<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Thanks - I thought you would know the answer! Have the=
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even removed the<BR>floors from St John's tower?<BR><BR>What's St Mark's =
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converted into? I seem to recall that it's one of<BR>the more notable wor=
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