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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I did some work on this a few years ago - =
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following up references in the published catalogue lists from Whitechapel a=
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Loughborough to obtain more detailed information from the foundries - and i=
t is=20
true that quite a lot of sets of bells were cast in England and exported wi=
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ringing fittings for installation locally. </FONT><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>However, installation was often the problem and it is doubtful if =
quite a=20
lot of these "rings" were ever properly hung or rung. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>George Dawson has been doing some more tho=
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work in recent years, including making enquiries regarding what's where=20
now. In summary, I think we know quite a lot about what went where, w=
hat's=20
happened to it, and what still exists - but without actually discovering an=
y new=20
potentially ringable bells (or even unringable ones that were once hung as=
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rings)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Perhaps GAD could expand on this?</FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris P</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3Dmichael_wilby@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> Thursday, August 01, 2002 12=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Lost ri=
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abroad</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV><TT>Following on from s=
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private correspondance, the<BR>question of the lost rings abroad was=20
raised. I have<BR>been told that a look through the Whitechapel=20
daybook<BR>lists a number of rings of bells exported to places<BR>such as=
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Canada and India, but there is no knowledge of<BR>these rings now. =
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anyone have a list of such<BR>rings - are there really rings of bells abr=
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about<BR>which we know=20
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