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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=3Dc.j.pickford@t...=20
href=3D"mailto:c.j.pickford@t...">Chris Pickford</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>> J<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ust to point out that Alan Glover is=
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exploring Shrewsbury bells - when he's in the UK - and doing a lot of histo=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>> digging. He's undoubtedly the best pe=
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contact for information.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yes - Alan has provided me with some usefu=
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information on St Chad's for the 12s website.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>> Interesting to learn of the present s=
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things at St.Alkmund's. In the nearby (former) church of St.Julian, the six=
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bells hang </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>> from chains - suspended from the old =
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room floor.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yes, I think I put some pictures of them o=
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pictures page as well. They still have their clappers (and I think they sti=
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have their canons) and can be clocked by ropes which go from the flights of=
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clappers to the Ellacombe rack on the wall. The tower is now converted into=
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house for the owners of the craft market which is in the body of the=20
church.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>