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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Last time this came up for discussion, I d=
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attention to the following advertisement in which a light peal of ten - ten=
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"near One Hundred Weight" - was offered for sale in 1802:</FONT></DIV>
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in the <I>Coventry Mercury</I> of 31 May and 5 June 1802 offering for sale =
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model ring of ten bells: PEAL OF BELLS. =96 To be SOLD, A compleat Peal of =
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MUSICAL BELLS, neatly hung on a frame, in an exact Circle, after the Manner=
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Church Bells; with Wheels, Stocks, Stays, Brasses, Caps, Rolers, Salley Blo=
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Ropes, &c. The Tenor of Great Bell weighs near One Hundred Weight, and =
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the rest are in the same Proportion =96 Also an elegant Clock, and Hammer t=
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strike upon the Great Bell; with a very handsome guilt Dial and Hour Hand. =
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further Particulars apply to Mr. Matthew Payne, Jun, Organist, of=20
Coventry</SPAN></DIV>
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face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm fairly sure this was a model for the supporting f=
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of the old ten at Coventry, but I'd be very keen to know what became of=20
it. Matthew's message makes me wonder - though I don't know if the da=
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match - if this was the ring later installed in Varnham's pub. Any=20
suggestions?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris P</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>