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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>Ewerby=20
still have the ground floor ropes! I did do a bit of tidying up at Ew=
erby=20
when I lived in Sleaford. The lower tier (bells 3,5,7,8,9,10 in two ro=
ws of=20
three) is a proper H castings frame but the upper tier is just=20
girders. Taylors didn't seem to consider that the ropes of the upper =
tier=20
would have to pass through the lower - the sixth rope has to run through a=
=20
groove cut into the wall when, with a slightly different arrangement, it co=
uld=20
have easily passed by the side of the seventh which hangs below. My memory =
is=20
that the third was a particularly modern sounding bell.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D524220717-03122002>Darrington trebles were dedicated on the 16th Ma=
rch=20
1896 - the tenor and restored old three were dedicated on 5th November 1895=
. I=20
confess that I have never looked inside for a number!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D524220717-03122002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D524220717-03122002>Taylor's Catalogue of c1910 gives the dates of p=
eals=20
cast since 1896 (and a couple of earlier ones) here they=20
are:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1895=20
Bedford, St Peter's 6, 13cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Cambridge, St Mary's R.C. Church 9, 32cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Norton (Derbys) 8, 16cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Braceborough (Lincs) 5, 9cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Brewood (Staffs) 8, 22cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D524220717-03122002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>And=20
the bits and pieces:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Biddenham (Beds) a tenor 6, 13cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Clophill (Beds) a first 2, 9cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Dunstable (Beds) a first, fourth, seventh and tenor =
8,=20
24cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
South Ascot (Berks) 1, 7cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Repton (Derbys) a fifth and tenor 6, 18cwt.</SPAN></FONT><=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Tidenham (Glos) a first and tenor 6, 10cwt.</SPAN></FONT><=
/DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1895=20
Freshwater (IoW) a new ring except the fifth 6,=20
17cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Isle of Wight Asylum 1, 10cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Rochester St Margaret's a first and second 8,=20
12cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Deane (Lancs) a first and second 8, 13cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Mossley Hill (Lancs) a first, second, and third quarter and hour  =
; 5,=20
39cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Ratby (Leics) a first, second and tenor 6,=20
10cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1895=20
Sapcote (Leics) a first,second and third 6,=20
9cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Walton-on-the-Wolds (Leics) a first and tenor 5,=20
10cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Rushton (Northants) a first third and tenor 6,=20
9cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Eyensham (Oxon) a first, second, fourth and tenor 6,=20
9cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1895=20
Oxford St Mary's a second 6, 28cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Exton (Rut) a first and tenor 6, 13cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1895=20
Barrington (Som) a first, second and tenor 6,=20
16cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Collingbourne Kingston (Wilts) a first and tenor 6,=20
19cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Darrington (Yorks) a first, second and tenor 6,=20
13cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Grinton (Yorks) a first, fourth and tenor 6,=20
10cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1896=20
Hooton Pagnall (Yorks) a new chime except the seventh, also a=20
semitone 9, 14cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>1895=20
Ny Carlsberg, Denmark 2, 19cwt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D524220717-03122002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN class=3D524220717-03=
122002>I=20
don't imagine this is all of their 1895 work so why have these particular o=
nes=20
got a mention?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D524220717-03122002>Andrew</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D524220717-03122002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=3D524220717-03122002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=3D524220717-03122002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=3D524220717-03122002></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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