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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Leicester, St Saviour</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The church is still in use, and still in good condition=
; a=20
noble example of Sir Gilbert Scott's work. The Rector is Fr Alan Hawk=
er,=20
as pleasant a person as you could wish, and who much regrets the loss of th=
e=20
bells two incumbents ago.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The sad story very briefly is that the church did need =
to=20
raise money at a critical time. The then incumbent had no time for ri=
ngers=20
(he subsequently came to St Mary's and tried to stop ringing here) and disl=
iked=20
bells. They had been the subject of increasingly adverse reports, the=
last=20
dated 1982, by which time they were 105 years old with only TLC bestowed on=
=20
them. Though not condemned by the founders, the bells were silenced o=
n=20
that pretext, and within two years had been sold to Taylors. Wi=
th=20
all those other bells lying around they were the most vulnerable of Leicest=
er's=20
lost bells, but they weren't broken up until there just was no room and no=
=20
takers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Taylor's actually recommended the parish to sell the ba=
ck 7=20
and leave the treble as a service bell, and there were other offers to take=
them=20
out at no cost to the parish and purchase them at scrap value - all of whic=
h was=20
ignored or rejected. The parish got =A314K for the bells, spent =A32.=
5K on=20
getting them out and then a further sum on purchasing from E&S a 3-cwt=
=20
Eijsbouts bell, hung for swing chiming with a lever. The remaining mo=
ney=20
was spent at was admittedly a critical time in the life of St=20
Saviour's.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>The frame and many of the peal boards remain in the=20
tower.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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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> 09 December 2002 11:48</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] St Savi=
our's,=20
Leicester</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>As some group members know to their cost, I have for s=
ome=20
time been <BR>updating my list of towers visited with more conscise=20
information <BR>than was available at the time, with respect to founders,=
=20
weights, <BR>diameters, history of the individual ring. For much of this=
=20
<BR>information I am indebted to the great kindness of some members of=20
<BR>this list.<BR>Over the weekend I was writing up some Leicester towers=
=20
visited <BR>during an open-day in 1982. Among these was St Saviours, a he=
avy=20
<BR>eight. I have full details of the bells themselves, and noted at the=
=20
<BR>time that these bells had in recent years been restored from an=20
<BR>unringable state. I have since noted from Dove and the list of lost=20
<BR>rings available on the Keltek website, that these bells were scrapped=
=20
<BR>in 1984.<BR>Do any list members know why these bells were removed and=
=20
scrapped ? <BR>Is the church still open, or has it been closed and/or=20
demolished ?<BR>It would seem that 1984 was a bad year for ring of bells =
in=20
<BR>Leicester, the rings at All Saints and St John the Divine also being=
=20
<BR>removed in that year, but at least those rings went to new=20
homes.<BR><BR>Andrew Bull<BR><BR></TT><BR><TT>This message was sent to yo=
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