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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You won't have rung this one to a peal Dic=
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was removed from the ring and placed on display</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Talking of venerable old bells, some will =
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the letter to the Ringing World regarding the inscription of a very an=
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bell discovered in a remote country church which read:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ITI SAPIS POTAND ATI NONE</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This was a hoax (as those who rearrange th=
e spaces=20
between the letters will see), sparking a witty rebuke to the (then) editor=
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someone who claimed to have found another old bell inscribed</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DEI TORIS ACRET IN</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>G'day all</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>C</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=3DDrLove@s... href=3D"mailto:DrLove@s...">LOVE, Dickon</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 16, 2003 3=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Old=
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bell in the UK</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>>There are older ones datable by their<BR>>=20
inscription eg Caversfield Oxon which is between 1207=20
&1219.<BR><BR>Oh, which ones are they? I have a rung a peal at Cavers=
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