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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>St Mary Abbots, cast as an eight, tenor 21=
-cwt by=20
Janaway 1772; the old treble,second and sixth recast by Warner in 187=
9,=20
and a new treble and tenor added to make ten.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>St George's Camberwell was a quite avoidab=
le=20
loss. Ringing was stopped because of the failure of the church roof i=
n the=20
60's; I saw them in 1966 in the company of the great Jack Phillips, b=
y=20
which time the whole building was closed; the bells (which technically were=
=20
still ringable, all the fittings complete and on ball-bearings) were=20
subsequently sold to repair the roof, not a finger being lifted I gather to=
save=20
them. Later the church was gutted by fire and remained a shell until =
just=20
a few years ago when it was converted to flats. <BR>Bill Hughes told =
me=20
that he really regretted having to break the bells up, but therre were no=20
takers, the Diocese wanted its money and the Foundry had to balance its=20
books. Again, there was no CCCBR Bell Rescue Fund at the time, let al=
one=20
Keltek. Had the bells remained in the tower, they would have been=20
destroyed in the fire, as the tower was gutted through.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>Fro=
m:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:jim@p..."=20
title=3Djim@p...>jim phillips</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bell historians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 31, 2003 8:0=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] St Step=
hen,=20
Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>I rang on these bells in the fifties and DLC has confi=
rmed=20
what I had<BR>thought. They were made as an octave with two trebles=
=20
stuck on later, and<BR>it certainly showed. The trebles did not fit=
in=20
at all! One practice night<BR>a group of the vintage Middlesex ring=
ers=20
turned up ie Sidney Wade,<BR>Glasscock, Millar, Armstrong etc and set=20
themselves up for a course of<BR>Bristol on the back eight. I went=
=20
outside to listen to some superb ringing<BR>which told me that the back e=
ight=20
were a good octave and with perhaps a bit<BR>of tuning would have made an=
=20
excellent transplant in a tower that could take<BR>them. I think th=
ese=20
bells were in the key of D rather than Csharp.<BR><BR>Were St Mary Abbott=
s=20
originally an eight? I heard the Middlesex ring the<BR>back eight t=
here=20
at Richard F B Speed's wedding, and with some good ringing<BR>at a measur=
ed=20
pace they sounded rather grand.<BR><BR>Another senseless destruction was =
the=20
Dobson of Downham Market octave at St<BR>George's, Camberwell. With=
a=20
reasonable band they played a pretty tune<BR>particularly to Stedman=20
triples. It was quite a live church in those days<BR>being very pop=
ular=20
for weddings. The canal was still there at that time<BR>with a very=
=20
humped back bridge beside the church.<BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><TT>This messag=
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