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ze=3D2>I must=20
say, you could be forgiven for thinking they'd not been tuned if you've eve=
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rung there. Not the finest, I'm afraid!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3D2>Mark</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader lang=3Den-us dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FO=
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face=3DTahoma size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Chris P=
ickford=20
[mailto:c.j.pickford@t...] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 03 February 2003=20
19:48<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Be=
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Historians] G&J - and Port Sunlight - again<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for the link, from which it's cle=
ar that=20
the bells were removed from the tower, retuned and rehung in 1951 - not j=
ust a=20
gudgeons and bearings job as I suggested in my earlier posting. Ful=
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details now added to my file on late Gillett work, thanks to Peter and Ma=
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Humphreys and the website. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This job is not recorded in the survivin=
g G&J=20
tuning records - which covers most of the work of 1951 - which led me to=
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suspect that the bells might not have been tuned. There are some cases wh=
ere=20
bells were rehung and weighed - but NOT retuned - where no details are=20
recorded in the books (e.g. Tredington, Warwicks; Salisbury,=20
St.Thomas).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For those new to the list, it might be w=
orth=20
explaining that for some years I've been building up a file on late Gille=
tt=20
work - especially information from Gillett's belfry notices - cover=
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the final period of the firm's existence, 1951-1957. The main series of t=
uning=20
books is now in the Archives at Croydon Central Library, but the final vo=
lume=20
no longer exists. There is a copy of my file (recently updated) at=
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Croydon Library with the other archive material.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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href=3D"mailto:mark.humphreys@b...">Mark Humphreys</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 03, 2003 =
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] G&=
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again</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Meant to say, pics of bells can be found on <A=20
href=3D"http://www.wirral.clara.co.uk">www.wirral.clara.co.uk</A>, go t=
o the=20
Port Sunlight page, then picture gallery.<BR><BR>Mark<BR></TT><BR><TT>T=
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<P></P><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT size=3D2>In a message dated 0=
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12:38:21 GMT Standard Time, graham@n... writes:<BR><BR=
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TYPE=3D"CITE">Can anyone tell me the pre tuning weight of East Pennard=
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please? I know it<BR>lost about 3 Cwt with removal of Cannons &=
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tuning (the 4th was flat & then<BR>tenor required a fair bit of=20
tuning) but was the exact weight??<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Ill probab=
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