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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For a full account see <EM>The Parish Chur=
ch of St=20
Michael and All Angels, Thornhill, The Story of the Installation of the New=
=20
Bells in 1980 by Revd Nicholas Webb, B.A. Rector of Thornhill (Kirkfield Pr=
ess=20
Henley Avenue, Thornhill, Dewsbury).</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The old six were previously at Mirfield (!=
), prior=20
to the installation of the new ten in the new tower there in 1873.</FONT></=
DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The late Fr Nicholas Webb was a friend of =
mine - he=20
died young, suddenly and tragically a few years ago. He held very str=
ong=20
views, not least about the God-given opportunity when "a willing band =
of=20
ringers with expertise, saddled with an extremely difficult, heavy-going ri=
ng of=20
six, were presented by their ringing Rector with the chance of transferring=
a=20
light ring of eight from a redundant church at Todmorden".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There was "continual contact with the chai=
rman of=20
the Redundant Bells Committee of the CCCBR". "There was no way that Thornhi=
ll=20
could store =A35000 worth of redundant bells because of the risk of theft, =
no=20
offers from anyone to purchase the bells stand an adverse cash flow of over=
=20
=A38000 for an indefinite period". It came to this: if Thornhill coul=
d not=20
sell their bells, they could not afford the money for the Cross=20
Stone octave. One might add that in 1980 there was no Keltek=20
trust!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The project was approved by Wilf Moreton.&=
nbsp; It=20
is sad that the back five of the old six with their 1914 fittings could not=
be=20
saved. But as it turned out, within a few years the bells (with many other=
=20
projects at Thornhill) were to prove Nick's lasting memorial</FONT> <F=
ONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2>and the lessons learned were, amongst others, to lead=
to the=20
foundation of the Keltek Trust.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </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:djb122@y..." title=3Ddjb122@y...>David Brya=
nt</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 20, 2003 =
4:55=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians]=20
questions</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Why did they decide to replace the bells with the curr=
ent=20
eight? Does anyone<BR>know? I can well believe that the bells were =
not=20
wonderful, but the present<BR>eight aren't reckoned to be too wonderful=20
either.<BR><BR>David<BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "George Daw=
son"=20
<<A=20
href=3D"mailto:George@d...">George@d...=
ve.co.uk</A>><BR>To:=20
<<A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups=
.com</A>><BR>Sent:=20
Thursday, February 20, 2003 3:54 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians]=20
questions<BR><BR><BR>> Those are the Taylor restoration weights of=20
c1914.<BR>><BR>> GAD<BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message=20
-----<BR>> From: "DJ Bryant" <djb122@y...><BR>> To:=20
<bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com><BR>> Sent: Thursday, February 2=
0,=20
2003 1:09 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Bell Historians]=20
questions<BR>><BR>><BR>> > Thanks. Are those the scrapping=20
weights? Greenwood gives the tenor as<BR>16-3<BR>> > something.<BR>=
>=20
><BR>> > David<BR>> ><BR>> > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Ge=
orge=20
Dawson wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > > ><BR>> > > > =
2)=20
Does anyone have the weights of the old six at Thornhill, West<BR>>=20
Yorks?<BR>> > > > Greenwood only gives the tenor weight.<BR>&=
gt;=20
> > ><BR>> > > > David<BR>> > > ><BR>>=
;=20
> > 4.3.1<BR>> > > 5.2.3<BR>> > > 7.2.18<BR>> =
>=20
> 8.3.18<BR>> > > 10.0.10<BR>> > > 15.1.8<BR>> &g=
t;=20
> 1/6 is now 1/6 at Cropwell Bishop, Notts.<BR>> > ><BR>> =
>=20
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