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<DIV>Christopher Dalton wrote - ask what people think of the<BR>scrapping o=
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19 cwt 17th century ring of 5 (apart from the 18th century<BR>tenor which w=
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kept as a clock bell) and the substitution of a 4 cwt ring<BR>of 6 in a lar=
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and handsome 15th century Wiltshire tower of my<BR>acquaintance.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well, Avebury's pretty bells have been run=
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regularly, to the Glory of God, by the village band, ever since they w=
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installed, (what is it about 15 years ago?) Knowing the people who ha=
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manned them during this time, some very young and others at the other end o=
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scale, makes me realise that even if they had a 19cwt ring in perfect order=
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sheer weight would have meant that they would have been seldom rung. =
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very hard to have a team of strapping young lads when the village populatio=
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perhaps less than 200.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dennis Powney, (Who was privileged to ring=
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dedication touch.)</FONT></DIV>
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