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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regarding the loss of the old Glastonbury =
bells:=20
yes, they were difficult to ring and yes, they did place unacceptable strai=
ns on=20
the magnificent multi-pinaccled tower hung where they were. Rehanging=
was=20
imperative, and at a lower level. It would have been quite possible t=
o do=20
so had they been hung in a properly designed two-tier frame. I unders=
tand=20
that the wish was to reduce the weight and to hang the bells on one level (=
or to=20
hang the bells on one level and therefore to have to reduce the weight).&nb=
sp;=20
The result is a very ordinary ring, which go reasonably well, which obvious=
ly do=20
not affect the structure so severely and which in my view are quite out of=
=20
keeping with the impressive tower in which they hang.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My first acquaintance with St John's bells=
was on a=20
Glastonbury pilgrimage; they used to sound the Glastonbury quarters clearly=
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across the town and the Abbey site. Now all one hears is the odd "din=
g" or=20
the occasional "dong". More recently they were rung for the Pilgrimag=
es,=20
and what a sound it was, with masses of worshippers in the High Street and =
in=20
and around the church. Now they don't ring for Pilgrimages (theologic=
al=20
reasons) but the present "ordinary" ring could never make the impression th=
e old=20
ones did, chimed or rung.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris Dalton cites the case of Avebury, wh=
ere in=20
fact the 19-cwt tenor of five only survived because it was cast by Richard=
=20
Phelps who came originally from the village. The 5-cwt (well 4-2-20) six ar=
e=20
pretty enough and indeed the old bells were said to be unringable, but with=
=20
hindsight it would have been far better to stick two fingers up at the then=
=20
prevailing fad for saving money by selling heavy bells to pay for ligh=
t=20
ones (yes, I know we had a 3-cwt six at Whitstable, but we were not replaci=
ng a=20
17th-century five). Avebury, a World Heritage Site, of all places, sh=
ould=20
have kept its history, not melted it.</FONT></DIV>
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<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:dalton.family@v..." title=3Ddalton.family@virgin.=
net>Susan=20
Dalton</A> </DIV>
<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> Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Tay=
lor=20
borders</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Looks like Taylors' vine to me.<BR><BR>Not sure what a=
ll=20
the recent correspondence about the (in my view,<BR>pernicious) practice =
about=20
making heavy rings lighter has to do with bell<BR>history! But my pennywo=
rth=20
would be to ask what people think of the<BR>scrapping of the 19 cwt 17th=
=20
century ring of 5 (apart from the 18th century<BR>tenor which was kept as=
a=20
clock bell) and the substitution of a 4 cwt ring<BR>of 6 in a large and=20
handsome 15th century Wiltshire tower of my<BR>acquaintance.<BR><BR>When =
my=20
brain is working better in the morning I will concoct a reply to<BR>someo=
f the=20
recent references to Llewellins and James (Broughton Gifford,<BR>East Ard=
sley=20
et al). What I can say without reference to my notes is that<BR>the forme=
r 7th=20
at Glastonbury St John was cast by the same unknown founder<BR>as Yeovilt=
on=20
tenor, a bell at Cherington in Glos, and the back 3 at Lamphey<BR>in=20
Pembrokeshire. It was the lighter and earlier Llewellin bell that was<BR>=
cast=20
for Peter Llewellin at Whitechapel.<BR><BR>Christopher=20
Dalton<BR><BR>----------<BR>>From: "David Bryant"=20
<djb122@y...><BR>>To: "Bell Historians"=20
<bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com><BR>>Subject: [Bell Historians]=
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Taylor borders<BR>>Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2003, 4:12 pm<BR>><BR><BR>>=
; My=20
botanical knowlege is severely limted, so can someone tell me what the<BR=
>>=20
border in the attached photo is? I've got another one to identify too,=20
when<BR>> I can find the photo.<BR>><BR>>=20
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