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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yes, Luxborough were certainly cast by Tay=
lors; as=20
was St James, Bristol, treble.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Evidence there in the books.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:djb122@y..." title=3Ddjb122@y...>DJ Bryant<=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians]=20
Glastonbury St John ex-7/8</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT><BR>"All these bells are (or were) good castings and w=
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shaped. They<BR>certainly bear no resemblance to what Taylors were doing =
in=20
the early<BR>1870s, and frankly they are superior to bells being turned o=
ut by=20
any of<BR>the mainstream foundries at that time. I have wondered about a=
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founder<BR>in Bristol or Bridgwater (earlier bells cast there also had=20
radial<BR>canons). But whoever he was, he was content to put other firms'=
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names on<BR>his bells rather than his own. All very mysterious."<BR><BR>B=
ut as=20
I recall L&J did get some of their bells from Taylor's during<BR>this=
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period - those mentioned in the Taylor records. Aren't the ring of<BR>fiv=
e at=20
Luxborough bells which bear L&J's name but which were actually<BR>cas=
t by=20
Taylor's?<BR><BR>David<BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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