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<DIV><SPAN class=3D481113708-05062003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sorry t=
o bring=20
this up again, but I think that there is a slight misunderstanding in thi=
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week's e-list round-up in the Ringing World, with a reference to bells 'h=
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dead'. (If this is an editorial slip, my apologies).</FONT></SPAN><=
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D481113708-05062003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When I =
suggested=20
that Yorkshire Tails dated from the days of dead-rope ringing, I was assu=
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that, as the garter hole was above the headstock at that time, only =
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'back-stroke' pull was required. Hence the need for something =
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comfortable to pull on at the end of the rope, the knob at the end provid=
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something to pull against. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D481113708-05062003><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anne=20
Willis</FONT> </SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>