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<DIV><SPAN class=3D250170408-26062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff si=
ze=3D2>Not a=20
curfew as such, but there is the bell in the Bodleian as well, rung at clos=
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time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D250170408-26062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff=20
size=3D2>Mark</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DTah=
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> David Cawley=20
[mailto:dave@d...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 25 June 2003=20
21:46<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:=
RE:=20
[Bell Historians] Curfew (was Re: The Tellers)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. Sandwich tenor. Twenty ye=
ars ago,=20
it was I suppose rung up about 50% of the time. The Mayor used to g=
ive=20
the curfew ringers a grand dinner every year. I was a member of the=
=20
Guild of Curfew Ringers, ringing on 19th of the month, and still pride th=
e tie=20
(Sandwich coat of arms, surmounted by a bell). As I think I've said=
=20
before on this site, the bell is or was rung daily, <EM>except Sunday</EM=
>, at=20
8 p.m. Most ringers went down about 7.45 and locked themselves in -=
=20
note, ifyou want to go there, entrance is in the ruins of the north=
=20
aisle, the door being well away from the entrance to the tower stairway, =
so if=20
you're late you won't be heard. The clock is allowed to chime and s=
trike=20
eight, after which the bell is swung. In 1982, on Mayor's Day, RCO =
and I=20
rang the 4th (rehung 1892) and tenor (rehung 1932) for the occasion. =
; The=20
other six have only fragmentary wheels left now.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. Canterbury, Bell Harry was swung manu=
ally=20
until 1957 or 8 since when various sloggers have been applied to it. =
;=20
Curfew time was 9 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3. Bristol St Nicholas has a curfew bell=
, hung on=20
a ringing headstock with gudgeons and bearings, but no other fittings exc=
ept a=20
clock-type hammer which sounds the curfew from 9 till 9.07, when it is=20
working. The bell is the flat 7th in 10; the other 3 bells are the =
3rd,=20
6th and tenor of a 30-cwt C# ten, hanging in the super Taylor=20
H-frame of 1898. Delicious bells.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4. I think the church with the chime in =
Brixham=20
rings out "Abide with me" every night as a sort of curfew.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There's some stately home, can't remembe=
r where,=20
which rings when the gates are closing; and they used to ring the bell in=
the=20
Bell Tower at the Tower of London as a curfew. And of course, there=
's=20
that wonderful JT bell of 1953 at St Bride, Fleet Street.......not rung f=
or=20
Curfew but I shall leave it to DrL to tell the story.</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>F=
rom:</B>=20
<A title=3DDrLove@s... href=3D"mailto:DrLove@s...">LOVE, Dickon</=
A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
href=3D"mailto:'bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com'">'bellhistorians@yahoog=
roups.com'</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1=
1:05=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: RE: [Bell Historian=
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Curfew (was Re: The Tellers)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>> You can add St Peter's, Sandwich to your list. =
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ring of 8 is unringable<BR>> except for the tenor. This is rung ever=
y day=20
as a curfew bell. Each day, a<BR>> different member of the company o=
f=20
"ringers" (actually most of them are<BR>not<BR>> ringers) go up and =
ring=20
or chime the bell.<BR><BR>DJB:<BR>"How often is it rung=20
full-circle?"<BR><BR>Not sure how many of the Curfew ringers are actual=
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ringers. There used to be<BR>none, but with the installation of a ring =
of=20
bells in St Clement's,<BR>Sandwich, more and more ringers have leaked i=
nto=20
the Curfew Society. I don't<BR>know whether all ringers would have rung=
the=20
bell up either (it is about 15<BR>cwt), but I guess it gets rung up onc=
e a=20
week. Pure guess though.<BR><BR>DrL<BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This message wa=
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