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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And, of course, Great Tom of Christchurch,=
with its=20
101 strokes - a real curfew in its time!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:mark.humphreys@b..."=20
title=3Dmark.humphreys@b...>Mark Humphreys</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> Thursday, June 26, 2003 9:04=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: RE: [Bell Historians]=
Curfew=20
(was Re: The Tellers)</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D250170408-26062003><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Not=20
a curfew as such, but there is the bell in the Bodleian as well, rung at=
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closing time.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D250170408-26062003><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial=
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size=3D2>Mark</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr><FONT face=3DT=
ahoma=20
size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> David Cawley [<A=20
href=3D"mailto:dave@d...">mailto:dave@d...=
donline.co.uk</A>]<BR><B>Sent:</B>=20
25 June 2003 21:46<BR><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogrou=
ps.com</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>=20
Re: RE: [Bell Historians] Curfew (was Re: The Tellers)<BR><BR></FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. Sandwich tenor. Twenty =
years=20
ago, it was I suppose rung up about 50% of the time. The Mayor us=
ed to=20
give the curfew ringers a grand dinner every year. I was a member=
of=20
the Guild of Curfew Ringers, ringing on 19th of the month, and still pr=
ide=20
the tie (Sandwich coat of arms, surmounted by a bell). As I think=
I've=20
said before on this site, the bell is or was rung daily, <EM>except=20
Sunday</EM>, at 8 p.m. Most ringers went down about 7.45 and lock=
ed=20
themselves in - note, ifyou want to go there, entrance is in the r=
uins=20
of the north aisle, the door being well away from the entrance to the t=
ower=20
stairway, so if you're late you won't be heard. The clock is allo=
wed=20
to chime and strike eight, after which the bell is swung. In 1982=
, on=20
Mayor's Day, RCO and I rang the 4th (rehung 1892) and tenor (rehung 193=
2)=20
for the occasion. The other six have only fragmentary wheels=
left=20
now.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. Canterbury, Bell Harry was swung ma=
nually=20
until 1957 or 8 since when various sloggers have been applied to it.&nb=
sp;=20
Curfew time was 9 p.m.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3. Bristol St Nicholas has a curfew be=
ll, hung=20
on a ringing headstock with gudgeons and bearings, but no other fitting=
s=20
except a clock-type hammer which sounds the curfew from 9 till 9.07, wh=
en it=20
is working. The bell is the flat 7th in 10; the other 3 bells are=
the=20
3rd, 6th and tenor of a 30-cwt C# ten, hanging in the super T=
aylor=20
H-frame of 1898. Delicious bells.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4. I think the church with the chime i=
n 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 remem=
ber=20
where, which rings when the gates are closing; and they used to ring th=
e=20
bell in the Bell Tower at the Tower of London as a curfew. And of=
=20
course, there's that wonderful JT bell of 1953 at St Bride, Fleet=20
Street.......not rung for Curfew but I shall leave it to DrL to tell th=
e=20
story.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B=
>From:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:DrLove@s..." title=3DDrLove@s...>LOVE, Dickon=
</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:'bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com'"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>'bellhistorians@y...=
m'</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 25, 2003=
11:05=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: RE: [Bell Histori=
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Curfew (was Re: The Tellers)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>> You can add St Peter's, Sandwich to your list=
. The=20
ring of 8 is unringable<BR>> except for the tenor. This is rung ev=
ery=20
day as a curfew bell. Each day, a<BR>> different member of the com=
pany=20
of "ringers" (actually most of them are<BR>not<BR>> ringers) go up=
and=20
ring 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 actu=
al=20
ringers. There used to be<BR>none, but with the installation of a rin=
g of=20
bells in St Clement's,<BR>Sandwich, more and more ringers have leaked=
into=20
the Curfew Society. I don't<BR>know whether all ringers would have ru=
ng=20
the bell up either (it is about 15<BR>cwt), but I guess it gets rung =
up=20
once a week. Pure guess though.<BR><BR>DrL<BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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