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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There were two other reportedly "thumping =
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threes in Anglo-Catholic churches in London. Both churches were bombe=
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both have been rebuilt with 1 bell.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Both have saddleback towers - St Alban Hol=
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the west end (now equipped with a 6-cwt modern Mears bell), and St Matthias=
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Stoke Newington, where it is over the choir area, now with an 11-cwt Mears=
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bell. Both were designed by William Butterfield, who also designed Al=
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Saints, Margaret Street. Two of the St Matthias bells (by Warners) we=
nt on=20
down to Aveton Giffard near Plymouth, to replace the bombed eight in part, =
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were never installed, and subsequently scrapped </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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<A href=3D"mailto:c.j.pickford@t..." title=3Dc.j.pickford@t...=
m>Chris=20
Pickford</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 03, 2003 7:22=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Re:=
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Heaviest Three</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Another ex-three that hasn't (I think) b=
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mentioned, is St.John's, Eastbourne (Sussex) - a Taylor three of 1911, 1 =
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4-0-22 E, 2 33.5 7-2-22 B, and 3 39" 22-2-5 E. These were 1, 4 and 8 of e=
ight,=20
hung for ringing in a lowside frame. I've heard that were only ever =
rung=20
once or twice - and the band that rang there in the 60s or 70s had t=
o=20
drill rope holes in the (original) floors. Sold fairly recentl=
y,=20
and the tenor is currently at Taylors awaiting despatch as the tenor of t=
he=20
remodelled ring at Hobart Cathedral.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>According to RW 8 September 1911, the pa=
rish was=20
offered a ring of twelve bells, but because of local opposition only thre=
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were installed</FONT></DIV>
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