<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 07/07/03 20:09:37 GMT Daylight Time, david@b... writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">They were slow swingers.<BR>
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The picture at:<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/newsc.htm">http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/newsc.htm</A><BR>
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Clearly shows two bells on cast iron arched headstocks - the larger bell being fitted with a stay and slider. It states that the picture shows the largest of three bells supplied to Newport, Rhode Island. It does not say if all three bells were hung in the same way - if they were, and still are - these must be taken as the heaviest three, slow swinging or not.<BR>
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An hour of web searching has found nothing - apart from a pub called the Three Bells Inn!<BR>
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Cheers<BR>
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Matthew<BR>
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