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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>This thread brought to mind a recent Sunday afternoon w=
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</FONT><FONT size=3D2>I rang for (and attended) a John Wesley 300th anniver=
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Apparently, according to the speaker, the great ma=
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to speak out against the evils of drinking tea - he himself far prefer=
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to drink beer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Clearly the Methodists got the message a bit wrong some=
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along the line.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>;-</FONT><FONT size=3D2>)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Peter</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday 15 July 2003 14:00</=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Ger=
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view of English ringing in 1786</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Clearly a teetotaller. There is us=
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alternative liquid entertainment available nearby, sufficient of which wo=
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have rendered him insensible to the 'noise'.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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