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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I was shown - by the late Ernie Rowe,=
I think=20
- some photos of Valetta. They were in a traditional six bell frame on ring=
ing=20
headstocks with strap gudgeons and plain bearings. The ropes were tied to t=
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clappers and went over the ringing pulleys. The wheels had either been remo=
ved=20
or had never been put on, but I classed them as an unringable ring. F=
rom=20
what Jim says, they have been rehung since (How ? by whom ?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yes, JT & Co have been involved with s=
ome very=20
large bells for Malta since the Siege Bell and have some more in hand at=20
present.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There is no ring at St Dominic's.</FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>G.A.D. wrote an interesting RW article on =
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fairly recently (date, George ?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>On Lahore, Dave K is too modest. He =
prepared=20
an excellent video, of which I have a copy. Taylor Bells in a massive =
C/I=20
H-frame for 8, all fittings including rollers there; all intact; floor bene=
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bells incomplete; Ellacombe hammers. Percussion marks both sides of soundbo=
w -=20
almost equal, plus marks made by the Ellacombe, more pronounced after all t=
hese=20
years. Tower looks in good order and of good construction.</FONT></DI=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>More on weak and swaying towers later=
perhaps,=20
but two points:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(1) CJP wrote an excellent account on Bald=
ersby in=20
the comic some years ago. Date, Chris ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(2) Star Street. No, they didn't all have =
Doncaster=20
canons; only the back four. The front four were Angular. (Person=
al=20
observation, RHD notes and CD's photos).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:bells@k..." title=3Dbells@k...>David & =
Mary=20
Kelly</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 25, 2003 7:58=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Vallett=
a</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>There has been mention recently regarding the bells a=
t Poona=20
and Lahore. I visited Lahore a few years ago and it looked to me that the=
=20
bells had certainly been swung high enough to show light clapper indentat=
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on both sides of the bells. It wouldn't surprise me that they had at some=
=20
stage been rung full-circle.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Now does anyone know if Valletta, Malta, S. Pau=
l, 6,=20
13cwt have ever been rung full-circle?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dave</FONT></DIV>
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