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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I happened to find out a bit about this re=
cently.=20
There was a posting on this list (I think - though it could have been direc=
t=20
contact) last September about one of the bells, now in New Zealand. Then - =
a few=20
nights ago - I found a reference in the RW for 1966. My notes=20
attached:</FONT></DIV>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt">Cambridge,=20
St.Michael: One of the Christopher Graye bells of 1683 is now (Sept.2002) a=
t=20
</SPAN><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB></FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>St<BR>A=
ugustine's=20
(COE) church in Cashmere, Christchurch, New Zealand. It was gifted to the p=
arish=20
by Great St Mary's, the Cambridge University church. It was one of four bel=
ls at=20
St.Michael=92s - three by Christopher Graye 1683, and the fourth (the tenor=
bell=20
or largest) by Charles Newman 1684. Newman was Graye's successor. They work=
ed at=20
Haddenham in Cambridgeshire. The bells were apparently sold some time=
=20
after 1959. The Cashmere bell was </FONT></SPAN><FONT face=3DArial><TT><SPA=
N=20
lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roma=
n'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times =
New Roman'">installed=20
in 1970. It is a good size bell at 81cm diameter (<SPAN=20
style=3D"LETTER-SPACING: -0.15pt">Ex.inf.<I> </I></SPAN>Bernard Hempseed,=20
Sept.2002)</SPAN></TT></FONT></P>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><TT><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-siz=
e: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-=
language: AR-SA">Cambridge,=20
St.Michael: Bells [nine in all] stolen from a London bellfoundry store on 4=
th=20
May by copper thieves. Four of them were awaiting shipment to St.Augustine=
=92s.=20
Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, New Zealand. These were of 17th century origi=
n and=20
at one time hung at St.Michael & All Angels=92 Church, Gonville and Cai=
us=20
College, Cambridge. They were the gift of Mr. Michael Stewart-Smith, a New=
=20
Zealander, who is managing director of a London perfumery manufacturing com=
pany=20
(</SPAN></TT><TT><I><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: -=
0.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-la=
nguage: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Ringing=20
World</SPAN></I></TT><TT><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LETTER-SPACING: -=
0.15pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-la=
nguage: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">=20
</SPAN></TT><TT><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-siz=
e: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-=
language: AR-SA">13=20
May 1966 p.309)</SPAN></TT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><TT><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-siz=
e: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-=
language: AR-SA"></SPAN></TT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><TT><SPAN lang=3DEN-GB=20
style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-siz=
e: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-=
language: AR-SA">Chris=20
Pickford<BR>Gorse Farm, Snitterfield Road, Bearley, Stratford on Avon, CV37=
=20
0EX<BR>Tel: 01789 731296 or (mobile) 07811 453525<BR>E-mail: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:c.j.pickford@t...">c.j.pickford@t...</A></SPAN><=
/TT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<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
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> Tuesday, September 02, 2003 =
11:27=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Cambrid=
ge, St=20
Michael</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Does anyone know what happened to the ring of four be=
lls at=20
St Micahel's and when. One story I have heard is that they were removed a=
nd=20
went abroad.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dave</FONT></DIV>
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