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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Possibly not, but there was a pretty full =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>By yours truly DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<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, September 15, 2003 4=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] 'Pretty=
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bells (was Layout of information)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>--- In <A=20
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"David Bryant" <<A href=3D"mailto:david@b...">david@b...</A>>=20
<BR>wrote:<BR>> Or, more generally, 'character' is a good one. I also =
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a ringer <BR>who<BR>> would describe bells as 'pretty', much to the=20
amusement of those in <BR>the<BR>> know, who were aware that what he=20
actually meant was 'pretty crap'.<BR><BR>I'm sure that many authors will =
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committed their thoughts to <BR>paper on the subject of Naylor Vickers=20
creations. Cocks has this to <BR>say about Thornborough (5) and=20
Waddesdon (6) in his 1897 Church Bells <BR>of Buckinghamshire=20
(p264):<BR><BR>"... revolting looking objects - nearly the whole surface =
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every <BR>bell scaling off in large, bright red scabs of rust. Let =
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hope <BR>that nothing short of the removal of their miserable remains fro=
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<BR>towers, will check this process of disintegration, and that happy day=
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<BR>may come when these churches may once more possess sweet-toned bells=
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<BR>of bell metal."<BR><BR>Just in case he hadn't made himself clear he a=
dded=20
this (p592):<BR><BR>"In my humble opinion steel church bells are an=20
abomination that <BR>ought to be prohibited by Act of=20
Parliament!"<BR><BR>Can't see anyone being prepared to write in such stro=
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terms today, <BR>but how did other Victorian authors describe Sheffield's=
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finest? <BR>Have any other founders received such=20
treatment?<BR><BR>John<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>This=20
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