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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-heig=
ht:4.0pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><font size=3D3 color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New=
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![en=
dif]></span></font><font
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'>I
have been following the correspondence relating to the recent seminar hoste=
d by
the Council for the Care of Churches with great interest.<span
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Perhaps it would be best if=
I
explained my own involvement with bells at Diocesan level.</span></font><fo=
nt
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
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:navy'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
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<p class=3DMsoBodyTextIndent><font size=3D3 color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'>Since 1989 I have been concerned with=
the
fate of bells from redundant churches in the Diocese of Lincoln.<span
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>After
corresponding with the Secretary to the DAC and the Diocesan Furnishings
Officer and quoting specific cases it became apparent that little interest =
had
been taken in the subject and that a number of bells had been scrapped by
demolition contractors or had remained in buildings which had been retained=
for
conversion for use as residences, stores or as monuments.<span
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Even bells listed for
preservation by the Council for the Care of Churches had been allowed to
disappear.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></font><font
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'>The
number of bell ringers who are interested either in the history or archaeol=
ogy
of bells or those bells which are not part of a ringing peal are probably
few.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The
appointment of a Bells Adviser to a DAC is the responsibility of the Dioces=
an
Bishop who usually seeks the advice of the Ringing Society covering his are=
a of
responsibility.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Theref=
ore,
in many cases the person appointed to the DAC is concerned solely with the
preservation, maintenance and augmentation of ringing peals of bells and th=
e
many important installations of less than four bells are ignored. </span></=
font><font
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'>As
a result of my concerns for bells from redundant churches I was asked to jo=
in
the Redundant Churches Uses Committee for the Diocese of Lincoln in 1994 an=
d
since that date I have acted as Bells Adviser to that Committee and in
particular to the Diocesan Furnishings Officer.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Since then a very close watch has been=
kept
on bells in redundant churches and all have been safeguarded.<span
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I have persuaded several ch=
urches
that rather than use one of the ring of bells for the daily services etc th=
ey
should install a separate Priest’s/Sanctus bell and in this way I exp=
ect to be
able to preserve important listed bells.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>A ring of three derelict for many years and
forgotten has been installed at a Roman Catholic church in the centre of
Lincoln and the bells are heard regularly.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>I mention these instances to demonstrate that with
enthusiasm much can be done to preserve bells but would most DAC bells advi=
sers
have concerned themselves in this way?<span style=3D"mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></font><font color=3Dnavy><span
style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'>The
Bells Adviser to the DAC for the Diocese of Lincoln has never been involved=
, as
he has explained to me, ‘in decisions relating to redundant churches&=
#8217; and
indeed it would appear that his brief is only to visit bell installations a=
s
requested by a church through the DAC or in connection with the issue of
faculty.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> &nb=
sp;
</span>. How is the problem of bells from redundant churches handled in oth=
er
Dioceses?</span></font><font color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-col=
or-alt:
windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'>The
position with regard to DACs and bells is more complex than it might seem.<=
span
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Bells
Adviser must be ‘a capable and experienced’ person.<span style=
=3D"mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Presumably this should be taken to mean that=
he
has had practical experience of bellhanging and is capable of assessing, in
accordance with the Code of Practice published in 1993 by the Council for t=
he
Care of Churches, exactly what is permissible when a Faculty application is
received.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>There will a=
lways
be grey areas and the Bells Adviser needs to be a good communicator and wil=
ling
to consult with, and seek advice from, others when necessary.</span></font>=
<font
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p=
></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'>It
is unlikely that one person can supply all the necessary expertise and in t=
he
Lincoln Diocese, in theory, this is available through myself and the Bells
Adviser to the DAC.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>I have never pretend=
ed
to have a great deal of knowledge of bell fittings and the like but I have
always had the ready co-operation of those with much greater knowledge of b=
ells
than myself.</span></font><font color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-=
color-alt:
windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'><font si=
ze=3D3
color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman"><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color=
:navy'>I
would have like to have had the opportunity to speak at the seminar about b=
ells
from redundant churches but the invitation to attend was sent to DACs so I =
did
not receive one.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </span=
>I was
however invited to join a recent tour of redundant churches in Lincolnshire=
by
the Church Commissioners and I was able to meet and talk about bells with a
number of eminent people from the Council for the Care of Churches, The
Churches Conservation Trust, English Heritage and the Council for the Care =
of
Churches.</span></font><font color=3Dnavy><span style=3D'color:navy;mso-col=
or-alt:
windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 color=3Dblack face=3D"Times New Roman">=
<span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><span style=3D"mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></font><font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:bl=
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