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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Carl Zimmerman asks what the 'Stretchers' =
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that were fitted to Bromham bells in 1925. These were iron rods =
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one end bolted onto the wooden head stock, at the far end of the=20
stock to the wheel, and the other end affixed to the wheel. Thei=
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purpose was to stabilise the wheels, which at the time that the=20
work was done were over fifty years old; and I suppose were getting wo=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dennis Powney.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>