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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Many thanks for this - and for a speedy re=
ply. I=20
wasn't telling you anything new then! However, what you've sent does=
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greatly help me, so thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Could you please send me a copy of your bo=
ok - I=20
would have ordered sooner if I'd known about it! I'll put a cheque in the p=
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today. Address below</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've never been to Bromham, by the way, so=
you may=20
be confusing me with someone else. But I'm pleased to know that repairs hav=
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been completed</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris Pickford<BR>Gorse Farm, Snitterfield=
Road,=20
Bearley, Stratford on Avon, CV37 0EX<BR>Tel: 01789 731296 or (mobile) 07811=
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453525<BR>E-mail: <A=20
href=3D"mailto:c.j.pickford@t...">c.j.pickford@t...</A></FONT><=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:dennis.powney@l..."=20
title=3Ddennis.powney@l...>Dennis Powney</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> Wednesday, November 12, 2003=
2:16=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] 'Jimmy'=
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Groves, bellhanger</DIV>
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<P align=3Djustify>Thanks for thinking of me Chris, and for that=20
information. Yes I knew of Groves. Here is a portion from my =
book=20
'The Bells & the Ringers of St. Nicholas Church, Bromham'. This=
56=20
page book is available from me at 44 High St., Bromham, Wilts., S N=
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15 2 H A. Price =A35. Sold in aid of the Church.</P>
<P align=3Djustify> </P>
<P align=3Djustify> . . . . . . " Mr. James E. Groves of 43 M=
alvern=20
Road, Handsworth, Birmingham tendered for this work, his tender reads =
211; </P>
<P align=3Djustify></P>
<P align=3Djustify>Dismantle bells of their Ringing fittings, & remov=
e=20
Headstocks for refitting. Provide & securely bolt two cast iron=20
stretchers. Provide to all 6 Headstocks new steel gudgeons, turned true.=
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Provide & fix to the 2 largest Bells new double pulleys. Fit to the w=
heels=20
of treble & 4 largest Bells rounded blocks similar to those on wheel =
of=20
2nd Bell. Re-fit clappers of all six Bells, providing new bolts, nuts &am=
p;=20
leathers where necessary. Overhaul & readjust all stays & sliders=
.=20
Paint all the iron & wood ringing fittings, & leave Bells in 1st =
class=20
Ringing order - Provide 6 new Bells Ropes. </P>
<P>The whole for the sum of =A381.11s.6d. Jas. E. Groves." </P>
<P>You may remember, Chris, that one of the above 'Cast iron stretchers' =
was=20
broken when you recently visited Bromham. It has now been repaired.=
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