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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris Pickford wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><EM>I'm hoping to include a list of all kn=
own work=20
by Groves (for Barwell and an an independent bellhanger) in the Birmingham =
book,=20
so any further information would be welcomed (and=20
acknowledged)</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I strongly suspect, Chris, that you k=
now Mr J=20
E (Jimmy) Groves, as Barwell's bellhanging foreman, supervised the=20
complete rehanging of Evesham Bell Tower's old 8 in a new steel=20
frame and its augmentation by the addition of two Barwell trebles in 1=
910 -=20
but I mention it just in case. Jimmy Groves went on to conduct the first pe=
al on=20
this 10, 5151 Stedman Caters in 3-39 on the day of the=20
dedication, 25th June 1910, JEG ringing the 9th. This frame and these =
bells=20
lasted until 1951, when the present Taylor 12 and bellframe were=20
installed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris Povey</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>