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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In fact only the front five bells at Petha=
m (6,=20
M&S 1923) have "ugly" Doncaster heads as frequently used by that firm,=
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Warners and Gilletts. The tenor has a "beautiful" flat head, as used by Tay=
lors.=20
I suppose beauty (or ugliness) is in the eye of the beholder, depending who=
se=20
name is on the bell :)</FONT></DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:dalton.family@v..." title=3Ddalton.family@virgin.=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 12, 2004 5:5=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Fla=
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crowns</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>The Whitechapel bells at Petham were cast with "ugly=20
Doncaster heads" (I <BR>don't personally find them particularly ugly) as =
late=20
as 1923.<BR><BR>Warners stopped canons altogether as part of their 1910=20
revolution. But<BR>they cast some bells, both in rings and otherwis=
e,=20
flat-topped earlier, e.g.<BR>Bryanston tenor in 1898 and a bell formerly =
in=20
the ring at Harston, Leics.,<BR>as early as 1873. GAD will confirm,=
but=20
I think this latter bell might have<BR>been cast with canons only to have=
them=20
removed because of shortage of space<BR>in the belfry.<BR><BR>C=20
D<BR><BR>>> Subject : Re: [Bell Historians] Flat crowns<BR>>>=
I am=20
sure that this subject has been raised before but I would be=20
grateful<BR>>> if someone could tell me when bells were first cast =
with=20
flat crowns, WBF,<BR>>> Taylor and Warner bells in particular and d=
id it=20
apply to all sizes of bell?<BR>><BR>> Taylor's started casting the =
back=20
bells of rings (usually the tenor of six,<BR>> back two or three of 8,=
and=20
back three or four of ten or 12) with flat<BR>> crowns and the rest wi=
th=20
canons in the late 1860s / 1870s. In the mid-1890s<BR>> canons disappe=
ared=20
altogether.<BR>><BR>> Whitechapel and Warner's were later - early=20
decades of C20. From the latter<BR>> decades of the C19 up until then =
the=20
tended to use ugly Doncaster Heads.<BR>><BR>> David<BR><BR></TT><BR=
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