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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Elkstone definitely. And in the hands of t=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Try the 5-bell frame at Milton Regis (i.e.=
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Sittingbourne). Any thoughts ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:dalton.family@v..." title=3Ddalton.family@virgin.=
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& Christopher Dalton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 19, 2004 10:2=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Old=
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Frames</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT><BR>>From: "David Bryant" <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:david@b...">david@b...</A>&g=
t;<BR><BR>>=20
There's quite an old one at Filey containing the current light six.<BR>&g=
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I've only seen it briefly so don't have a more precise idea of its<BR>>=
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date - has anyone (GAD?) inspected it in more detail?<BR>><BR>[I've se=
en it=20
and it is not in my opinion all that ancient - not medieval,<BR>anyway.&n=
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It is a bit non-standard and surely wasn't made by a specialist<BR>bell-f=
rame=20
maker.<BR><BR>Elkstone, Glos., I have remembered, is another frame still =
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use which<BR>contains a substantial amount of 15th century material.<BR><=
BR>Of=20
early-post-Reformation frames Bradford Abbas, Stogursey and Brasted are<B=
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impressive, and were made by carpenters who knew what they were about=20
in<BR>bell terms.<BR><BR>C D<BR></TT><BR></BODY></HTML>