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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tut, tut. Jim, just round the corner from =
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and vicarage, and you didn't call in :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yes, the Bed Centre is a former school bui=
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one of the several that was started by a church - in that case Emmanuel Bap=
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- in the last century. It is a Taylor bell, late 19thC.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV>
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title=3Djim@p...>jim phillips</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> Sunday, July 25, 2004 11:18=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Single =
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Leicester</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>While on a brief visit to Leicester for a graduation=20
ceremony I spotted a<BR>single bell hanging from a simple wooden headstoc=
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a bell turret on the<BR>roof of a shop selling beds. The shop is at=
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corner of Ruding<BR>Road/Narborough Road and the roof outline suggests th=
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building was once a<BR>Church. Is there anyone who may know of the=
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history of this building and<BR>the bell? From the ground it looked=
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than just a 'schoolbell'. The<BR>shop would have no use for this be=
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and it could make the treble of a light<BR>six!<BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY></=
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