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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jim, you should have invited me to he=
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with the wine; mind you, the vintage at the Vicarage is very good, as a num=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Yes, the Taylor bell at the Bed centre, Le=
icester,=20
(ex-Emmanuel school) does look a bit Grimthorpian, but I have yet to get my=
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round its waist in order to give an authoritative answer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<A href=3D"mailto:jim@p..."=20
title=3Djim@p...>jim phillips</A> </DIV>
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title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>Bell Historians</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 27, 2004 9:58=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Single =
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Leicester</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>DLC wrote:-<BR><BR>>Tut, tut. Jim, just round the c=
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from my church and vicarage, and you<BR>didn't call in :)<BR><BR>>Yes,=
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Bed Centre is a former school building, one of the several that<BR>was st=
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by a church - in that case Emmanuel Baptist >- in the last<BR>century.=
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is a Taylor bell, late 19thC.<BR><BR>It was only a fleeting visit, and a =
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of time was spent trying to get<BR>around the horrendous one-way traffic=
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system in Leicester! I saw the bell<BR>after consuming much Sicilia=
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wine and David I thought the bell was a<BR>Grimthorpe thick scale=20
casting. Is the bell thick scale or was it just the<BR>wine and me=
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trying to 'sex-up' the bell?<BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY></HTML>