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ze=3D2>I'm=20
not sure if 'extant' has a specific meaning in this context. Does it mean t=
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are still used or just that they are present? If only the latter then, perh=
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the bells at Christ Church, Higher Bebington, Wirral may be the newest=
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still in regular use today. I heard them only this week.</FONT></SPAN></DIV=
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minor (arithmetic) correction to my earlier response on this topic. Yes, I =
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married there in 1968 but, having started ringing in Port Sunlight in 1980,=
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was 12 years later not 22. It just seemed that long - so=20
blissful! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=3DTahoma size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Mike Ch=
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[mailto:mike@m...] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 28 July 2004=20
00:24<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Be=
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Historians] hemispherical bells<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><TT>The latest date o=
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casting I have is for Shaftesbury, Dorset, The <BR>Holy Name & St Edw=
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the Martyr (RC), Salisbury Rd. 8 bells by Mears <BR>& Stainbank 1928.=
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are extant (CJND)<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><PRE>
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