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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=419322409-19012005>I
believe that the bells were ringable before the conversion took place. I was
working in the Birmingham area in 1990, and A. J. Barnfield boasted with some
pride that he had rung there; apparently there was a try-out in the
mid-1980s.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=419322409-19012005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=419322409-19012005>Andrew
Bull</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Paul Marshall
[mailto:paul&jean@p...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 18 January 2005
18:56<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bell
Historians] Oldbury, West Midlands (was Monkton,
Devon)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><TT><BR>Does anyone know the fate of the bells of
Christ Church, Oldbury West <BR>Midlands (10.5 cwt)? The church is still in
use (as a church), but the <BR>tower is let out to various companies as
offices. As far as I know the <BR>bells are still in the tower, but a concrete
floor has been installed <BR>directly beneath them. It is very unlikely that
they will ever be rung <BR>again (at least in that tower).<BR><BR>It is one of
the rings that is claimed by both the Worcestershire <BR>Association (It is
the only unringable tower in the Northern Branch of <BR>that Association) and
the St Martin's Guild.<BR><BR>I heard a rumour that the St Martin's Guild had
looked into recovering <BR>them.<BR><BR>Paul
Marshall<BR></TT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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