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class=270153510-21012005>According to Chris Pickford's notes, the elm headstocks
on the front six were replaced with cast-iron ones in 1965. The seventh was
recast in 1931, so presumably was a flat-topped casting. I've seen the bells,
and have several photos; they definitely all have iron headstocks now, and none
of them has canons.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=270153510-21012005>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> LOVE, Dickon
[mailto:dickon.love@a...]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 21 January 2005
09:29<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[Bell Historians] Southwark<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><TT>DJB:<BR>"Does anybody know
when the canons were removed from the bells at Southwark<BR>Cathedral? This is
not clear from the tower website - which is excellent and<BR>would serve as a
very good exemplar for anyone designing a tower website."<BR>
<BR>JS:<BR>"The bells were taken down during WW2 and not rehung until ( I
think) 1947.<BR>It may well be that the canons were removed prior to that
rehanging. "<BR><BR>I think it is more likely that they were removed in 1910
when the back 6<BR>received cast iron headstocks and the front 6 new elm
headstocks. After the<BR>war they were cleaned, tuned and rehung with new
gudgeons and ball bearings,<BR>but (I understand) the same
headstocks.<BR><BR>Source: ASCY Website (so it must be
right!).<BR><BR>DrL<BR><BR><BR></TT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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