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<DIV>It is a long time since I was at Nynehead but my notes suggest (quite=
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<BR>forcibly!) that the whole outfit dates from 1894, including the oak=20
frame<BR>for six. If six bells were intended, doesn't this make sense=
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the<BR>numbering on the iron stocks? There must be a record somewhere=
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who the<BR>hanger was. By far the most likely candidate would be Thom=
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Doble of<BR>Taunton. Another would be John Sully of Stogumber but I a=
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sure of his<BR>dates. Both, and especially Doble, normally used Taylo=
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for bells and<BR>other bits of kit.<BR><BR><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff00=
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size=3D2>You may well be right - I just wonder why only two bells out of fi=
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should have been fitted with CI stocks (the new bell I could possibly=20
understand, but why the other? I don't think I checked, but I doubt if it w=
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tuned. At least, I can't see any reason why it would have been as the ring =
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whole is pretty badly out-of-tune anyway). I don't have my notes here, but =
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are probably rather scrappy anyway. I might have some photos - I'll look. I=
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try to go and have another look next time I'm at my parents', but unless th=
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have changed there (and I doubt it) the bells will be difficult to inspect =
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there is no floor beneath the bells. The foundation beams had rotted in the=
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walls, and when this was discovered the floor between bells and ringers was=
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removed, and the frame supported with acro-props from the ringing chamber f=
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There was talk of putting some RSJs in to support the frame, but then it wo=
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have been necessary to ring from the ground floor. I'd like to go back -it'=
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of my favourite churches in that area. Not architecturally spectacular, but=
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has a nice atmosphere.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV></BODY><=
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