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<DIV>Theres no doubt in my mind that the please should investigate</DIV>
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<A title=3Daaspland@y... href=3D"mailto:aaspland@y...">Andr=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 01, 2005 6=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Bel=
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ebay</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Dear All<BR><BR>Your advice please (quickly).<BR><BR>T=
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bell on Ebay is described as being by Murphy of Dublin dated 1860. =
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The<BR>seller has replied to my request for its dimensions giving=20
[circumference]<BR>at bottom of 62 inch, height of 15 inch and 34 inch=20
[circumference] at top.<BR>Weight approx 125 to 150 kilos. From the=
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picture it has had its canons<BR>removed. It is being sold by someone in =
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Leeds area.<BR><BR>The bell from St Joseph's, Hunslet is by Murphy of Dub=
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1860, diameter<BR>18"(equivalent to circumference of 56.5") and weight 1-=
2-8=20
(80kg). It has<BR>had its canons removed.<BR><BR>I have spoken to t=
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Priest who believes that the bell from St Joseph's is<BR>to be transferre=
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St Peter's Belle Isle. He did not seem terribly<BR>worried but I=20
expressed my concern.<BR><BR>Are these bells one and the same?<BR><BR>Sho=
uld I=20
contact the police?<BR><BR>Andrew<BR><BR>PS Now selling for =A3995.00 wit=
h very=20
strange bidding patterns! (Shill<BR>bidding?)<BR>PPS If 1.5 cwt of=
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Murphy bell can sell for this then a few churches might be<BR>best of sel=
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up and starting=20
again!<BR><BR><BR></TT></BODY></HTML>