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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dave Cawley writes the following re.=20
Emscote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Re Emscote. Picturesque though Mike Cheste=
r's=20
account is, it was in fact blown up after the spire had been pulled down to=
the=20
lower lucarnes. It was something of a cause celebre, as it was either the l=
ast=20
church to be dealt with under the old Disused Churches Measure or the first=
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under the Pastorasl Measure 1968. I thought I had pictures of the bel=
ls=20
going, but it appears that this is the old church in Middlesbrough.</FONT><=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>However I do have full details of the fram=
e, bells=20
and fittings, and looking at the enlarged image you can see three sect=
ions=20
of frame which tie in with the drawings I have. The lowest section was a fa=
irly=20
standard two-bell frame with corner-posts and main braces, the two bells=20
swinging side-by side. Above was a section containing four bells (presumabl=
y=20
originally 1,2,3,4 of six, but the 2nd was clearly moved to the section abo=
ve,=20
the treble moved round and the new 2nd hung in its place ). The pan of this=
was=20
a "hollow square" frame with one bell round each wall and a passage in the=
=20
centre. The top frame, presumably added at the augmentation, had four cast =
iron=20
High A's, the treble swinging E/W amd the 4th at right angles.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Taylors quoted for rehanging the old eight=
in a new=20
3-tier frame (lowside upon H upon H) (=A3925) in 1945, also for recasting i=
nto a=20
10-cwt ring in a two tier frame. They requoted for recasting etc in 1958. B=
y=20
1968 they had the bells in store. They quoted for a new single 31-cwt bell =
in D,=20
to hang in the new tower; subsequently for a 3-ton bell in Bb. The tow=
er=20
was not built and a small bell was provided.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>