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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Clearly I should have pur "Perhaps" in cap=
itals,=20
substituted "would" for "will" and added "if appropriate". The latter might=
be=20
considered very differently by a tiny congregation whose "unremarkable"=20
bell may be the most significant artefact to have survived this f=
ire=20
whether cracked or not. On the other hand, they may want it recast. With=20
Soundweld's enhanced expertise there will be value for money if this is=20
eventually what the parish want, if the church is rebuilt. Equally, there w=
ill=20
be value for money if recasting is decided on.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The foregoing paragraph is written in=
response=20
to what seemed to be - with respect - an example of "supererogatory zeal" o=
n the=20
part of its writer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC :) </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>Fro=
m:</B>=20
<A href=3D"mailto:davidbryant@h..."=20
title=3Ddavidbryant@h...>David Bryant</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>=
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 19, 2005 =
1:49=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Bix=
ley,=20
Norfolk</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The 3rd of the unringable six at St Lawr=
ence,=20
Norwich, and the single bell at Hassingham, Norfolk, are also by Revel. T=
he=20
latter church also went through a serious fire in the late sixties. The b=
ell=20
came down and appeared sound - but its tone was apparently ruined. In 197=
4,=20
when I was DAC Adviser, I was consulted about it, and Sounweld not only=20
did an exhaustive work of crack detection, but successfully repaired=
it.=20
Perhaps the Bixley bell - now in safe storage - will </FONT><FONT face=3D=
Arial=20
size=3D2>respond to similar treatment if needed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Extensive repairs to a=20
pre-Reformation bell is one thing, but where an unremarkable Victorian be=
ll is=20
concerned surely it would never be worth the inevitably high=20
cost.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#ff0000 face=3DArial size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV><!-- |=
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