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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The 3rd of the unringable six at St Lawren=
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Norwich, and the single bell at Hassingham, Norfolk, are also by Revel. The=
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latter church also went through a serious fire in the late sixties. The bel=
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came down and appeared sound - but its tone was apparently ruined. In 1974,=
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I was DAC Adviser, I was consulted about it, and Sounweld not only did =
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exhaustive work of crack detection, but successfully repaired it. Perhaps t=
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Bixley bell - now in safe storage - will </FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2=
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to similar treatment if needed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>Extensive repairs to a=20
pre-Reformation bell is one thing, but where an unremarkable Victorian bell=
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concerned surely it would never be worth the inevitably high cost.</FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#ff0000 size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV><!-- |**=
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