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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>John Oldham, of John Taylor & Co, writ=
ing to=20
Aubrey Bennett of Buckfastleigh on the subject of St Sidwell, Exeter, =
on=20
5th January 1943, added:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CHARLES CHURCH, PLYMOUTH, I have been told=
that the=20
church disposed of the metal of the peal at an absurdly low figure to the=20
Croydon Foundry, but cannot vouch for the accuracy of this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>On the subject of the bells of Europe duri=
ng the=20
Second World War: The Rackham Foundation of the University of=20
Michigan enlisted Dr Percival Price, then University=20
Carilloneur and Professor of Musical Composition, Ann Arbor, U.S.A., t=
o=20
undertake through military channels a report (published by the University i=
n=20
1948 under the title "Campanology - Europe").</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Its purpose was to give up-to-1939 informa=
tion on=20
carillons and their subsequent fate; to survey bells removed by the Ce=
ntral=20
Powers generally, their classification [Yes, even Adolf 'listed' notew=
orthy=20
bells], and the metals obtained and the loss to each country concerned=
; and=20
to list selected bell data (tonal analysis, profiles, metal content, orname=
nt)=20
on bells such as those which survived. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As a result of the Report a large number o=
f bells=20
were returned to their former homes following WWII. There were many bell=20
"graveyards" other than the one pictured on the front page of last week's=20
<EM>RW. </EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The custdian of the Hamburg depositories (=
there=20
were four of them) appointed in 1946 by the Allies was Franz Schilling=
of=20
the Apolda bell foundry - under the control of the British Military Governm=
ent's=20
Office of Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives. The treatment of the churches=
of=20
the German Reich in regard to their bells was as chlling as their treatment=
of=20
churches in (some) occupied countries. Appeals from German parishes to the=
=20
British MFA&A were turned down (sometimes in chillingf language) "until=
"=20
said Price "the return of all the bells in Allied Countries has been comple=
ted."=20
The American and Russian Zones had different procedures.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It is a fascinating Report (all 161 pages =
of it)=20
and it occasionally comes up on Church Green Books' list. Well worth=20
acquiring.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DLC </FONT> </DIV>
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m:</B>=20
<A title=3Djim@p...=20
href=3D"mailto:jim@p...">jim phillips</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3Dbellhistorians@yahoogroups.com=20
href=3D"mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups=
.com</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 21, 2005 3:25=
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PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Bells &=
amp;=20
World War two.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT><BR></DIV><TT><BR>David Bryant wrote:-<BR><BR>>So far =
as I'm=20
aware there was no general intention for this to happen,<BR>>although =
cast=20
iron railings, etc, were often removed from churchyard and<BR>>other w=
alls=20
to be used in making munitions.<BR><BR>There is a mystery surrounding the=
=20
disappearance of the ten at Charles <BR>Church, Plymouth. The late =
Canon=20
C Kelland Peake (a ringer and former <BR>vice-president of the Truro Guil=
d)=20
once told me that the City of Plymouth <BR>Corporation 'pinched' the bell=
s of=20
Charles Church. I suggest someone from <BR>the Guild of Devonshire=
=20
Ringers endeavours to find out what really happened <BR>to this rather fi=
ne=20
ten and if the City Corporation did take them, then the <BR>Guild should =
ask=20
for them to be returned. <BR><BR></TT><BR></BODY></HTML>