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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What is rather sad about Charles Church - =
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with quite a number of other rings lost in the War - is that they had been=
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restored only a few years prior to the commencement of hostilities. Charles=
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Church were rehung in the autumn of 1936 by Gillett & Johnston, who als=
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recast the eighth. The bells were:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. Mears & Stainbank 1898 &=
nbsp; 28=20
3/16" 5-1-25</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. Mears & Stainbank 1898 &=
nbsp; 29=20
3/4" 5-3-20</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3. C & G Mears 1856 =
31 3/8"=20
6-1-19</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>4. Chapman & Mears 1782 &nb=
sp; 32=20
1/2" 6-3-17</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>5. Chapman & Mears 1782 &nb=
sp; 33=20
7/8" 7-1-10</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>6. Chapman & Mears 1782 &nb=
sp; 37"=20
8-3-26</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>7. Chapman & Mears 1782 &nb=
sp; 40=20
1/8" 10-2-21</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>8. Gillett & Johnston 1936 =
43=20
1/2" 15-3-17</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>9. C & G Mears 1856 =
46"=20
15-0-12</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>10. C & G Mears 1856 =
51 7/8"=20
23-0-6 in D</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Holy Rood, Southampton, is another wartime=
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where the bells were restored in 1936 - by Taylors.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In terms of bells being used for munitions=
, one=20
instance is Abberley Hall. Fifteen of the bells were sold back to Taylors i=
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late 1939, leaving only the smallest five that would give a Westminster qua=
rter=20
chime. The metal from these bells was used to make munitions when Taylors t=
urned=20
over to wartime production.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>CP</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>