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It's a shame that so many bells ended up as scrap. Hopefully nowadays attem=
pts would be made to sell them and scrapping would be as a last resort.
[I suppose the reason was that the cost of bell metal was so high that a wh=
ole job could be paid for with excess scrap. No doubt this is the reason wh=
y a number of very light sixes and eights were installed to replace heavier=
rings in the 1970s - e.g. Pately Bridge, Lightcliffe, Denholme, Avebury, e=
tc. In some such cases the result is a rather ridiculous tinkling coming fr=
om a tower which would be expected to hold a much heavier ring.]
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