wrote: Paul Cattermole's book on the Bells of Norwich is due to be published i= n September, but I'm told that not a great number of people have subscribed= as yet. If you haven't yet subscribed but would like to the promotional pa= mphlet can be downloaded from http://www.bellhistorians.org.uk/norwich/norw= ich.pdf. I think that people publishing bell-related material should be supporte= d - it can be hard to finance projects like this, and if those who are inte= rested in bells don't support them this could lead to fewer people taking r= isks in future, which will lead to less information reaching publication. W= e don't want this to happen. As most of you are doubtless aware, Norwich was one of the main early c= entres of change ringing, and in consequence this book is likely to be of u= se to those who are interested in the history of change ringing, as well as= those who are interested in bells themselves. David ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE= with Yahoo! Photos. Get Yahoo! Photos=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS=20 a.. Visit your group "bellhistorians" on the web. =20=20=20=20=20=20 b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bellhistorians-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com =20=20=20=20=20=20 c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Servic= e.=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C57CAD.6186D560 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Re THE CHURCH BELLS OF NORWICH

Having read the MS, and contributed to it,= I can=20 assure you it is worth every penny!

DLC

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Fro= m:=20 Andr= ew=20 Bull

To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups= .com=20

Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 12:= 39=20 PM

Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Bel= ls of=20 Norwich

I have to say that I am rather hestitant to invest in this, as I fou= nd=20 the author's Norfolk survey very disappointing. Less than half the job do= ne;=20 no details of frame and fittings unless they were of particular interest,= no=20 weights and diameters, little on the history of the installation except i= f it=20 was of particular interest to the author.

On the other hand, I would be first in the queue for any further=20 offerings from Chris Dalton, Chris Pickford, et al, where I can = be=20 sure that everything will have been painstakingly researched and no detai= ls=20 overlooked.

Andrew Bull

David Bryant=20 <davidbryant@...> wrote:

Paul Cattermole's book on the Bells of= Norwich=20 is due to be published in September, but I'm told that not a great numb= er of=20 people have subscribed as yet. If you haven't yet subscribed but would = like=20 to the promotional pamphlet can be downloaded from http://ww= w.bellhistorians.org.uk/norwich/norwich.pdf.

I think that people publishing bell-re= lated=20 material should be supported - it can be hard to finance projects like = this,=20 and if those who are interested in bells don't support them this c= ould=20 lead to fewer people taking risks in future, which will lead to less=20 information reaching publication. We don't want this to happen.<= /DIV>

As most of you are doubtless aware, No= rwich was=20 one of the main early centres of change ringing, and in consequence thi= s=20 book is likely to be of use to those who are interested in the history = of=20 change ringing, as well as those who are interested in bells=20 themselves.

David

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