------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C5C368.DC650430 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit When I first responded to Robert Lewis's enquiry, which initiated the subsequent dialogues, in my naivety I thought it was making a helpful response in supporting the idea. I didn't appreciate there were so many people with such strongly held views on the matter, else I might have hidden in a corner! I wonder what advice Edward VI received when he proposed the Great Inventory of 1549 (or thereabouts)? In this day and age, I would have thought the task manageable, given sufficient resource, i.e. a veritable army of enthusiasts throughout the country collecting the data. I like Sam's comments about managing on a regional basis although this is not far removed from my original suggestion. If costs are a constraint, then cost of publishing the necessary scores of books would be prohibitive, I guess. And books soon become out-of-date, often by the date of publication. Dickon has obviously spent many hours creating his database of Kent bells but, as a much younger person than I, cannot have been spending the last 50 years on the task! (Not that I have you understand!) So it seems not unreasonable for others to extend this, albeit in small steps, to encompass the whole country, even if it takes a decade or more. And if the aim is to have information on - current - bells, there would be no need to include data on pre-existing bells - or is it sacrilegious to say that on this list? Apologies in advance if it is. Peter Humphreys -----Original Message----- From: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Samuel Austin Is a national database really necessary? How many areas are not covered by published county books? Surely county books or geographical areas written by historians would be better. I oppose the idea of a national database as there are enough politicts with the unringables database. Aye. Sam --- bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.7/112 - Release Date: 26/09/2005 ------=_NextPart_000_0018_01C5C368.DC650430 Content-Type: text/html; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
When I=20 first responded to Robert Lewis's enquiry, which initiated the subsequent=20 dialogues, in my naivety I thought it was making a helpful response in= =20 supporting the idea.
 
I=20 didn't appreciate there were so many people with such strongly held views o= n the=20 matter, else I might have hidden in a corner!
 
I=20 wonder what advice Edward VI received when he proposed the Great Inventory = of=20 1549 (or thereabouts)? In this day and age, I would have thought the task=20 manageable, given sufficient resource, i.e. a veritable army of enthusiasts= =20 throughout the country collecting the data.
 
I like=20 Sam's comments about managing on a regional basis although this is not far= =20 removed from my original suggestion. If costs are a constraint, then cost o= f=20 publishing the necessary scores of books would be prohibitive, I guess. And= =20 books soon become out-of-date, often by the date of=20 publication.
 
Dickon=20 has obviously spent many hours creating his database of Kent bells but, as = a=20 much younger person than I, cannot have been spending the last 50 years on = the=20 task! (Not that I have you understand!) So it seems not unreasonable for ot= hers=20 to extend this, albeit in small steps, to encompass the whole country,= even=20 if it takes a decade or more.  
 
And if=20 the aim is to have information on - current - bells, there would be no need= to=20 include data on pre-existing bells - or is it sacrilegious to say that on t= his=20 list? Apologies in advance if it is.
 
Peter=20 Humphreys
-----Original Message-----
From:=20 bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] On=20 Behalf Of Samuel Austin

Is a national databas= e=20 really necessary? How many
areas are not covered by published county=20 books?
Surely county books or geographical areas written by
histori= ans=20 would be better. I oppose the idea of a
national database as there are= =20 enough politicts with
the unringables database. Aye. Sam
---=20 bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com


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