------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C5D2A4.15DE8020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "Before I unsubscribe from Bell Historians [things getting rather too tetch= y for my taste], I may be able to help with your quest. I probably ought t= o have noticed this information in an earlier e-mail but what format would = you like photos in and have you any specific type of inscription/decoration= in mind? And, for that matter, do you only require lettering or are decora= tions also of interest? Perhaps this is a silly question. If you had want= ed decorations you would not have asked for inscriptions. I feel another b= elittling coming on, but I am trying to help. I really am." Anything along these lines really - I just want a variety of decent picture= s for the website. I don't belittle people trying to help. My recent criticism was about the d= oom-and-gloom merchants who were commenting adversely on the situation rega= rding a tower with which I am very much involved (and they are not) without= knowing the full facts, and without even properly reading the information = which I pointed them to before commenting. I regarded their comments as cri= ticising what has been done locally about the bells. It has been a difficul= t and very unusual situation, and local ringers (and David Potter in partic= ular) have done the best possible in the circumstances. I posted the inform= ation which I did to inform people, not to provoke a flood of veiled critic= ism. "I have several close ups of inscriptions/decorations on the original and n= ewly cast bells at Kirkby Malham, including the coat of arms of Queen Eliza= beth 1st." Those would be great - thanks. David ------=_NextPart_000_0032_01C5D2A4.15DE8020 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
"Before= I=20 unsubscribe from Bell Historians [things getting rather too tetchy for my=20 taste], I may be able to help with your quest.  I probably ought to ha= ve=20 noticed this information in an earlier e-mail but what format would you lik= e=20 photos in and have you any specific type of inscription/decoration in mind?= And,=20 for that matter, do you only require lettering or are decorations also= of=20 interest?  Perhaps this is a silly question.  If you had wanted=20 decorations you would not have asked for inscriptions.  I feel another= =20 belittling coming on, but I am trying to help.  I really am."
 
Anything along these lines= really - I=20 just want a variety of decent pictures for the website.
 
I don't belittle people tr= ying to=20 help. My recent criticism was about the doom-and-gloom merchants who were=20 commenting adversely on the situation regarding a tower with which I a= m=20 very much involved (and they are not) without knowing the full facts, and=20 without even properly reading the information which I pointed them to= =20 before commenting. I regarded their comments as criticising what has been d= one=20 locally about the bells. It has been a difficult and very unusual situation= , and=20 local ringers (and David Potter in particular) have done the best possible = in=20 the circumstances. I posted the information which I did to inform people, n= ot to=20 provoke a flood of veiled criticism.
 
"I have several close ups = of=20 inscriptions/decorations on the original and newly cast bells at Kirkby Mal= ham,=20 including the coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth 1st."
 
Those would be great -=20 thanks.
 
David
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