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<DIV>Dear George - I will find out the numbers on theses bells ( if poss ) but
they are still currently stored in a building that even the staff at Beamish are
not allowed into as there is an extremely large quantity of asbestos in the
building. I am in discussion to with Beamish to catalogue all of the bells that
they have, including Sowerby bells, and when the cataloging is complete I will
probably do an article for the Ringing World. Rest assured you will get Sowerby
info but not for some time. As far as they know there is no immediate plan to
get rid of the asbestos this year certainly. regards
Howard.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>