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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Before anyone goes rushing off to Wigan to 'have a
swing', the slow swinger at St Patrick's is electrically swung, and hangs in a
structure a few feet off the ground. It was an amazingly troublesome bell in its
early days. Worth a visit by those who like me enjoy visitng large,
impressive castings.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:04
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Wigan
Chimes</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
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face=Arial size=2>I can offer the following extract from the Croydon foundry
records - although the places aren't specified very closely in the tuning
books (e.g. might just say Wigan - which is what's in Alan Buswell's index)
and I may have associated this set of bells with the wrong
church</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN
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St.Paul, Goose Green, Lancs: Gillett & Johnston foundry records, 1934 –
clock chimes of five bells, 1 (5051) 13</SPAN><SUP><SPAN
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0-2-5 E, 2 (5103) 15.125</SPAN><SPAN
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0-2-24.5 D, 3 (5053) 16.875” 1-0-9 C, 4 (5054) 22.25</SPAN><SPAN
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2-1-16</SPAN><SPAN
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G, 5 (5055) 32” 6-1-17 C</SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2>However, the Catholic Directory (2003) doesn't list a church
of the Holy Cross in Wigan</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The most notable bell in a Catholic church in
Wigan is at </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>St.Patrick's - a Taylor
slow-swinger of 1955, <SPAN
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49-1-27</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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