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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Warner & Sons Ltd officially closed as a
bell foundry in 1924. Thereafter they forwarded correspondence to other other
foundries, i.e. Mears & Stainbank and Taylors, principally though not
exclusively the latter. I think they were anxious to see that one or other
got the work rather than that G&J should benefit from their departure. The
last complete ring of 8 was Mangotsfield, 1921, recast again
1993. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Llewellins & James effectively departed the
scene at the same time although there are some half-dozen bells by them
post-1925. As late as 1960 they even hung at St Paul, Hartcliffe, Bristol,
a bell they had cast in the 1880's for St Lawrence, Easton, Bristol.
It has since been rehung again by W B F. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Both firms remained in business for items other
than bells long after leaving the big three to it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=peter@oH6IMr64R247ZgKi24OQTnHA8k8Qy-EJE-IbthVCEv7GBP5ZHYdAEMybunhlPzeYwKnoZzcvmwUE1vgveYevLbuFlsGR.yahoo.invalid href="mailto:peter@j2SydYtb08JvTmssKNK77uOKVOEw0VE3_pNBER6gJgM58awlt7ZevQBfF7y23mt-fb0m0QHOUsgAYjS1fzEPJ1w.yahoo.invalid">Peter
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 22, 2006 10:11
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Warner
foundry closure</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=531130921-22042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Warners subcontracted a few jobs to Whitechapel after they no longer
had any facilities to cast bells themselves. Presumably this was one of
them?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=531130921-22042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=531130921-22042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Peter Rivet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>
[mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Carl S
Zimmerman<BR><B>Sent:</B> 22 April 2006 21:04<BR><B>To:</B> Bell Historians
List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Warner foundry
closure<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Conflicting sources of information say
that<BR><BR>a) The Warner foundry closed in 1921.<BR><BR>b) The
Warner foundry installed 22 bells in the Cathedral of <BR>Stavanger, Norway,
in 1922.<BR><BR>If anyone can resolve this conflict for me, please do
so!<BR><BR>Carl<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>