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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rather a lot of mis-information and doubtful
supposition flying around on this one! I hope the following notes (from an
entirely reliable source) will settle the matter</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The original bells (Mears & Stainbank 1900)
were <SPAN
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6-3-14, 7-2-11, 9-0-8, 10-3-10, 12-1-7, 15-3-0, 22-0-17 as supplied. There is
another set of weights for when the bells were returned in 1962, but (in my
view) the ones given here should be regarded as the correct
ones.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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and diameters of the present (1962) bells are 1 25.25</SPAN><SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN
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2 26.25</SPAN><SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN
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3 28” 5-1-3, 4 29” 5-2-2, 5 31” 6-0-22, 6 33” 7-1-5, 7 35” 8-0-15, 8 37” 9-2-1,
9 41” 12-2-20, 10 46” 18-0-20. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chris Pickford<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>