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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" ><FONT color=#000000 ><FONT face="Times New Roman" ><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma" >Guernsey Museum is holding an exhibition “Pursuits and Joys” on the Family of Frederic Corbin <FONT class="">Lukis</FONT> of Guernsey – a family of archaeologists one of whose members was the Rev William <FONT class="">Collings</FONT> <FONT class="">Lukis</FONT>, who wrote </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" >in 1857 "An Account of Church Bells, and Bell Foundries ; " in 1858 " A Few Words to Rural Deans and Churchwardens," two tracts relating to the care and condition of church bells, and " The History of the Salisbury Bell Foundry;" but is more famous for his general archaeological work.<o:p ></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" ><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" ><FONT color=#000000 ><FONT face="Times New Roman" >There is a conference on June 2-4, details from Heather <FONT class="">Sebire</FONT>, Museum Archaeologist, Telephone 700477. The exhibition will run until the end of the year<o:p ></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" ><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" ><FONT color=#000000 ><FONT face="Times New Roman" >While the exhibition will be well worth seeing I believe that there is so much Archaeology that the bells may not get a look in.<o:p ></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" ><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" ><FONT color=#000000 ><FONT face="Times New Roman" >The museum have now displayed at the <FONT class="">Câtel</FONT> Church material recovered from the excavation there a few years ago of Nicolas <FONT class="">Blondel’s</FONT> bell pit inside the Church. There is a display case with pieces of mould, metal, etc, and explanatory diagrams. The pit is visible through a glass panel in the floor.<o:p ></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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