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<DIV>In a message dated 15/09/2006 10:53:01 GMT Standard Time,
zen16073@WEZcnYoQ5kcyQHzV6ErUbHtV85greMShe0qTK9S54c7gc1xGZ4Lga94eRaJusAC1aXXSLGnVSW3f2A.yahoo.invalid writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Georgia color=#000000 size=2>Not a
new habit. Thomas Blackbourn used Taylor bearings when he re-hung the<BR>bells
at Holy Trinity, Bradford on Avon, in
1891.<BR><BR>Anne<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Wells Cathedral were rehung by Blackbourne 1890/91 the fittings were
supplied by Taylors. </DIV>
<DIV>The two trebles were supplied by M&S (sadly - the treble in particular
is a foul bell).</DIV>
<DIV>All that remains of the original Taylor gear is the wheels and the 8th
Clapper, everything else having been replaced over the years, mostly by
Whitechapel. The cast iron Blackbourne & Greenleaf frame is
superb.</DIV>
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<DIV>I can only assume that Mears were cheaper for bells at the time and Taylors
were cheaper for fittings.</DIV>
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<DIV>Matthew</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>