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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nothing like being made to feel a "has been". First
the CCC scrap-heap and now the Great Bells.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It became apparent to me in the 1970's that Ernest
Morris's original Great Bells was lacking certain entries and I persuaded Bill
Viggers to allow me to draw up a new one with corrected weights and dates where
necessary, an d also the founders involved. I think the first revised list came
out in 1978 and every year until his death Bill Viggers ran the proofs
(happy days of such things) before me to keep them up-to-date to the
best of my knowledge. I have a file of correspondence with Whitechapel and
Taylors and with a number of Town Clerks and similar folk whicgh makes
interesting reading.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am pleased that the list is being kept up to date
by others but sorry that I have been dropped by the publisher without a word of
acknowledgment or intimation.</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> Monday, November 13, 2006 10:35
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Great Bells of
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<P>David:<BR><BR>> I see that the 6th quarter bell at York Minster is now
listed <BR>as 'clock bell'. Is there a reason for this?<BR><BR>Yes. I'm guilty
as charged. When I updated the list for this year's <BR>diary (with help from
several members of the list, and especially Chris <BR>Pickford's list of great
bells on the Keltek website) my original <BR>description of this bell was
'Clock bell no. 6' in line with Chris' <BR>list. In editing the text to fit
the space available, this ended up as <BR>you see. I'll make a note to change
it for next year. '6th quarter' has <BR>a certain arithmetical charm about it
in any case!<BR><BR>If there are any more errors, please let us know at the RW
and we'll be <BR>happy to correct them.<BR><BR>Bill H<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>