<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><!-- Network content -->
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wouldn't say no to a leather bound complimentary
copy with my initials on even now, and carry it close to my ample male
equivalent of a bosom :)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>D</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=andrew@YRURFGeKACRGL6z7MUegNeb-zUgHUa82tck1mIhWlj0cuTwIc1wsbx_DzIjCSTgw1912oe7gUQUzCd8hedUDW7Oo.yahoo.invalid href="mailto:andrew@u4KAfUP3pAN7G5yYhOpwtEWbu-p9a0qmH2PlpouKfDBHrSYFNufz9Lr6JmV76cJ4ZNEeVRpn3ylAz9w.yahoo.invalid">Andrew Wilby</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 15, 2006 1:14
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Great
Bells of Britain</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV id=ygrp-text>
<P>Ouch!<BR><BR>Well I must hold my hand up to this.<BR><BR>Chris Groome and I
purchased the Ringers Diary from Bill Viggars for The <BR>Ringing World Board
back whenever.<BR><BR>Whilst we were given considerable guidance by Bill as
part of the <BR>"goodwill" in the transfer, David's involvement was never
mentioned.<BR>I can only apologise for the obvious 25 years of pain inflicted.
Had we <BR>known I'm sure we would have asked him to continue the task,
thanked him <BR>profusely,<BR>....AND sent him a leather bound complimentary
copy with his initials on <BR>every year!<BR><BR>Actually I do not jest, we
would have done had we known, so very sorry <BR>David.<BR><BR>Initially we
tried to make as few changes as possible on the basis that, <BR>development is
one thing but, radical change had always been damaging to <BR>sales.<BR>That
was one piece of advice from Bill, epitomised by the change to a <BR>slim
diary that nearly halved sales the following year and was reverse <BR>by Bill
pretty quickly.<BR><BR>Bill told us that the size of the diary had been
determined the size of <BR>a WW2 WRAF Officer's blouse top pocket!<BR>You
couldn't make that up could you!<BR><BR>I've always wondered whose famous
bossom it was that modeled for this <BR>momentous specification.<BR><BR>Is
there a story here???<BR><BR>Andrew<BR><BR>David Cawley wrote:<BR>> Nothing
like being made to feel a "has been". First the CCC scrap-heap <BR>> and
now the Great Bells.<BR>> <BR>> It became apparent to me in the 1970's
that Ernest Morris's original <BR>> Great Bells was lacking certain entries
and I persuaded Bill Viggers <BR>> to allow me to draw up a new one with
corrected weights and dates <BR>> where necessary, an d also the founders
involved. I think the first <BR>> revised list came out in 1978 and every
year until his death Bill <BR>> Viggers ran the proofs (happy days of such
things) before me to keep <BR>> them up-to-date to the best of my
knowledge. I have a file of <BR>> correspondence with Whitechapel and
Taylors and with a number of Town <BR>> Clerks and similar folk whicgh
makes interesting reading.<BR>> <BR>> I am pleased that the list is
being kept up to date by others but <BR>> sorry that I have been dropped by
the publisher without a word of <BR>> acknowledgment or intimation.<BR>>
<BR>> DLC<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>