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<DIV><SPAN class=500180519-22112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>They
were definitely Gillett with a hard G in the Croydon area, where my father's
family used to live - and so far as I know they still are. My aunt used to
own a second hand Vauxhall Astra which had been used as a company car by the
clockmaking branch of the firm!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=500180519-22112006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
Rivet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>David Cawley<BR><B>Sent:</B> 22 November 2006
11:49<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Bell Historians] Gillett & Bland<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The late Mrs Cyril Johnston, whom I knew,
pronounced it Gillett & Johnston with a hard G (as in Granny).
Presumably Cyril also did, and it follows that his father, AAJ, would have
done so; and he knew William Gillett.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think the soft G (as in George Dawson, and as
used by him) comes from the days of Gillette's razor blade's, in more comon
use in Cyril's day than now.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some excellent stuff from CJP on that firm's
several titles and their use, for which thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:44
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Gillett
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whilst still on this G&J thread, can anyone
say, authoritatively, what the correct pronunciation of "Gillett" should be
(correct meaning as it was spoken by the firm themselves in their
bellfounding days)? Although most people that I know</FONT><IMG height=1
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width=1 NOSEND="1"> <FONT face=Arial size=2>pronounce it with a hard "G",
some, usually of an older generation, say it with a soft "G", as if it were
"Jillett".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The firm continues, of course, but as
clockmakers not bellfounders. I wonder how they pronounce their name these
days?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DB</FONT></DIV>
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