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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A slight error on my part has occurred
in transcribing. Bell No 1174 is 9-2-23, not 10-2-23.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apologies all round.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Buswell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 12, 2006 8:35
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Greenock St
George</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=938431720-12122006><FONT
color=#0000ff> To complete the Greenock picture, the 1889 bells were by
Gillett & Co.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006>The church was built as Greenock Free Middle church
(see: <A
href="http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/Economic_Development/index.php?module=article&view=292">http://www.invercly<WBR>de.gov.uk/<WBR>Economic_<WBR>Development/<WBR>index.php?<WBR>module=article&view=292</A>),
and as such received in 1889 six bells from Gillett & Co, details of which
have been kindly provided by Alan Buswell:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006><FONT
size=+0>1174 </FONT></SPAN> 39 1/2"
1<SPAN class=938431720-12122006>0 </SPAN>-2-23 <SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> G </SPAN>. All 1889<SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=+0><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN>1178, 36" 8-2-24
A<SPAN class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=+0><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN>1179, 33"
7-1-9 B<SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=+0><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN>1180. 31"
5-2-8 C<SPAN class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT size=+0><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN>1181, 28"
4-3-25 E<SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT size=+0><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006> </SPAN></FONT>1175, 29"
4-2-20 D All May be Cast weights. <SPAN
class=938431720-12122006><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006><FONT color=#0000ff>In 1911 they were augmented to
eight by adding a treble & tenor bell, and replacing the 4th bell
with a new one. Clearly the sound from the tower was less than satisfactory
with 5 old style bells and 3 new style</FONT> <FONT
color=#0000ff>ones so in 1913 the chime was 'modernised' by replacing
all the 1889 bells, tuning the treble of 8 down to become the second of 8 and
providing a new treble (Bell 2742) as well as the flat second (bell 2743).
[See AAJB's recent email giving details of the 1911/13 work]. The rest is, as
they say 'history'.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=938431720-12122006>Jeorge</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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