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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If Sydney Town Hall bells are G&J, (Gillett,
Bland & Co or Gillett & Co) then they are 1884. The bells are
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5) 56"; 30-0-14.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4) 49"; 20-3-10.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3) 37"; 9-2-12.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) 35 1/2"; 8-1-0</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1) 33 1/2"; 7-2-14.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>AAJB.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:32
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Re: Big bells
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<P>I heard the GPO clock strike 6:00 pm today and it is a fine sounding
<BR>bell. I didn't hear it chime the quarters beforehand though. <BR><BR>The
nearby town hall clock has quarter chimes but they have been out <BR>of sync
for at least 2 years (I live within earshot of them).<BR><BR>Antiquarian
horologists must be thin on the ground in Sydney.<BR><BR>Billy
Clarke.<BR><BR>--- In <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>,
"David Bagley" <david@...> <BR>wrote:<BR>><BR>> Stumbled over this
today at :-<BR>> <A
href="http://warrenfahey.com/Sydney-Folklore/SECTION-14/sfp-section-14-">http://warrenfahey.<WBR>com/Sydney-<WBR>Folklore/<WBR>SECTION-14/<WBR>sfp-section-<WBR>14-</A><BR>observation<BR>>
<BR>> Can anybody add to the details?<BR>> <BR>> David.<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> SYDNEY POST OFFICE CLOCK.<BR>> May 4
1891<BR>> <BR>> Cast in England in 1890 "the castings have come out
remarkably <BR>successful,<BR>> possessing very rich tone, especially the
5-ton tenor bell. Its <BR>fine, full<BR>> resonance being greatly admired.
Canon Cattley (Worchester <BR>Cathedral who<BR>> blessed it) expressed high
approval. He said they are certainly <BR>the best<BR>> bells ever sent out
of England. The first quarter bell is 2ft 9in <BR>in<BR>> diameter, the
note C sharp, and weight 81/2 cwt.; the second, 3ft <BR>in<BR>> diameter, B
111/4cwt; the third, 3ft 4 in diameter, A 143/4 cwt., <BR>the<BR>> fourth,
4ft 4in in diameter, E 30cwt, and the tenor bell, 6ft 6in <BR>in<BR>>
diameter, A weighing 5 tons. Each bell has the imperial crown and
<BR>monogram<BR>> VIR with the words 'General Post Office, Sydney
1890.<BR>> <BR>> The following lines from Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' are
inscribed on <BR>the<BR>> bells, one line on each, commencing with the
largest.<BR>> Ring out the false, ring in the true<BR>> Ring out the
feud of rich and poor<BR>> Ring in redress to all mankind<BR>> Ring out
false pride in place and blood<BR>> Ring in the common love of good<BR>>
<BR>> Cast by John Taylor of Loughborough designs by lord
Grimthorpe.<BR>> The initials of Henry Parkes also appear H
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