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<DIV>In a message dated 21/02/2007 20:24:54 GMT Standard Time,
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<P><BR><BR>I suppose it is inevitable that when stories about 'restorations'
are <BR>written-up for public consumption they tend to be "all sweetness and
light".<BR><BR>That may be because the people writing them have no interest in
drawing <BR>attention to failures in projects that they may have had a big
hand in <BR>managing on behalf of a parish (and its dedicated fund
raisers).<BR><BR>We rarely hear (in print) about the projects that have been
plagued with <BR>problems or, indeed, the projects where a really
unsatisfactory job by one <BR>bell contractor has had to be "put right" a
short time later by another.<BR><BR><BR><BR>RAL</FONT>
<DIV>I think that some bellhangers get away with poor workmanship because the
recipents of their are either too polite or ignorant to say anything at the
time , and I have noticed a reluctance on the part of some ringers to get the
hanger back and sort out the problems they have left . [ In a
project I was heavily involved in the bellhanger didn't want any of the
locals involved in the 'try-out' , and the T/C at the time was happy with that
. However after politely pointing out that we were paying for the job I
insisted that the locals were present . After all if one is buying a car
would you let the owner test drive it him/herself ? As it turned out the
bellhanger did an excellent job ] . Word of mouth does get around and if I
were having a job done there are some firms that I wouldn't touch with a
bargepole . Not wishing of course to find myself sued for libel I decline to
name any firm .</DIV>
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