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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>I recorded the old frame at Buckland
Dinham (with Jim Yates) to facilitate its removal, and at that time researched
the history of the bells and documented the installation. The job was done by
Bob Parker, and two old bells were brought into the ring - the old Buckland
Dinham clock bell as the treble, and the old second from St.Paul's Bristol as
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>The main details are already on the NBR,
but I'll be happy to e-mail a copy of my 1994 report to anyone who is
interested. It's a WordPerfect document with DrawPerfect sketches, and although
the text is okay in Word the sketches no longer work (help from anyone who knows
a way round this problem would be very welcome)</FONT></DIV>
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from <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Bath Chronicle</I> 13 December
1827 printed in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Ringing World</I> 20
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</SPAN>Thursday, at Buckland [Dinham], near Frome, a labouring man named Chas
Pearce sold his wife to a shoemaker named Elton for £5, and delivered her in a
halter in the public street! Pearce has been married some years, and they have a
family of five children, now living, the youngest of whom is to go with the
unnatural mother, who seemed very willing that the sale should take place! The
bells rang several peals on the occasion, at the joint expense of the
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