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<DIV><SPAN class=187565317-27072007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Like
John Camp I hope that Dr Baron doesn't get kicked off off the list.
But I think David Bryant is absolutely right is saying that he has misunderstood
what it is for. I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=187565317-27072007><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>f he really thinks that bell historians don't
like putting their researches on the web where everyone can see them, perhaps he
should have a look at Dickon Love's excellent and very detailed surveys of Kent
and the City of London? Or the work done by John Greenhough and others on
the Manchester Diocese?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=187565317-27072007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Surely the most interesting thing about the bell at Eastry is to
find out who made it, where, and when. The best way of doing that is to
circulate details of the inscription and the other decorative detail and see if
anyone knows of anything similar. He might find he had a great deal more
to put in his book afterwards.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=187565317-27072007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
Rivet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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