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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been reading about bells that have had more
than one home. In the space of 143 years St. Mary's Cathedral Sydney has
had three new peals. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first peal of 8 bells arrived in 1843 and
was housed first in a campanile and then in 1868 in a tower at the front of the
Cathedral. The second octave, also cast by Whitechapel, was installed
first in the then existing tower and in the new central tower in
1899.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The new peal of 12+2 in 1986 went into the central
tower and there, I hope, they shall remaain.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first peal was traded in on the second
one. Seven of the second peal form part of the 12+1 peal (Nos. 5-11)
installed in St. Francis Xavier Carhedral, Adelaide , South Australia. The
old tenor now hangs in one of the recently</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(2000) - spired end towers of the Sydney
Cathedral. John Cummins.</FONT></DIV>
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