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<DIV><SPAN class=834143612-18112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In
1902 Bell News published brief details of the condition and ringing at towers
with eight or more bells. A phrase often seen is "no half-pull ringing"
and during this time there are other references in letters to half-pull
ringing. This does not appear to be because the bells were hung or roped
differently so is it a reference to the capabilities of the
band?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=834143612-18112007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Andrew</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Edward W Martin<BR><B>Sent:</B> 18 November 2007
10:28<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Bell Historians] Half-pull Ringing<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P>--- In <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>,
"Andrew Aspland" <aaspland@..<WBR>.> <BR>wrote:<BR>><BR>> Because
the series of books finishes with the eighteenth century and <BR>I am<BR>>
asking about the early twentieth century AND surely the whole point of<BR>>
studying history is that there is not always one definitive answer.<BR>>
Andrew<BR>><BR><BR>I have just got copy of the Bell News CD and can't read
it at home <BR>because my bran new computer has 'Vista' (which in error I
thought was <BR>a mere update of 'Windows' - but it aint<BR>I can read the CD
at the library...Which particular page reference did <BR>you have in mind? I'm
all for a bit of speculating.<BR><BR>mew<BR><BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>