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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 01, 2008 12:52 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Metal Prices</DIV></DIV>
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<P><BR>> I have the fate of Tivetshall St Margaret - 1976/7 - at my door.
<BR>They were a totally derelict five in a remote area, the tenor being
<BR>split almost in two and the medieval 4th fallen. That was <BR>rehung 'dead',
the split tenor and very poor toned 19thC third were <BR>scrapped. The late Bill
Hughes generously kept the two trebles by for <BR>18 months until we failed to
find a home for them - he had actually <BR>paid the parish for the metal and so
was out of pocket for their <BR>value at a time when bell metal was fetching a
high price.<BR>> <BR>> DLC<BR><BR>Bill Hughes also tried very hard to find
a home for St John <BR>Maddermarket bells (this was the days before CCCBR Rescue
Funds and <BR>Keltek), feeling strongly that it was criminal to break up such a
<BR>fine peal of six.<BR><BR>R</P>
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<P><FONT face=Arial>Yes, Richard is quite correct. It was a time of intense
reorganization and he will doubtless remember the yard being cumbered up with
the bells from St Magnus, Southwark HT, "Botolph St Morley" as well as the
temporary residence of the Maddermarket bells and the even shorter one of the
eights from Camberwell St George (a good Dobson eight, whose
destruction WAH also detested doing), the Shaw eight from Bradford
(interesting, but not as good as his handbells!), and that lovely
G&J chime of 1952, from Bognor, which ended up in Africa
somewhere.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Then, out the back, 'in the weeds' were the five from Aveley
(the back 3 eventually rehung as a chime) and the ex-Colchester six, now at
Basildon.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Seems like yesterday ...</FONT></P>
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