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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ADH says "Presumably the loss of two late 20th
century Taylor bells is acceptable."<BR><BR>Not at all - but perhaps not quite
so noteworthy as the historic losses (does that get me off the
hook!)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A point I didn't make is that a combustible old
frame above the new installation - and supported only on hawsers from the roof -
is quite likely to have compounded the fire damage to whatever was below. There
was quite a lot of timber up there - in the frame and in the roof - and once the
fire reached the top of the tower it most likely crashed down.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let's hope some of the historic fabric is
salvageable - but this doesn't give much cause for optimism</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CP</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>