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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Amazing how long it took for the contribution
below to come through on site. I was not of course attempting to steal
CJP's thunder, and sent it off at 10.55 a.m. It appeared at
14.04!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It does however give the opportunity to correct two
typos: of course, Cranleigh are 8 bells, not 6, and the completed carillon at
Aberdeen is 48 bells not 47.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The article in the RW which CJP mentioned also
contained a complementary article by myself - Andrew Higson expressed himself
pleased that they had appeared together, apparently quite by
coincidence.</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=dave@p6nJfUIjfdrigV8Vw567coyN_C8SN7Q2ZS1HNOrNk86FZbK1DhIkOYLkCFnDOHNEuozDlVgkV3-9ghpJkSKiIR5QLg6fBIK-Qa84.yahoo.invalid
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 28, 2008 11:05
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Gillett
and Johnston</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The last complete ring was Cranleigh, Surrey (6,
16-2-22 in F), cast in 1954, but they were hung in the old frame with part new
fittings.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think that the last complete ring with all new
fittings in a new frame is Halifax (12), as far back as 1951.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The massive job of providing a new carillon with
all new framework, transmission and clavier for St Nicholas, Aberdeen
(36+1 bells) and later augmenting it to 47 took place in 1952 & 54,
and the heavy chime of 8 (28-0-15 in Eb) for Hong Kong Cathedral, complete
with chinming frame and clavier, took place in 1953.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The back three at Calgary were cast at Croydon
and sent out with frame for eight in 1955, but the front five were cast by
Taylors though tuned, fitted and hung by G&J.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think that the last two bells to be cast at
Croydon were the two trebles in five (nor 2 & 3 in 6) at Stoke
d'Abernon, the "inauspicious date" when the Croydon furnaces were last
tapped being 23rd July 1955. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The ring of six at Goxhill, Lincolnshire was cast
by Taylors, but tuned, fitted and hung in a new frame by G&J, and
Addington was much the same excepting that three of the bells are old
ones.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 28, 2008 8:53
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Gillett and
Johnston</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please can someone
tell me where G&J cast their last complete ring?
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And where their
last job was (augmentation or <SPAN class=SpellE>rehang</SPAN>
etc)?<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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