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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:black'>PS. My last sentence should read, “I
had always been given to understand that both acts of vandalism were carried
out without a Faculty.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:black'>According to the report, this was not
the case - I must refer back to David Cawley’s excellent article a few
years ago in the Ringing World on this subject!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:black'>By the way, the correct spelling of the
village is Boughton Alup<b><u><span style='font-weight:bold'>h</span></u></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:black'>R<b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Richard
Offen</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, 21 April 2008 7:04
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [<st1:City w:st="on">Bell</st1:City>
Historians] ALL SAINTS <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boughton Alup</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Kent</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Optima;
color:black'>Yes, despite all efforts to save them, they ended up in pieces in
the metal store of G & J. <o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Optima;
color:black'><o> </o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Optima;
color:black'>At about the same time the six at nearby Eastwell (same benefice)
also met with a similar fate. Both acts of vandalism were
evidently carried out without a Faculty.<o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Optima;
color:black'>Richard<o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1><st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1></st1:PersonName>
[mailto:<st1><st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1></st1:PersonName>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alan Buswell<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, 21 April 2008 6:58
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1><st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1></st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [<st1><st1:City w:st="on">Bell</st1></st1:City>
Historians] ALL SAINTS <st1><st1><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boughton
Alup</st1></st1:City>, <st1><st1:country-region w:st="on">Kent</st1></st1></st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h6 align=center style='text-align:center'><a name="_Toc195501224"><em><b><i><font
size=1 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
color:navy'>The Kentish Express,
Ashford.
9 May 1952. </span></font></i></b></em></a><o></o><o:p></o:p></h6>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=1 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o> </o>THE BELLS OF ALL SAINTS <st1><st1><st1><st1:City
w:st="on">Boughton Alup</st1></st1></st1:City>, <st1><st1><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Kent</st1></st1></st1></st1:country-region>, which pealed across the
countryside for over 400 years, have been carted off to a <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City>
scrap heap. <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kent</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:place></st1:country-region>
archaeologists say the sale was “a mistake,” and they are trying to
rescue them. The bells – five of them, were sold to pay for church
repairs. They brought in about £300, which was, the archaeologists say,
fantastic, because the bells are priceless.One of them, a 40in called
“The Great <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bell</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City>
Gabriel”, was cast just after 1500 and could possibly be worth £1,000 on
its own. All the bells had been hanging in All Saint’s belfry since
1540.Permission for the sale was given by <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Canterbury</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City> Diocesan
Board of Faculty. Now Canterbury Archaeological Society have decided to find
out if they have been melted down, and if not whether they can be bought back
to ring out once again across the valley of the Stour.<o></o></span></font></b><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-align:justify;text-indent:12.0pt'><b><font size=1 color=navy
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:
bold'><o> </o></span></font></b><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-align:justify;text-indent:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o>Any one know what the ourcome was?</o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
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text-align:justify;text-indent:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o></o> <o></o><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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text-align:justify;text-indent:12.0pt'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o>AAJB</o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
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