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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'>Ball bearings, no doubt fitted to the
old gudgeons, which will have been of too small a diameter for safe use with
ball bearings.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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12.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:black'>R<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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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>David Cawley<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, 19 May 2008 7:30 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'>Cc:</span></b> Simon Adams<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City> Historians] <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
 w:st="on">Moseley St</st1:address></st1:Street> Mary</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Background: The eight steel bells were rehung with part new
fittings, and with extraordinary devotion, by volunteer labour 18 years
ago.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Bearings: They were a light shafting type, the sort Richard
will be familiar with as fitted to the bells at St Alphege, Whitstable, but
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What happened: A gudgeon or a bearing housing broke, with
like effect on its opposite number and the bell fell into its pit.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Guidance from above, perhaps. But they have a strong band and
competent leadership with plans for the future.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:richard.offen@hsSOcPMl2zGYTl5HKL_CEB39sxPBOfdzmiY2Tudgexm974n4JsYlXuXPiUheHF-jFCi51uEQOfosDVSD53VPK7Ev.yahoo.invalid" title="richard.offen@Po0LPJZwLph7ZMi-l8IC7Vpr45EMn3_b1UqGQO-qNBWAa5-vgKavJRkvUz21o8aInf-_nA2tWvehZbyYz53AZ1Zr.yahoo.invalid.au">Richard
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <a
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com"
title="bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Monday, May 19,
2008 11:04 AM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> RE: [<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City> Historians] <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Moseley St</st1:address></st1:Street> Mary<o:p></o:p></span></font></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'>Please could we have a little more background to this
mishap?   <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>It’s a job to see what type of bearings they
were.   What happened to cause the accident?<O></O></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a href="mailto:bellhistorians@my-DfAW6yMOFru-RIhFSn1tq9WoBJydk4suP9WoVW1Ki4JNIl8L8nkVSijKRraRP_YDpuUoOBsw27FPOYfCc_UTkez5r7Vg.yahoo.invalidm"><ST1>bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a></ST1>
[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>Mike Chester<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, 19 May 2008 3:39 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <ST1><a
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a></ST1><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [<ST1><ST1><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bell</ST1></ST1></st1:place></st1:City>
Historians] <ST1><ST1><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Moseley St</ST1></ST1></st1:address></st1:Street>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I think
that this falls into the "Oops" category!<br>
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<a href="http://www.warksbells.co.uk/images/moseley_st_mary2.jpg">http://www.warksbel<wbr>ls.co.uk/<wbr>images/moseley_<wbr>st_mary2.<wbr>jpg</a><br>
<br>
The bell is undamaged, the wheel and gudgeons destroyed. Whether or <br>
not you think that this is the wrong way round it entirely up to you!<br>
<br>
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