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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In fact, the two trebles installed by Taylors in
1898, were fixed direct to the RSJs in the picture, along with the 3rd.
Subsequently, cast-iron framesides were installed for these three bells by
G&J. These in turn were taken out in 1956, again by G&J,
who installed them at the Cathedral, and hung the two excellent Taylor
trebles (possibly the best bells ever to hang there) to make the ring of
ten.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>G&J bought the back eight and traded the
metal i</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>n to Taylors who received it as broken
bells.</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>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] St
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">“</SPAN></FONT>It once held a bell museum
- does anybody know amy more about it?<FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy">”<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It’s described
briefly in Bliss & Sharpe (p. 331-3).<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The bells, a ring of
ten, were apparently in two separate frames with three bells above. In photo
number 11 on the BBC site an RSJ framework is clearly visible. I would guess
that this is the foundation for the upper (cast iron) frame. The BBC describes
the church demolished in 1956 as being ‘15<SUP>th</SUP> century’. This is
incorrect – the body of the church was Victorian Gothic. I think I have a
photocopy of a photo of it somewhere.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I remember asking to
have a look up the tower when the base of it was the tourist information
office, but wasn’t allowed. I was a teenager then, and less persistent than I
am now!<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">David<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><!--End group email -->
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