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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 03, 2008 1:54
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Which are
the top 10 bell & /or bellhanging related boo...</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">DLC: </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> I myself at the age of
14 spent 50/- (£2.50) on Stahlschmidt'<WBR>s <EM><I><FONT
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Church Bells of Kent
</SPAN></FONT></I></EM>which still keeps me entranced. By the mid and later
1960's, I was not alone, as it frequently had to be retrieved from a still
more youthful RCO who shared a similar fascination with the
book. </SPAN></FONT><O></O></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Optima color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Optima">RCO: Then he went
and purchased his own copy, which is still his most treasured
possession! Mine cost 25 quid though</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV class=Section1><FONT face=Arial>An interesting comparison:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=Section1><FONT face=Arial>1959: <EM>The Church Bells of Kent
</EM>selling in Canterbury for 50/- (£2.50)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1><FONT face=Arial>c.1970?): Richard Offen buys one for
£25</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1><FONT face=Arial>2008: One was offered for £250 (and
that's cheap)!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1><FONT face=Arial>I believe it cost 12/6 when first
published in 1887. That's 62.5p. What a Jubilee present!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=Section1><FONT face=Arial>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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