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<DIV><SPAN class=000374520-05112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I seem
to remember these mats being around in the late 1970s. The information
was evidently based on secondary sources, but it was a good idea...
and in those days there wasn't the internet to research it
from.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=000374520-05112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
Rivet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Ted Steele<BR><B>Sent:</B> 05 November 2008 20:42<BR><B>To:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Bell's
"Beer Mats"<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P>While having a clear out I came across some beer mats that were given to
<BR>me some years ago. There are just seven, and strictly they should be
<BR>called whisky mats because they were issued by Bell's Scotch Whisky. On
<BR>one side is a picture of the distillery and the reverse features a
<BR>series of pictures and text under the title "Other Famous
Bells".<BR><BR>The ones I have are:<BR>No. 29, Great George, Bristol.<BR>No.
30, The Wimborne Bell (tenor).<BR>No. 33, Great Tom of Westminster.<BR>No. 34,
The Downside Abbey Bell.<BR>No. 35, Southwark Cathedral tenor.<BR>No. 36 The
Bell Shrine of Conall Caol, Ireland.<BR>No. 37, Bell of St. Pierre's
Cathedral, Geneva.<BR>No. 38, Promise Bell, Po Lin Monastery, Hong
Kong.<BR>No. 39, The Big Bell of Our Lady of Pompeii, Italy.<BR>No. 40,
Centenary Bell of the Unification of Italy.<BR><BR>Does anyone have the set,
or any details of when it was published? I <BR>would be interested to learn
what other bells were included and how <BR>accurate the details are. The Great
Tom of Westminster picture appears <BR>to be the same as that shown on the
ASCY web-site (the bell actually <BR>hangs in St. Paul's Cathedral) but the
notes on the beer mat do not <BR>mention recasting. The Southwark bell details
also omit mention of <BR>recasting. The Wimborne bell is said to be "one of
eight" but bears no <BR>relation to any listed on Dove. So there are plenty or
errors, <BR>apparently and although one would not expect great detail or
precision <BR>in such a production, it would be interesting to know just how
accurate <BR>they are.<BR><BR>Ted<BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>