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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, indeed. Starting of course with the Cambridge
Quargters as struck on the bells of the Palace of Westminster - see my RW
article "Big Ben I and his Large Little Sisters" earlier this year.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two noteworthy examples are "Victoria" of
Leeds Town Hall (1859, Warner) and his very own "Edmund", the service
bell of St Albans Cathedral (Taylor 1889) which I described wrongly in
the aforementioned article.It is 36 1/8", 11-0-20 ... wait for it ... in
C#. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Although not "pure Grimthorpe" [ if such a thing
exists ] rings like Old Hill (23-1-0 in F) come to mind.</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>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:10
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Re: Lord
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<P>George Dawson writes: <BR><BR>> Some time ago I looked in detail in JTs
Records for 'Grimthorpe' bells. <BR>> <BR>> Suffice it to say that all
the very heavy scale rings have gone: <BR>> <BR><BR>What a shame!!! Surely
one of the rings should have been preserved - if only <BR>as an example of how
not to do it.... <BR><BR>I suppose there are still plenty of clock bells
surviving.<BR>Nick<BR></P></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>