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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1>Apologies if I've come in a bit late and the info
is already given - I've been away.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1>G&J WIDNES No 7. 5386. 35 7/16". 8-0-15. A 450.
23/08/1935.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1>AAJB.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 12, 2008 11:51
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Widnes,
Merseyside, St Paul</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sam's website link provides most of the details.
Just a few things to add:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The church was built in 1883-4 and the tower
added in 1907 (Pevsner "South Lancs"). There's a picture of the church with
the report of the dedication of the bells in <EM>Bell News</EM> <SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">14
Sept.1907</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The inscriptions are:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">1-6. CAST BY JOHN
WARNER & SONS LONDON 1907. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">7. </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">GILLETT
& JOHNSTON, CROYDON. / (<I>CFJ monogram</I>) </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">5386</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">.
<I>Waist</I>: RECAST 1935 / 7 </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">8. CAST BY JOHN WARNER
& SONS L<SUP>TD</SUP> <ST1><ST1>LONDON</ST1></ST1> 1902. <I>Waist</I>:
CORONATION <ST1><ST1>BELL</ST1></ST1> 1902 / DOUGLAS E. HORTON – VICAR / D.J.
BROOKES } / A. CASE } CHURCHWARDENS.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>I have an alternative set of diameters - <SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">24.375”, 25”, 27”,
28.5<SPAN>”</SPAN>, 30<SUP>15<SPAN>/</SPAN></SUP></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">16</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">”</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">,
33<SUP><SPAN>3/</SPAN></SUP></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">16</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">”</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">,
35.5<SPAN>”</SPAN>, 38.875” (possibly from John Wilton - I don't think I
measured the bells myself because they were on the floor at Stoneycroft when I
saw them there in 1990)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The Taylor inspection
was 1933 (not 1923 - a typo in my notes)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">As well as recasting
the 7th, Gillett & Johnston installed an Ellacombe chiming system in 1935
<SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(date
on brass plate on the manual).</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The bells were
originally in a cast iron frame by Warner 1907, apparently on steel girders
(which failed) but the castings were mounted on wooden beams. The fittings
were wooden stocks, plate gudgeons, plain bearings, traditional wheels, stays
and sliders etc. All with independent crown staples. </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">
<ST1>Doncaster</ST1> heads on 1-6, flat tops to 7 and 8 (</SPAN><I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Ex.inf.</SPAN></I><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">John
<ST1><ST1>Wilton</ST1></ST1>)</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">CP</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><!--End group email --></DIV>
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