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<DIV>Dear George - with regard to Whitley Bay could you elaborate on the fact
that the Grimthorpe bells are gone. Were the original 6 scrapped or do you mean
that in retuning for augmentation they lost their thickness by metal
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<DIV>Happy New Year - Howard Smith</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>