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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Andrew
Bull<BR><B>Sent:</B> 09 March 2009 21:25<BR><B>To:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Great
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Utter madness. I think
that this “judgement” will jepardise any bell restoration scheme that requires a
frame to be replaced. If these “conservationalists” can object to the removal of
an 1887 <ST1><ST1>Taylor</ST1></ST1> A-frame, then they can object to anything.
Nowhere do I see a proper case made for keeping the
frame.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I regularly ring at a
ten that are a real handful to ring despite having been rehung in 1978; they are
the only ring of ten in our branch. The main cause of the problem is the flimsy,
composite frame of 1899 by Thomas Blackbourne. Presumably some moron would
insist that the frame be retained for its “historic value” if we ever raised the
money for a full rehanging.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mediaeval frames – yes,
I can understand why people would want to preserve them. Even example of later
frames – possibly, on their merits. But a poor 19<SUP>th</SUP> century frame
that’s not unique or even vaguely interesting? Surely this can’t be
right.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ve seen several
examples of restoration schemes that have either cost much more or foundered
completely because of the intervention of ill-informed “conservationalists”.
Staunton Harold is one example that springs to mind – I note that these are now
listed as “unringable” on Dove despite the rehanging carried out a few years
ago. Then there was the case of the ring of six that went to the foundry twice
in the space of a year, the second time after the locals had found a
loophole….<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It makes me wonder what
would happen if EH or one of these similar bodies interfered with a scheme where
the ringers had the resourses to sue them in a civil court. Now that would be
interesting…..<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Let us hope the ringers
of Great Malvern find a way out of this nightmare before the bells become
abandoned and derelict.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Andrew
Bull<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Robert Lewis<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 09 March 2009 16:52<BR><B><SPAN
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<ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1><BR><B><SPAN
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Here is the
judgement.<BR><BR>It gets interesting from p.15
onward.<BR><BR>RAL<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV><!--End group email --></DIV>
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