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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Richard Offen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 19 May 2009 16:16<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [<st1:City w:st="on">Bell</st1:City>
Historians] Hanley Stoke on <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Trent</st1:place></st1:City></span></font><span
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size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Optima;
color:black'>One inaccuracy in the press release: there is another ten in the
Diocese of Lichfield – St Mary’s, <st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Shrewsbury</st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City>.<o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1>bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1>
[mailto:<st1>bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>John H Allen<br>
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PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> nabbers@yahoogroups<wbr>.com; <st1>bellhistorians@<wbr>yahoogroups.<wbr>com</st1><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [<st1><st1:City w:st="on">Bell</st1></st1:City>
Historians] Hanley Stoke on <st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Trent</st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Gavin Drake [mailto:gavin.<wbr>drake@lichfield.<wbr>anglican.<wbr>org]
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 19 May 2009 09:49<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Tim Pain<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> PRESS RELEASE: Bells to
ring out after decades of silence</span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
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w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Trent</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City>,
for the past 20 years are to ring out again. The ring of 10 bells at the
closed <st1><st1><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">St John’s</st1></st1></st1:PlaceName>
<st1><st1><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1></st1></st1:PlaceType>, one of
only 237 rings of 10 bells in <st1><st1><st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1></st1></st1:country-region>,
and 273 worldwide, are to be moved to St Michael and St Wulfad’s Church
at Stone, near <st1><st1><st1:place w:st="on">Stafford</st1></st1></st1:place>.<o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>The plans have been approved by the Church Commissioners and the
Bishop of Lichfield but now need a faculty - legal permission from the <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Consistory Court</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:address></st1:Street>
- to install them at Stone; and Listed Building Consent from Stoke on Trent
City Council, to remove them from Hanley. <o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>St John’s Church has lain empty since 1988 and its future
was looking bleak until the Church Converts partnership came forward last year
with plans to turn the Grade II* listed building into a restaurant.
Contracts for the sale of the building were exchanged yesterday. <o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>The Revd Ian Cardinal, Rector of Stone with Aston, described the
successful outcome as “good news, not just for the Church, but for the
whole town,” adding: “I am thrilled to know that this wonderful
ring of bells will peal once again and I look forward to hearing them call the
people to celebrate the completion of the project in a few years time. In
the meantime we call upon everyone to join us in putting their best efforts
into converting the scheme into a reality and hope for practical and generous
help from many quarters.”<o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>The Revd Richard Grigson combines his role as Vicar of
Smallthorne, Stoke on <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Trent</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City>,
with responsibility for securing new uses for closed churches throughout the
Diocese of Lichfield; and was responsible for securing the future of the
bells. He said: “</span></font>The future of these bells has been
much discussed within the ringing world. They are a very fine ring of
ten, and we wanted to ensure that they would be kept together. <o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“We
particularly wanted to ensure that the bells would once again be rung to call
people to worship. In the course of our discussions we received
expressions of interest from a number of churches, some local and some not so
local. <o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“We
also needed to remember that some of the bells formed a war memorial to former
Hanley parishioners. It would have been inappropriate to remove this
memorial any further than was necessary.”<o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>He added:
“The diocese did not propose to ‘sell the bells to the highest
bidder’, so our decision was not driven by finances. We did,
however, want to ensure that the finances were in place to re-hang the
bells. After 20 years of languishing unheard in the <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">tower</st1></st1></st1:PlaceType> of <st1><st1><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Saint John's</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, we
did not want the bells to be taken down simply to be put in store. <o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>“In
giving the bells to Stone PCC we had to disappoint others who wanted to give
the bells a good home. We hope that even those ringers who are disappointed
not to have the Hanley bells in 'their' tower will rejoice that this very fine
ring will once again be heard.”<o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The news
that the bells have been saved and are to be re-hung has been welcomed by the
bell ringing community. Frank Beech, Chairman of the North Staffordshire
Association of Change Ringers and Steeple Keeper at Stone, commented:
“The NSACR is very pleased that Hanley bells are to be released for
re-housing. It has been the association'<wbr>s ambition for many years to
have these bells ringing again in a tower that will welcome bell ringers of all
abilities.”<o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>St Michael
and St Wulfad’s Church need to secure an addition £25,000 to fund the
re-hanging of the bells in their tower.<o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>ENDS<o></o></span></font></b><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>10 Church bell facts</span></font><br>
provided for Lichfield Diocese by the Central Council of Church <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City></st1></st1></st1></st1>
Ringers</b><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<o></o>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o> </o></span></font></b><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There are only eight rings of
10 bells in Staffordshire. In addition to Hanley, the others can
also be found at <st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on">Burton-on-Trent</st1></st1></st1:City>,
Cannock, Leek, Lichfield, Stafford, Stoke Minster, and <st1><st1><st1:place
w:st="on">Tamworth</st1></st1></st1:place>. Throughout the rest of
Lichfield Diocese, the only other rings of 10 are at Wednesbury and
Willenhall.</span></font> <o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hanley, Wednesbury and
Willenhall are three of only 15 rings of 10 bells cast at the
Croydon-based bell foundry of Gillett & Johnston; others include rings
at <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Manchester</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City>
and Rochester Cathedrals.</span></font> <o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Most church towers with bells
in urban areas or villages are rings of five or six bells.</span></font> <o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Rings of 10 and 12 bells
are more usually found in large towns and cities – often in Cathedrals.</span></font>
<o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo4'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There are only a handful of
rings of 12 bells by Gillett and Johnston. In addition to
Wolverhampton, these can be found in <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Birmingham</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City> and
Coventry Cathedrals.</span></font> <o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1></st1></st1:PlaceType> of <st1><st1><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">St James</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
the Great at Audley in Staffordshire, has a ring of eight bells cast by
Gillett and Johnston.</span></font> <o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There are 237 rings of ten
bells in <st1><st1><st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1></st1></st1:country-region>,
seven in <st1><st1><st1:country-region w:st="on">Wales</st1></st1></st1:country-region>,
four in <st1><st1><st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1></st1></st1:country-region>
and seven in <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ireland</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:place></st1:country-region>.
There are only 273 world-wide.</span></font> <o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In Lichfield Diocese there are
198 rings of three or more bells; of which 183 are described as
‘ringable’.</span></font> <o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The world total of rings of
bells is 7100, of which 6123 are ‘ringable’.</span></font> <o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There are 623 rings of five
bells, 2889 rings of six, 1869 rings of eight, 273 rings of ten and 130
rings of 12 or more.</span></font> <o></o><o></o><o:p></o:p></li>
</ul>
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size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>.<o></o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>For further information, contact Gavin Drake on 01543 425425<o></o></span></font></b><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o> </o></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 color=purple face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:purple;font-weight:bold'>Diocesan Director of Communications: Mr <st1>Gavin
Drake</st1> <i><span style='font-style:italic'>MCIJ MCIPR<o></o></span></i></span></font></b><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><font
size=2 color=purple face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:purple;font-weight:bold'>St Saviour’s House, High Mount Street,
Hednesford, Cannock, <st1><st1><st1><st1><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Staffordshire</st1></st1></st1:City>,
<st1><st1><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">WS12 4BN</st1></st1></st1></st1></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></font></b><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 color=purple face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:purple;font-weight:bold'>Tel: 01543 425425</span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color=purple><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:purple;font-weight:bold'>
</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=purple><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:purple;font-weight:bold'>Fax: 01543 425589 Email:
gavin.drake@<wbr>lichfield.<wbr>anglican.<wbr>org</span></font></b><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>
<o></o>
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