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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I recall that Sonning are very fine
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 29, 2009 12:01
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Newport,
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<P>At 08:21 29/06/2009, Chris Pickford wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
size=2>CJND used to say that the worst counties for bells (tonally) were
Berkshire, Hampshire, Shropshire and Kent!</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS"><BR>I don't have sufficient experience of Kent or
Shropshire to comment on those counties - but I certainly think CJND was right
about right about Berkshire. Are there any really first rate rings in
the county? Cannot say that I have come across anything spectacularly good in
Hampshire yet either, although I like Portsmouth Cathedral. <BR><BR>Presumably
Berkshire and Hampshire have always been relatively prosperous counties, so it
seems strange that there are so few good rings of bells to be found
thereabouts.<BR><BR>RAL<BR><BR><BR></FONT>
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