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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>The following extract from Lincolnshire
Bells and Bellfounders may be of interest :</FONT></DIV>
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style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman">The various
Trades Directories for the nineteenth century includes a considerable number of
tradesmen who are listed as bellhangers under the general heading of Whitesmith,
Locksmiths and Bellhangers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It seems very unlikely that these tradesmen did, in fact, hang tower
bells and were actually responsible for installing and maintaining house bells,
which, before the introduction of electrically powered bell systems, were
installed in many private houses.<SPAN
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by White’s 1882 Directory in which ‘Bellhangers’ and ‘Church Bell Hangers are
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face="Times New Roman" size=4>By the way the second edition of this book is
almost ready for the printers the nofficial date of publication being 28 October
which is my 80th birthday</FONT><IMG height=1
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