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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">According to Beeson's <EM>Clockmaking in
Oxfordshire</EM> the Merton College chimes are operated by an electrical system
"which operates .. Canterbury chimes on the bells which are at a considerable
distance in the Chapel tower". This system was installed on the recommendations
of a Committee which reported in 1932. This probably settles it - unless the
1932 chimes replaced earlier ones, and Beeson isn't clear on that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">DRL refers to "THE University" in one
e-mail, but isn't Merton part of one too??</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">DLC thinks Canterbury bells in 1170 must
have been very heavy indeed because it needed so many men to ring them. I bet
the West Country lads - strong in arm and thick in head according to the Rugby
song - could have rung bigger bells with fewer men. Kentish
wimps?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">On Mancroft, I think they're wonderful -
but good? Not the same thing. And I rather like the Norwich Cathedral chime
too</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">CP</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>