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<DIV><SPAN class=109120222-19122009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
think latchet stays must be fairly rare now.
I thought that the objections to having unbreakable stays and sliders
had become apparent by the early 19th century. However there were a
couple on the back two bells at Burton-in-Lonsdale (North Yorks) which
were fitted by Warners as late as 1870, presumably because they took up less
space. They were replaced by conventional ones when these bells were
rehung by Eayre & Smith in 1998.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=109120222-19122009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
Rivet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>></FONT> </FONT></SPAN>Do
you think that the rarity of 'latchet' stays like this might get E.H.
hot<BR>under the collar in the event of a re-hang? I'm sure that the safety
issue<BR>would over-ride in this case anyway, but I wonder whether they'd want
parts<BR>of the current installation retained in the tower for posterity. Are
there<BR>many others like this left? East Bergholt perhaps....<SPAN
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