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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Nick is correct regarding the coding
used in my spreadsheet founders' lists (on which I don't show the musical
notes) - but these lists aren't the NBR (which is what was being quoted by David
Willis). I assume David was referring to George Dawson's NBR not the Dove online
NBR.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">On Pimlico, I can't see a case for
listing as being the oldest surviving complete ten from
Whitechapel</FONT> <FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">(even if they are -
which I doubt: what about Poplar and Chelsea). They had been casting tens at
Whitechapel for over 100 years by then (1822) - so the fact that any
of these early rings are now the oldest surviving doesn't really make them
significant. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">I do have reservations, admittedly, with
this whole question of significance - as all sorts of peripheral claims to
importance get used when somebody thinks something is worth saving (or, to be
really cynical, simply has to say something). If we have to make claims of
significance, then it's my view that they need to be robust - and likely to be
generally agreed a) as factually correct, and b) representing genuine
"significance". Personally I'm not even sure about first / last known bell
as qualifiers, or any based on chance of survival rather than intrinsic
value.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">CP</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>