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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Glad to hear the bells are ok. No quarter peals
rung here.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But, does any one know the frequency of church
fires over the years? It may show some alarming figures. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>AAJB.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Bells are OK, but much smoke and water
damage to church.</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/efnews/4846841.SHEERING__Church_life_will_go_on_despite_blaze_vows_vicar/">http://www.guardian<WBR>-series.co.<WBR>uk/news/efnews/<WBR>4846841.SHEERING<WBR>__Church_<WBR>life_will_<WBR>go_on_despite_<WBR>blaze_vows_<WBR>vicar/</A><O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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[mailto:bellhistori<WBR>ans@yahoogroups.<WBR>com] <B><SPAN
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10:47<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <A
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<P><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Does
anyone have details of the fire damage at Sheering, <ST1>Essex</ST1>
<BR>reported briefly with a picture in this week's Church Times
(p.4).<BR><BR>The Church's website has nothing about it yet, but says this
about the bells:<BR><BR>"There are four bells in the bell tower. The first
and third are by <BR>Miles Graye 1619; the second is probably by William
Wightman dated <BR>1682 and the fourth probably by Richard Keene 1702. The
bells were <BR>not heard for about thirty years as the tower was considered
unsafe <BR>for change ringing, but in 1998 they were repaired and re-hung by
the <BR>Whitechapel Bell Foundry with a chiming mechanism, as part of our
<BR>year 2000 preparations.<WBR>"<BR><BR>RAL<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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