<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns:o =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18876">
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671582620-22012010>Members of the list may remember I forwarded some
photos of a full circle bell in Madagascar last year. I've just received a
follow-up email from the USPG missionary who provided the photos,
below.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671582620-22012010></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=671582620-22012010>Andrew</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial></FONT><BR>
<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left>
<HR tabIndex=-1>
<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Sam Beeton <BR><B>Subject:</B> Malagasy
bells<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have been doing some research on College archives
and found the followng record of the bell being installed:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><SPAN
class=671582620-22012010> </SPAN></SPAN></st1:place></st1:City></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>St
Paul</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>’s Day 1913 new bell dedicated by Archdeacon
MacMahon.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=671582620-22012010>F</SPAN>undraising begun by Radley in 1904 as a
memorial to Mrs Gregory, wife of College founder F.A.Gregory and completed by
Rev Yonge</FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=671582620-22012010>, </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>total cost of bell
£57.13<SPAN class=671582620-22012010>. </SPAN></SPAN><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"
lang=EN-GB>Bell</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB> and fittings made by Taylors of
Loughborough<SPAN
class=671582620-22012010>. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Mr J.
Sully bellhanger of Stoqurber, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Somerset</st1:place></st1:City> was agent and supplied drawings for
bell hanging free of charge.<SPAN
class=671582620-22012010> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=671582620-22012010> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>The bell is 4 cwt, with
iron headstock weighing 1cwt<SPAN class=671582620-22012010>. </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB>The inscription on the bell is
“Lozako raha tsy mitory ny filazantsara aho”, a translation of the text on the
big bell in <st1:City w:st="on">St Paul</st1:City>’s <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City>, as the College
founder was the son of the Dean of St Paul’s.<SPAN
class=671582620-22012010> B</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>ell
hoisted on Jan 17<SUP>th</SUP> in College tower using two blocks borrowed from
the Cathedral to hoist with<SPAN
class=671582620-22012010> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2 face=Arial>19 pieces of
native rope spliced together to lift bell.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have
just spotted your request about two old bells from Canterbury from many months
ago. I will try to find out about those, but in the meantime, here is a
picture of the bell fittings at Amboatany.</FONT><SPAN
class=671582620-22012010><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Amboatany is over the
hill above the college. It is about half an hour's walk and was actually
founded before the college.</FONT></P>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>Do you know if there a picture somewhere
of the bell at St Paul's with the inscription "Woe to me if I do not preach the
Gospel"; i.e. the inspiration for the College bell? <SPAN
class=671582620-22012010> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=671582620-22012010> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2 face=Arial><o:p>May God
bless you,</o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2
face=Arial><o:p>Sam</o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_001_0036_01CA9BA1.EE2EB9C0--------=_NextPart_000_0035_01CA9BA1.EE2EB9C0
Content-Type: image/jpeg;
name="P7146651.JPG"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
filename="P7146651.JPG"
[Attachment content not displayed.]