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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Is this anything to do with the War Effort? G&J
were making ammunition boxes and in July 1915 began making fuses.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>AAJB</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 27, 2010 4:17
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] English
Decorated Bronze Mortars and their makers</DIV>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri>If you
thought bellfounders only cast bells, think again!</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri>Michael
Finlay</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Calibri> of Thursby, Cumbria</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb> <FONT face=Calibri> has just published the above book (ISBN
9781872477015)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Calibri>. It is fabulously illustrated with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb> <FONT face=Calibri>well over 300
photographs of mortars, together with drawings</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri> of the marks to be
found on them</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Calibri>. Many bellfoundries are represented in this book which clearly
will be</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us><I></I></SPAN><I><SPAN lang=en-gb> <FONT
face=Calibri>the</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri> reference book on the
subject</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Calibri> for a very long time</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri>As yet I do not have a copy of
the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb> <FONT
face=Calibri>‘</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Calibri>flyer</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Calibri>’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Calibri>, but will upload when I know more.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri>George
Dawson</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
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