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bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Richard Offen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 07 April 2010 16:01<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bell</st1:place></st1:City> Historians] Rope Chutes</span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Yes I've been been making rope shutes of this material since the early
70s, when I worked in the development department of one of the early
manufacturers of such pipe. It works extremely well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Leeds</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Kent</st1:country-region></st1:place>, where the
back four ropes were infamously badly behaved, was probably one of the first
towers to get shutes made of PVC drain pipe. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>What specifically do you want to know?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Richard<br>
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Sent from Richard Offen's iPhone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On 07/04/2010, at 9:34 PM, "Patrick Wills" <<a
href="mailto:patrickmwills@JSs0N0GFrmv_sA6HdbwDEg49iWdmrk_1vxIVmLw8HJhkWsOpKLUo7ftA1uhyIRZmIYvjdwMJsA-lRWo8BQ.yahoo.invalid">patrickmwills@<wbr>sky.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Do any members have experience of constructing rope
chutes using 110mm diameter plastic drainage pipes rather than the usual
timber? <br>
<br>
Many thanks,<br>
<br>
Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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