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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I raised the subject of War Memorial bells because
it seems to me that whilst stone memorials are to be seen, memorials in the form
of bells are to be heard and in the context of Hanley in a ring of bells and
therefore to have the memorial bells silent at Hanley seems ridiculous.
Therefore having the ring at Stone and a visual memorial at Hanley seems the
sensible way forward to me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have emailed my support for the removal of the
bells at Hanley.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>D.Sloman</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=d.simpson11@W0o1i1DrqgnLzNOGv7Pgv0-cBJ15mNAk2BsFz4i7Y5EZs8hDPRt4NQFK7CKhh1m7rSckc6Zfvejj9cCTDuo3HaY5N3tccQeu.yahoo.invalid href="mailto:d.simpson11@rMzLXdnlzNzfZk6tZqy0mDsky-iQJskfe6HdiIOpKOgN-M0Pnhxmq7w_PXhFb3AknnhxUPdXil_ewiTSDwO6ag.yahoo.invalidom">Dave
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 25, 2010 1:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Re:
Stoke, Please do this</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>At 20:03 24/04/2010, Dave Simpson wrote:<BR><BR>>The two
war memorial bells are not the issue here.<O></O></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Let me expand on that. <O></O></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>There is a small group of people from Stoke who will fight
every inch of the way to prevent anymore of their heritage leaving the City.
(Stone is a couple of miles from the City boundary) There would be exactly the
same response, of <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">vociferous lobbying,
</SPAN>even if there were no “memorial bells” in the tower. <O></O></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><BR>>I was told that the War Memorial Trust is still
actively opposing the <BR>removal of the bells. Is that information
incorrect?<BR><BR>The War Memorial Trust’s view is that there are other
options to be looked at for the bell’s future. Therefore the application is
premature. Either they are uninformed or they choose to ignore all the hard
work that was done by the Bishop of Lichfield and the various Church bodies
over a long period of time. They looked at all the possible options for
the bells before the Bishop’s decision was made.<O></O></P></DIV>
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